Charity Baseball Game To Benefit Hackettstown Girl With Cancer

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ — The Hackettstown varsity baseball team will be hosting a charity baseball game to benefit "Hope For Maddy," a fund set up for a local 7th grader battling cancer.

The baseball team will face off against Bound Brook on Thursday, May 16 at 3:30 p.m. at home. Drinks, food, t-shirts and more will be on sale, and all benefits will go to "Hope For Maddy." Hackettstown police officers will be on hand to grill up burgers and hot dog.

The game is sponsored by the Hackettstown Police Department and the Hackettstown Education Association.

Maddy is a local 12-year-old who was recently diagnosed with osteosarcoma. She faces a year of chemotherapy, her aunt wrote on a GoFundMe.

"Maddy is in the 7th grade and loves animals, movies, doing make-up and playing at the beach with her family in Long Beach Island. She is very close with her family including her twin sister Sydney, her big sister Gemma and her step-brother Bryson. Maddy also enjoys spending time with her baby cousins Gino and Luca. Maddy is usually the one helping others and now she needs our help," her aunt wrote.

The family is trying to raise $30,000 to offset medical costs. So far, just over $21,000 has been raised in two weeks. If you are interested in donating, you can visit the GoFundMe here.