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Ollie Ogbu, senior defensive tight end on the Penn State football team, holds out through the iron cross challenge during Lift For Life in Holuba Hall on Friday, July 10. The event, organized by the Penn State chapter of Uplifting Athletes, featured 24 teams of four football players competing in 11 different strength-challenging events in support of the Kidney Cancer Association.
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Tyler, center, gets his face painted by Penn State cheerleaders Meghan Dugan, a junior, left, and Kasey Lush, a sophomore, during the Penn State football team's Lift for Life event held in Holuba Hall on Friday, July 10. In addition to watching the team's tests of strength in support of the Kidney Cancer Association, fans could get their faces painted, meet the athletes, play football and Penn... Read more ›
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Penn State Defensive end Jack Crawford, sophomore, answers questions in Holuba Hall on Friday, July 10, prior to the start of Lift for Life, a fundraiser organized by the Penn State football team's chapter of the nonprofit Uplifting Athletes, whose efforts benefit the Kidney Cancer Association. Crawford was one of nearly 100 football players who participated in the event's 11 strength... Read more ›
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Jon and Carol Willie, right, speak with Melissa Philips, left, and her grandmother Carole Saft, center left, at the Willie family's display of Penn State scarves for sale at the Penn State football team's Lift For Life fundraising event in Holuba Hall on Friday, July 10. Organized by the Penn State chapter of the nonprofit organization Uplifting Athletes, the event helped to raise more than $... Read more ›
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Sophomore runningback Branden Beachum works through the weight pull event during Lift For Life in Holuba Hall on Friday, July 10. A charity fundraising event organized by the Penn State football team since 2003, Lift for Life puts teams of four football players through vigorous strength tests. The team raised $80,000 for the Kidney Cancer Association at this year's event.
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Penn State fans Sean and Megan toss beanbags in Holuba Hall during Lift For Life, a Kidney Cancer Association fundraiser organized and executed by the Penn State football team. Attendees could watch the athletes compete in feats of strength against teams of four teammates, participate in silent auctions of Penn State gear and memorabilia, get their faces painted, or play games.
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Johnnie Troutman, junior, takes a breather after his run at the giant tire flip event during Lift for Life, held in Holuba Hall on Friday, July 10. The event, which raised over $80,000 for the Kidney Cancer Association, is organized and run by the Penn State football team. Groups of four players competed in events that tested and maximized their physical conditioning leading up to the start of... Read more ›
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Penn State linebacker Nate Stupar, left, autographs a football for fan Elizabeth, right, during the team's Lift for Life event held in Holuba Hall on Friday, July 10. Teams of four players competed against each other in strength exercises, raising more than $80,000 for the Kidney Cancer Association through pledges, donations, silent auction sales and other gifts.
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Sinfree Makoni, left, and Josh Haefner, right, toss a football during Lift For Life, a fundraiser organized by the Penn State chapter of nonprofit organization Uplifting Athletes. This year, the event helped to raise more than $80,000 to support kidney cancer patients and research.
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Fans watch the "giant tire flip" event during Lift For Life in Holuba Hall on Friday, July 10. The event is the last of 11 challenges in which Penn State football players competed against one another. Lift for Life supports Uplifting Athletes, a multi-university nonprofit group started at by Penn State football players in 2003. The organization, with support from the Kidney Cancer Association... Read more ›
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