(For the 2022 LSU Bateman Team)
Crew for a Cure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
News Release: LSU students host a pirate-themed lymphoma awareness event
BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 24, 2022 – Students from LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication hosted a Pirate Party on Feb. 23 from noon to 4 p.m. to raise awareness for the Lymphoma Research Foundation and adolescent and young adult lymphoma.
“The Pirate Party was our way to share information about a scary disease in a lighthearted atmosphere,” Bateman Team Captain Hannah Michel Hanks said. “If we taught just one person that they can positively impact the fight against AYA lymphoma, then the Pirate Party was a success.”
At the event, guests played pirate-themed games, ate food provided by local vendors and won prizes. Booths outfitted by the LSU Student Health Center, Louisiana Healthcare Connections and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center shared health information with attendees.
Dr. Jay “Pirate Oncologist” Saux, Manship School of Mass Communication Interim Dean Dr. Josh Grimm and local oncologist Dr. Sanjay Juneja, better known as “TheOncDoc” on TikTok, served as team captains competing to raise the most funds. Roughly 100 people attended the event, and so far the team has secured a total of $2,160 in donations to LRF.
The LSU Bateman team will continue its campaign efforts through March 11. Anyone wanting to know more should follow the team on Facebook and Instagram @CrewForACure or go to lymphoma.org.
About the Bateman Competition and LSU’s Bateman team
The PRSSA Bateman Case Study Competition asks teams of undergraduate public relations students nationwide to apply their classroom education to create and implement a full public relations campaign. This year’s competition asks teams to raise awareness for the Lymphoma Research Foundation and its Adolescent and Young Adult Lymphoma initiative, which is supported by Founding Sponsor The Paul Foundation.
LSU’s 2022 Bateman team is undertaking this campaign and going one step further than the pre-defined goal by fundraising as part of its awareness efforts. Team members are Marie George, Hannah Michel Hanks (team captain), Rebecca Herin, Hannah Moran, Perla Rodriguez and Julia Watson. Its advisers include LSU professor Doug Draper and Harris, DeVille and Associates, Inc. associates Michelle Hultberg and Alisha Prather.
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Contact:
Rebecca Herin
225-278-9993
Photo 1: The LSU Bateman Team, also known as Crew for a Cure, poses for a photo with Mike the Tiger under an inflatable arch in front of LSU’s Journalism Building during the Pirate Party on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. From left to right: Julia Watson, Perla Rodriguez, Hannah Michel Hanks, Mike the Tiger, Rebecca Herin, Hannah Moran and Marie George.
Photo 2: Mike the Tiger poses for a photo in the Pirate Photo Booth at the Crew for a Cure’s Pirate Party in LSU’s Journalism Building on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022.
Rebecca C. Herin 