Classic Weekend Benefit Families for Fighting Flu Foundation

From Oswego Speedway OSWEGO, NY (August 15, 2017) – Amidst all of the excitement, festivities and on track action taking place throughout Budwesier International Classic Weekend 2017 at Oswego Speedway will be a special Cornhole Board Raffle to benefit Serese Shampine Marotta and the ‘Families Fighting Flu’ Foundation. The daughter of Supermodified legend Jim Shampine, Marotta lost her son to the flu several years ago and since then, herself and her husband Joe, have spent a great deal of time spreading the word about the seriousness of the epidemic and have also joined as members of Families Fighting Flu. Families Fighting Flu is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) volunteer-based advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the lives of children. The organization includes families whose children have suffered serious medical complications or died from influenza, as well as other advocates and health care practitioners committed to flu prevention. In honor of these children, Families Fighting Flu works to increase awareness about the seriousness of the disease and to reduce the number of childhood hospitalizations and deaths caused by the flu each year by increasing vaccination rates. Several cornhole boards have been built by sponsors Tom Salvador and John Proctor in a joint effort with [...]