Youth from Abington and Huntingdon Valley selected to take part in Phillies’ annual Nemours Children’s Health Childhood Cancer Awareness Night on Sept. 13

Chloe Winters, 15, of Abington, and Ryan Newman, 14, of Huntingdon Valley, have been chosen to take part in the at the Phillies’ ninth annual Nemours Children’s Health Childhood Cancer Awareness Night on Saturday, September 13 at Citizens Bank Park.

The on-field ceremony at 5:30pm will “celebrate the courage, patience and resilience of childhood cancer warriors and their families with participants including those receiving treatment from Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware,” MLB.com said.

Also represented are children affiliated with Kisses for Kyle Foundation of Willow Grove and Michaels Way of Fort Washington, as well as other members of the Phillies family who have personally been impacted by childhood cancer.

Winters will take part in the Lineup of Courage, which will include local children who are battling or have battled cancer during the national anthem.

Newman will take part in the Phanatic Dance on Dugout at the end of the seventh inning.

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