ATLANTA – Oglethorpe's women's soccer program and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will host a fundraiser for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM) and 8-year-old Brooklyn Weyls, who is battling Philadelphia-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, during Sunday's home match against Wesleyan.

The match is set to begin at 5 p.m., and fans can make donations at the front gate. As part of the fundraiser, Oglethorpe women's soccer will auction the gold jerseys worn at the game. For a minimum $15 bid, fans will be entered for a chance to win. All proceeds will go to the Weyls family in honor of Brooklyn.

Brooklyn is from Noblesville, Indiana, and was diagnosed with Philadelphia-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on August 23, 2016, at the age of 3. Brooklyn underwent two years of chemotherapy at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital but relapsed on Christmas Day in 2018. Her older brother, Logan, was a bone marrow match, and Brooklyn underwent a bone marrow transplant at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in April 2019.

In June 2021, Brooklyn again relapsed and is currently awaiting a humanized CAR T-Cell therapy clinical trial at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is recognized every September by childhood cancer organizations around the world. With a goal to increase awareness and raise funds for those affected by childhood cancer, the American Childhood Cancer Organization encourages everyone to Go Gold® during September in honor and in memory of kids with cancer.