Chatham Be Positive Club Raises More than $20,000 for Pediatric Cancer Research with Third Annual 3v3 Basketball Tournament

CHATHAM, NJ -- The Chatham Be Positive (B+) Club held its third annual 3v3 basketball tournament on Saturday at the Garden Park courts and raised more than $20,000 for pediatric cancer research.

Twenty teams competed in the 2024 Be Positive Club tournament, which has now raised more than $50,000 in three years.

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Carly Bergstein, executive director of the B+ Foundation, speaks at the Chatham event on Saturday

The Chatham B+ Club was started three years ago by Mark Pasacreta and a group of Chatham High students to raise money for pediatric cancer through sporting events. All funds go to the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation .

About the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation :

The B+ Foundation is the largest provider of financial assistance to families of kids with cancer in the U.S., helping nearly 3,000 families this year. In addition, the B+ Foundation supports childhood cancer research, advocates for funding, and spreads the B+ message: “It’s not a grade. It’s an attitude.”

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The foundation honors the memory of Andrew McDonough, a 14-year-old athlete from Wilmington, DE. On January 27, 2007, Andrew helped lead his team to victory in a state championship soccer tournament. Within 48 hours, he was in cardiac arrest. The diagnosis was AML Leukemia. Doctors didn’t expect Andrew to live through the night. Amazingly, Andrew fought for 167 days before passing away on July 14, 2007. McDonough’s B+ blood type became the perfect message to “Be Positive.”

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