Burgettstown football kicker raising awareness for cancer with each kick
Sophomore kicker Reed Reitter isn’t just racking up points for Burgettstown’s football team – he’a also kicking up awareness for cancer.
During a football camp this summer, Reitter first heard about Kicks for Cancer, an American Cancer Society program that raises money with each extra point a high school football kicker makes. Reitter decided he wanted to do the program at Burgettstown in honor of his great grandparents, who both died from cancer, and also fulfill his school’s community service requirement.
After getting approval from his school and football head coach Mark Druga, Reitter began contacting local businesses, friends and families to either get flat donations or a pledge of a dollar amount for every extra point he would kick this season.
Druga says the team and community have really embraced the concept.
“Incorprating his passion for football and this very mature idea is fantastic, and I’m 100 percent behind him,” said Druga, who has made peronal donations himself.
Reitter’s goal for this season is $1,000, and he plans to continue through his high school career.
“Hopefully throughout my junior and senior year, I can raise a lot of money for the American Cancer Society.”
If you would like to donate to Kicks for Cancer, you can call Burgettstown’s high school office at 724-947-8100, or stop out at a home game and grab a flyer. Donations will go to the American Cancer Society.