POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist Chapter of Uplifting Athletes will be holding a Touchdown Pledge Drive for the Red Foxes' three football games in the month of October.
 
The Marist football team will play three games in October – at San Diego (Saturday, Oct. 5), home against Dartmouth (Saturday, Oct. 19), and at Davidson (Saturday, Oct. 26). For each touchdown the Red Foxes score in these three games, money will be raised to support the Rare Disease Community.
 
The Pledge Drive site is available at pledgeit.org/maristtd19.
 
Proceeds from the pledge drive support the mission of Uplifting Athletes as well as its charitable programs: Rare Disease Awareness, Rare Disease Research, Uplifting Experiences, and Uplifting Leaders. Uplifting Athletes chapters are run by college football student-athletes. Red-shirt freshman safety Paul Olivett is President of the Marist Chapter.
 
About Uplifting Athletes
A nonprofit organization founded in 2007, Uplifting Athletes inspires the Rare Disease Community with hope through the power of sport. A rare disease is one that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans and typically lacks financial incentive to make and market new treatments. Uplifting Athletes fulfills its mission through a network of college football student-athlete led chapters, Uplifting Ambassadors and Team UA participants. Since its inception, Uplifting Athletes has raised more than $4.5 million in support of the Rare Disease Community with a third of that, $1.5 million, given to fund rare disease research. To learn more about Uplifting Athletes visit www.upliftingathletes.org.