Striking Out Cancer
Hatboro and Upper Moreland little leagues join forces to help Bobby Taggart, an Upper Moreland teen battling bone cancer.
They may be rivals on the field, but when the bats are down and the gloves off, Hatboro and Upper Moreland little leagues are playing for the same team. Team Taggart. Bobby Taggart, 14, who recently moved to Upper Moreland, but spent most of his life in Hatboro – playing for Hatboro Little League since age 5 – was diagnosed in January with a rare form of bone cancer. On Saturday, the two leagues are enlisting help from hair stylists who will braid and buzz cut as many heads as possible to fundraise for Bobby’s medical expenses. “It kind of brought the two leagues together, which is a pretty big deal,” said Bobby’s father, John Taggart, while awaiting his son’s limb salvage surgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia earlier this week. “…
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Marti N
4:51 pm on Saturday, April 14, 2012
It was an awesome event and my boy enjoyed it very much knowing that he donated his earned report card money to a good cause. So proud of him! more ›