{"id":10492,"date":"2018-02-02T13:30:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T18:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/please-join-vikings-fightingforjustus-a-student-athlete-battling-cancer-at-basketball-games-on-saturday-feb-3\/"},"modified":"2018-02-02T13:30:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T18:30:42","slug":"please-join-vikings-fightingforjustus-a-student-athlete-battling-cancer-at-basketball-games-on-saturday-feb-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/please-join-vikings-fightingforjustus-a-student-athlete-battling-cancer-at-basketball-games-on-saturday-feb-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Please join Vikings #FightingForJustus, a student-athlete battling cancer, at basketball games on Saturday, Feb. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Athletics Department and the college community have come together to organize a fundraising effort for men&#8217;s basketball student-athlete, Justus Simon, on Saturday, Feb. 3 (Spirit Day) during the women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s basketball games against Schenectady starting at noon.<\/p>\n<p>Justus was recently diagnosed with cancer and his teammates and coaches are raising money for the Simon family to help with medical bills and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Justus, a business administration major, was in the first semester of his freshman season with the men&#8217;s basketball team. Simon played in 11 games and started twice for the Vikings during the fall semester and averaged 5.9\u00a0points per game.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to enrolling at Hudson Valley, Simon attended Green Tech high school where he played two years of varsity basketball and track and field.<\/p>\n<p>How can you help:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online donations: <a href=\"https:\/\/3508.thankyou4caring.org\/fightingforjustus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/3508.thankyou4caring.org\/fightingforjustus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Donations will also be accepted during the women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s basketball games on Saturday, Feb. 3<\/li>\n<li>Justus Simon t-shirts are being sold for $20 (cash only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>T-shirts will be sold on Wednesday, Jan. 31 in the Campus Center from 11:50 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. and on Spirit Day on Saturday, Feb. 3 from noon to 4 p.m. in the McDonough Sports Complex.<\/p>\n<p>You can also email Assistant Director of Athletics Adam Sopris (<a href=\"mailto:a.sopris@hvcc.edu\">a.sopris@hvcc.edu<\/a>) for additional information or to set up a time to purchase a shirt this week.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you and Go Vikings! #FightingForJustus<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/vikings-raising-funds-for-student-athlete-battling-cancer-fightingforjustus\/img_9092\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-81394\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81394 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9092-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/vikings-raising-funds-for-student-athlete-battling-cancer-fightingforjustus\/img_9093\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-81393\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81393 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9093-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:30:42 +0000 by\u00a0j.hoyt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Athletics Department and the college community have come together to organize a fundraising effort for men&#8217;s basketball student-athlete,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}