BrAva Mom Prom canceled because of to COVID surge | News, Athletics, Positions

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The 2021 BrAva Mother Prom, slated for Sept. 24, at the Washington County Fairgrounds, has been canceled.
“While it pains us drastically to terminate the 2021 BrAva Mom Prom, we will have to prioritize the security and effectively-remaining of the immunocompromised little ones of our BrAva mothers who are honored guests each and every yr at BrAva Mother Prom,” explained BraVa Vice President Erin Roberts.
In a assertion despatched out Wednesday, Roberts mentioned a 7 days ago, they imagined they could pull off the 2021 BrAva Mom Promenade. They experienced secured a larger sized constructing with eight garage doorways and three industrial ceiling followers they experienced confirmed the party with all their suppliers they had identified a business inclined to rent them a trailer with flushable bogs and air conditioning for the new web site.
“We felt like we could safely progress,” she said.
She stated they no for a longer time have self-confidence in their capacity to postpone the event or announce a new day. The committee will watch this pandemic and will reevaluate their fundraising events in six months.
“We are very sorry that we have been unable to meet any of the dates we’ve entertained due to the fact postponing the function … Please accept our regret and sincere apology,” Roberts mentioned.
All tickets (admission and raffle) and charges will be absolutely refunded.
“If you are a organization or an particular person that has built a raffle donation for the celebration, we will maintain the donation to use as shortly as we are properly in a position to perform BrAva Mom Promenade,” Roberts said.
As area family members impacted by childhood cancer continue to require financial and emotional assist, need to be able to journey to search for care for their little ones and want to manage work opportunities and properties for livelihood, a substantial-prize raffle will be conducted more than the upcoming months.
“We’re nevertheless operating out the aspects,” Roberts mentioned. “Again, we are saddened to have to cancel this year’s occasion, but we experience this is the most accountable and providing point we can do for the neighborhood at this time.”
To day, BrAva has supported far more than 50 neighborhood people, five of whom have young children that have been diagnosed due to the fact the pandemic began. BrAva has donated additional than $355,000 to area family members and CureSearch, a national group exclusively focused on pediatric cancer investigate. To assistance at this time, they ask that people today take into consideration building donations as a result of PayPal at bravacares@gmail.com or to BrAva, P.O. Box 535, Marietta, OH 45750.