Foresters Score Big for Boy Diagnosed with Lymphoma

The team donates game proceeds to Brandon School student Wyatt Taylor and his family

Michael, Wyatt, Lacy and Jackson Taylor show their Foresters pride before Tuesday night's game. The baseball team donated proceeds to help pay medical bills for Wyatt Taylor, who was diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma on March 9
Michael, Wyatt, Lacy and Jackson Taylor show their Foresters pride before Tuesday night’s game. The baseball team donated proceeds to help pay medical bills for Wyatt Taylor, who was diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma on March 9. (Valerie Kushnerov photo)

By Valerie Kushnerov | Published on 06.16.2009

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Tuesday night, the champion Santa Barbara Foresters scored an easy 4-0 win over the San Jose Fontanettis and won the heart of the community with yet another event to support their Hugs for Cubs program.

The game was Brandon School’s Wyatt’s Day, where many families familiar with Wyatt Taylor’s story came out to raise money for the family.

The Foresters donated the tickets and concession stand sales to the family and held a 50/50 raffle, in which tickets sold out in the sixth inning. The grand total — $2,400 — was handed from a newly sworn Bill Pintard to Wyatt Taylor and his dad, Michael, after the game.

Syndey Shalhoob, a fourth-grader at Monte Vista Elementary School, sang the national anthem, and Wyatt Taylor threw out the first pitch.

Taylor, a fourth-grader at Brandon School, was diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma on March 9. Since then, he has been in and out of the hospital while fighting the fast-growing, yet treatable cancer.

A Forester fan and Little League player, Taylor was quickly adopted by the Foresters through their Hugs for Cubs program.

— Valerie Kushnerov is a Brandon School parent.

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» Jim on 06.17.09 @ 07:13 AM

Well done Bill and Dave Pintard and the entire Foresters-Hugs for Cubs “Family”.
The Foresters are much more than a baseball team. They are a local treasure.
They deserve everyone’s support for the good work they do with the kids, players, coaches, parents and the community. “z-all good” EP-19.

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» Greg on 07.29.09 @ 01:36 PM

It’s great to see our community in action. Thanks Bill and all the Forester supporters.

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