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Basketball Tournament Benefits Pediatric Cancer Care at The Nebraska Medical Center

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Posted 5/21/2012

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The Impakt Foundation hosted the first of what it hopes will be many more basketball tournaments in Omaha to benefit the pediatric oncology patients program at The Nebraska Medical Center. Children come from all over the U.S. for leukemia and lymphoma treatment, as well as treatment of other types of cancer. To learn more about the Impakt Foundation, visit their website, http://www.impaktfoundation.org. For more information on The Nebraska Medical Center, call 1-800-922-0000 or visit http://www.nebraskamed.com/cancer.

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