1. The Influence of Professional Sports in Pittsburgh
... limited to motivational speaking; Presents for Patients, a program that provides nursing home patients in the Pittsbugh area with gifts for the holidays; Race for the Cure, an event benefiting Breast Cancer research; the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization which links terminally ill children with their lifetime dreams; and Toys for Tots, a program that distributes toy donations to needy children. Numerous ... , the most giving of the Penguins players on an individual basis is center, captain and owner Mario Lemieux. After facing a difficult battle with Hodgkin's Disease (a treatable ...
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