Thursday, June 21, 2018 $1.00 For more, log on to: www.mycameronnews.com Cameron, Missouri Community hits it out of the park for Home Runs for Rose Photos by Annette Bauer Just a few of the heroes and their families of this year’s Home Runs for Rose. Proceed from this year’s festival will be granted to the families of Ashton, Eowyn, Kevin, Maddie and Silas By Annette Bauer Editor
[email protected] On Saturday June 16, the 3rd Annual Home Runs for Rose was held at the Cameron Elks Lodge south of Cameron. A softball tournament began at 6 a.m. and teams played throughout the day. There was a pancake breakfast, petting zoo, vendors, silent auction, face painting, sand pits, a misting area and play area for children, and music all day, superheroes and even the KC Wolf, with the final act of the evening being Shenandoah, who made Home Runs for Rose a stop on their 30 year anniversary tour. Another special opportunity was presented at Home Runs for Rose with volunteers on hand to take swabs for people to be checked to see if they are a match on the bone marrow registry and to sign up to be a bone marrow Photo by Annette Bauer donor, 72 people signed up that day. The Hulk, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Supergirl, Batman and Superman The Home Runs for Rose fundraiser Lowenstein’s daughter Rose went through were all in attendance at the Home Runs for Rose festival, showing their began three years ago when the Lowenstein’s many treatments and was declared no sign support of the battle against childhood cancer and spending time with the daughter Rose was diagnosed with cancer, of disease in 2016, with regular checkups kids in the children’s area.