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Penn State Football Raises $119k for Kidney Cancer Research

Lift for Life raised $119,843 for Penn State's chapter of Uplifting Athletes, and one BSDiva--Heather Weikel--was there to capture it on film.

— Uplifting Athletes (@UpliftingAth) July 11, 2015

This year's Lift for Life Penn State event, PSU's 13th, was held on Saturday, July 11. Uplifting Athletes is a student/athlete created and run charity that began in Happy Valley and has spread all throughout the country, with chapters at Ohio State, Maryland, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Northwestern, Florida State, South Carolina, Clemson, Boston College, Washington, Syracuse, UVA, Baylor, NC State, Arizona, Georgetown, Colgate, Princeton, Fordham, Saint Francis, and Stony Brook.