The Cincinatti Bengals have announced that after nearly 3 weeks of jersey sales for Bengal Devon Still the team has sold nearly 10,000 of his jerseys with a reported sale of upwards of $1M. The Bengals are donating all of the proceeds from Still’s jersey sales to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center for pediatric cancer research.
Bengals say they are subsidizing cost of Devon Still jerseys. Donation to Cincinnati’s Children’s Hospital will be $1M+
— darrenrovell(@darrenrovell) September 28, 2014
According to a news release, the Bengals will continue selling Still’s jersey through Oct. 20 on their website, and for fans who don’t want to spend $100 n the jersey, they can donate directly to the hospital. This has already been a very hectic week for Still and his daughter Leah who underwent a surgery that removed the tumor from her body. She’s not cancer-free just yet, though. Her bone marrow has been attacked by the disease, Stage 4 neuroblastoma, meaning that she still has a round of chemotherapy, radiation and stem-cell treatments to go through. When she was originally diagnosed June 2, doctors had given Leah a 50-50 chance of survival.
“We applaud Devon for his openness in sharing his daughter’s challenging story nationwide through media and social media,” Bengals executive vice president Katie Blackburn said. “We also applaud the response of our fans and many others to the jersey sales. The welfare of Devon and Leah are foremost in our minds, but we are proud and excited to be able to be a part of something that can help advance the cause of fighting childhood cancer.”
h/t Darren Rovell