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USAPA & ST. JUDE
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL —
PARTNERING FOR A BRIGHTER
TOMORROW
I
t was after midnight in the emergency room when Katie’s parents
received the news. Their youngest daughter—a bright, vivacious, funny
and sweet girl had been diagnosed with a type of brain cancer called
medulloblastoma.
Katie’s parents began to research the best place to go for medical care and
treatment and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital popped up at the top of
every search. St. Jude is one of the few pediatric hospitals in the nation that
offers proton therapy, which provides the benefits of traditional radiation, but
with fewer side effects. St. Jude is where doctors often send their toughest
cases, because St. Jude has the world’s best survival rates for some of the
most aggressive forms of childhood cancer.
Today, Katie is 11 years old, and is an affectionate
and bubbly girl. “Thanks to St. Jude and its gracious
supporters, we have our precious Katie to make us
laugh, live, and beautify our world.”
The USAPA partnership with St. Jude is helping
patients like Katie every day. Because of partners
like you, St. Jude is able to fulfill our mission that
families never receive a bill from St. Jude for
treatment, travel, housing or food—because
all a family should worry about is helping
their child live. If you have an upcoming
tournament or event, and would like to
create your own fundraiser for St. Jude,
please reach out to your St. Jude team
at 1.800.457.2444, or email specialevents@
stjude.org and we’ll help you get started.
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WILSON ENTERS
EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP
WITH ENGAGE
W
ilson Sporting Goods has chosen
Engage Pickleball under an
exclusive partnership to design
and manufacture its paddles. The
company chose Engage because of
its success and leadership position in
the marketplace, along with Engage’s
reputation for creating leading
performance-based, premium paddles.
Engage says all Wilson paddles will
be made to the same standards as
Engage’s current paddles. However,
Engage will continue to innovate with
cutting-edge engineering technology
exclusive only to its paddles.
The Wilson paddles will be branded
Wilson by Engage Pickleball. Engage
will design and manufacture Wilson
paddles in the United States in the
same plants where Engage makes its
own paddles. Engage will continue
to design, manufacture and market
its own line of paddles, in addition
to manufacturing Wilson pickleball
paddles.
This partnership will make Engage
the largest manufacturer of pickleball
paddles in the market. It will continue
to sell its own line of Engage branded
paddles while Wilson will sell its own
Wilson by Engage Pickleball branded
paddles via its channels.