Softball Works With Team IMPACT To Sign Local St. Jude Patient

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis softball team and head coach Natalie Poole teamed with Team IMPACT to grant an NLI Wednesday afternoon to 7-year-old Mabry Landstreet, a St. Jude patient and Memphis native. Landstreet was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2014 and has been free of treatments for the last two-and-a-half years.

Through Team IMPACT's program at the University of Memphis, Landstreet will become an official member of the softball team. As a team member, Landstreet will attend Tigers practices, games, team dinners, events, and more. Before Friday's game against UCF, Landstreet will throw out an honorary first pitch.

The Landstreets were introduced to Team IMPACT at an oncology camp, Camp Sunshine, in Maine. Through series of interviews, the Landstreets were connected with the Memphis softball team.

Team IMPACT is a national nonprofit headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts that connects children facing serious or chronic illnesses with college athletic teams, forming life-long bonds and life-changing outcomes. Since 2011, Team IMPACT has matched more than 1,700 children with more than 500 colleges and universities in 49 states, reaching over 50,000 participating student-athletes.

The child joins the athletic team and the student-athletes join the child's support team. Throughout the journey, the child gains strength, camaraderie and support while the student-athletes experience lessons of courage, resiliency and perspective they can't learn in a classroom.

Team IMPACT has more than 1,000 teams waiting to be matched with children, ages 5-16, who have been diagnosed with a serious or chronic illness and who could benefit from becoming a member of the team. If you know a child who may be interested, visit www.goteamimpact.org for more information.

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Softball Works With Team IMPACT To Sign Local St. Jude Patient

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