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New Grant – Elizabeth LaFrance

July 3rd, 2011

Unfortunately, Elizabeth was feeling too sick for pics but check her out doing the robot on youtube. At age two, Elizabeth, now 4, was diagnosed with a low grade glioma, a type of brain tumor, while visiting her grandmother in New York. Since being diagnosed, Elizabeth has received chemotherapy treatments, as well as three biopsies

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New Grant – Emily Maricle

July 3rd, 2011

Emily, 8 years old, was diagnosed with an Anaplastic Grade III Ependymoma, which is an aggressive form of Ependymoma with limited treatment options and which carries a somewhat poor prognosis.  On March 21 of 2011, the Children’s Hospital neurosurgery team attempted a complete resection of Emily’s tumor.  Even though the surgery team was able to

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Grant – Erin Sarrat

July 3rd, 2011

Hogs made a grant to The Cure Starts Now a national organization dedicated to funding and finding a cure for all cancers. The Cure Starts Now believes that finding a cure to pediatric brain cancer will spur developments in treatment and cure options for all types of cancer. The level of grant given ensures that

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2011 Cookoff Results

July 3rd, 2011

Here’s a quick listing of the cookoff results grouped by category. Ribs Piggy Stardust Boudin Man Beers Fly When Pigs Die The Joint Seymore Butts Fat Buddy’s Elanor Pigby HWA Cochon Dat Squeal and the 610 Stompers Butt Swine Krewe Fat Hen Grill The Company Burger Guys K-Asian Squeal and the 610 Stompers Pig Slayer

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Gourds Rescheduled for Hogs 2012

March 2nd, 2011

Sad news for Hogs but great news for The Gourds. The Gourds have signed a record contract with major label Vanguard Records and will be traveling to Levon Helm’s studio to record a new album during HFTC. Unfortunately, we will not have them performing this year but they have already committed to 2012. Congrats guys,

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Read Our Press…Thanks Go Nola!

February 4th, 2011

http://www.gonola.com/2011/02/04/hogs-for-the-cause-a-porking-great-time.html#

The Charts Don’t Lie…Click Image

January 31st, 2011

Tickets Are On Sale!

January 27th, 2011

The moment you have all been waiting for has arrived: Lance Bass is working on a new TV pilot. However, if that does not excite you, then maybe this will:  Hogs For The Cause tickets are on sale!  And only $10!!!  “You mean to tell me, Becker, that I can see The Radiators, Anders Osborne,

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Come Join The Fight!

January 7th, 2011

Members of the Hog Militia- My name is Harvey Milk and I’m here to recruit you!  Wait a minute, that’s incorrect, despite my affinity for tight fitting clothing…My name is Becker Hall and I’m here to recruit you!  Teams are still filing in for the Ben Sarrat Jr High on the Hog LA State Pork

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What’s New This Year? Everything!

August 25th, 2010

This year’s event is going to be huge! Here are just a few of the fantastic new things we’ve added: A new location – City Park rugby fields Live Music 50-75 cook off teams 15 celebrity judges You don’t want to miss out this year so start making plans now.

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