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D.C. United's Chris Pontius Visits Whitman/WJ Soccer Game
Pontius visited with players as part of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients program.
Soccer players from and got a special visitor at a boys' varsity game last week.
D.C. United midfielder Chris Pontius stopped by a Thursday game to visit with players and thank them for their support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients program, which challenges elementary, middle and high schools to raise funds for LLS and local blood cancer patients and their families.
Whitman and WJ have been the top fundraisers for the program in the past several years, according to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, with WJ consistently leading the pack in fundraising for the past six years.
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In 2011, WJ raised $39,000 for the program, while Whitman raised $22,000.
Pontius, whose father is a leukemia survivor, is co-chairing the 2012 Pennies for Patients campaign along with Anita Brikman of WUSA9.
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