Hugs For Cubs
The Hugs for Cubs program is the official charity of the Santa Barbara Foresters. The Program began after Eric Pintard, a former Forester, lost his life to cancer. The program is aimed towards touching the lives of children currently battling cancer. Forester players make frequent visits to the children's hospital in Santa Barbara and Wichita, Kansas to hang out with and cheer up the patients. Hugs for Cubs also raises money through several annual charity events, ticket and concession sales, as well as raffle sales to help out these children fighting cancer. Every summer, the Foresters will take in a couple of cancer patients and "adopt" them to the team so they may have some fun times and create good memories away from the hospital. Finally, the Hugs for Cubs program holds several events over the summer such as Bowling at Zodos and a night at the ball park where Hugs for Cubs patients get to travel to Angels Stadium.
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