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AUFC v The Jets - Game Day Charity Partner

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Sunday 8 Dec, 2019

Show your support for families impacted by childhood cancer at the upcoming Round 9 match between Adelaide United and the Newcastle Jets at Coopers Stadium on Sunday, 8 December.

Children from the Childhood Cancer Association will be junior mascots for each player, along with other opportunities to be part of the coin toss, ball carrier and on-ground games. Elliot, our mascot and friend to children with cancer, will also be present during the day.

Paul Izzo, Adelaide United's number one goalkeeper, has just be named the newest ambassador for the Childhood Cancer Association, and Sunday's match will be his first in this new role.

Make sure you come along and cheer Paul, Elliot and our junior mascots on!

As the Game Day Charity Partner, the Childhood Cancer Association will also be onsite selling merchandise and taking donations to support more than 400 local families battling childhood cancer. Please give generously.

Limited edition AUFC Elliots will also be available to purchase at the ground - until stocks last!

Thanks to our partner, Adelaide United, for the opportunity.

When: Sunday, 8 December | Gates open at 4.30pm | Match starts at 5.30pm

Where: Coopers Stadium | Holden Street, Hindmarsh

Tickets: via Ticketek - plus children under 5 are free!

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Watch Thomas’s Story

Watch this 5 minute film where Chris Hartley talks through his family’s journey after his son’s diagnosis of a brain tumour and the support he received from the Childhood Cancer Association.

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