Project Blackout Opens 2024 Blackout T-Shirt Sale Early

WINDHAM, NH — Windham-grown nonprofit Project Blackout opened its 2024 Blackout Childhood Cancer T-shirt sales earlier this month to meet strong demand from local communities.

Typically running only the first week of August, the T-shirts, featuring a new logo/theme each year, are an integral part of Project Blackout’s annual push to raise pediatric cancer awareness and show support for local families. The 2024 online sale will remain open through Aug. 8 for all participating school communities, including:

• Alvirne in Hudson, NH
• Bishop Guertin in Nashua, NH
• Malden Catholic in Malden, MA
• Pelham, NH
• Windham, NH

Title sponsors Dunkin’ Cafua Management Company and Medicus Healthcare Solutions, as well T-shirt sponsors Brine Team Sales, The Common Man, and MD Esthetics, play a critical role in helping Project Blackout maximize the impact of the T-shirt sale, which serves as the primary fundraising drive for the organization, as well as a general admission ticket for the Annual BlackoutCancer Football Games. Each year, proceeds from the T-shirt sale, online donations and school- and team-driven activities go to support pediatric cancer research at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth and to select charities that help local children currently battling cancer and their families.

“No child, or family, should feel alone in their cancer diagnosis,” Michelle Stoddard, Project Blackout board member and mother of Cole Stoddard, who inspired the first Blackout event and died of neuroblastoma at the age of 5, said. “Blackout has become a powerful source of support for local children and their families. It is so inspiring to see everyone come together in the same shirt and become a unified front,” noted “This year’s logo feels incredibly special because of how much Blackout has grown since the first game. One day there will be no children in need of our support as we turn out the lights on pediatric cancer. Until then, we hope to be a beacon of light, love, and inspiration.”

Project Blackout games unite athletes, school communities and their towns to reach thousands of people each year, build awareness of New England’s high rate of pediatric cancer and honor local families affected by pediatric cancer through special half-time ceremonies, game-day events and more. As schools grow their Blackout effort, additional athletic teams, youth sports organizations and local businesses also host a variety of fundraising and awareness events.

“Blackout games reached a record number of towns across New Hampshire and Massachusetts last year, and the passionate commitment of the athletic teams, schools and communities we work with inspires us,” Erica Camilo DiNitto, the board president of Project Blackout and Windham, NH resident. “Together, we aim to inspire more kids, teams, families and communities, as well as drive new traditions, meaningful action and eventually a cure. As Blackout activities in each school community expand, Blackout t-shirts have become an increasingly powerful symbol of comradery and support.”

Participating towns/schools encourage everyone to wear their T-shirt on the day of the Blackout Football Game to demonstrate unity and raise awareness. Thousands of T-shirts are sold each year, and T-shirts from previous years are worn year round, especially the weeks leading up to Blackout Day.

Full details on Blackout games, upcoming events and other ways to show support and help increase pediatric cancer awareness will be shared directly by each school and posted on the organization’s website and Facebook page. Those who want to support Project Blackout in other ways can submit donations online or purchase shirts designated for families who need extra financial support.

Watch this video on the 2024 Blackout Theme or take a look back at how the Project Blackout community came together in 2023:

• Bishop Guertin Blackout
• Malden Catholic Blackout
• Pelham Blackout
• Windham Blackout

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For more information about Project Blackout, visit projectblackoutusa.org.

Submitted by Project Blackout.