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Local Youth Travel Baseball Team Hits Thanksgiving Home Run for Children Battling with Cancer

Photo Courtesy of: CCFSC

The Inland Empire 66ers 10U Baseball Club collected and delivered Thanksgiving meals to the Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern California in Loma Linda (CCFSC) early in the morning the Tuesday before the holiday.

By Carlo Granillo
Community Writer
12/03/2015 at 09:44 AM

The Redlands-based Inland Empire 66ers 10U Baseball Club collected and delivered Thanksgiving meals to the Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern California in Loma Linda (CCFSC) early Tuesday morning, Nov. 24. “We believed this was a great opportunity for our boys to learn more about giving, and to see first-hand how other children – many the same age as they are – are not battling an opponent on a baseball diamond, but are fighting for their lives against cancer,” explained Co-Director/Coach Carlo Granillo. “These brave kids and their families wake up early every morning and stay up late every night to face the tremendous emotional and financial challenges of fighting an opponent far worse than any we face on the field, on the occasional weekend when we have an early, or late game.” The 66ers chose the CCFSC because every three and a half minutes, a parent hears the devastating news, “Your child has cancer.” With these words, normal life stops, and a difficult new journey begins, a journey that will test families physically, emotionally, socially and financially. The sole mission of the CCFSC is to provide emotional, social, educational and emergency assistance to families that have or had a child with cancer. The 66ers were honored to partner with Clark’s Nutrition and the MLB affiliate, the Inland Empire 66ers Professional Baseball Club, in support this local program. “This is a great lesson for our boys, especially as they get older, to appreciate everything they have and to always help others who are less fortunate,” Granillo continued. To learn more about the CCFSC, visit www.ccfsocal.org or call (909) 558-3419.

Dr. Mir Wasif Ali Elected as Chief of Staff

Photo Courtesy of: Dignity Health St. Bernardine Medical Center

Dr. Mir Wasif Ali MD, FACS, as its new Chief of Staff. Dr. Ali, renowned for his distinguished tenure marked by innovation and compassionate patient care, will assume this critical role for a two-year term starting January 2026

Anyone Can Develop Breast Cancer, Man or Woman

Photo Courtesy of: The CARE Project, Inc.

Danny Riggs’ widow, Sarah, along with his two kids, Steven and Kali, are pictured with Carrie Madrid and Pat Washburn, the director of the Men 2 Program. A $5,000 Adam’s Angels grant was awarded to the children of Danny Riggs, who sadly passed away from breast cancer.