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If COVID-19 hadn't happened, June 19th would have been our local 12th annual Strike Out Stroke event at Dozer Park - Home of the Peoria Chiefs! It's always a fun night of stroke awareness, family, and baseball!
Typically our very own Chime Strokers group open the evening by playing the National Anthem and 'God Bless America' on their hand held chime instruments.
Next, we all watch the OSF Life Flight helicopter descend and land in the center of the ball diamond.
The Grand Prize winner of the POSTER CONTEST for the Youth Education on Stroke program along with a parent, gets out of the helicopter to walk to the pitcher's mound to have the honor of throwing out the first pitch!
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| Winner and Dad |
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| Winner and Mom |
(We display the other winning posters throughout the park for people to see and learn).
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| GRAND PRIZE WINNING POSTER |
Then it's game time where we all cheer on our Chiefs and spread the message of BE-FASTER!!
We do pitch-in-for charity to raise money for United Stroke Alliance, and people win BIG prizes by throwing tennis balls from the stands into large rings positioned around the ball field!!
The night usually ends with a fantastic display of fireworks!...oh how we will miss it this year. But we have these wonderful memories of last year's (2019) game to get us through until next year!
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| Jan Jahnel on the right Pam Casper on the left |
This fun filled day at the semi-pro Peoria Chiefs ball park, and the ability to save lives, would not be possible without the help of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Jan Jahnel, their Illinois Neurological Institute Stroke Coordinator, United Stroke Alliance and Retreat & Refresh Stroke Camp.
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