Kickin’ for a cause


PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Pictured clockwise from top left: Joe DiLaurio, 13, of Brick, tries to send one through the uprights during the third annual Joanne J. Amato Kick Cancer fundraiser for the Embrace Kids Foundation, New Brunswick. The event, held June 7 at Heavenly Farms, East Brunswick, is dedicated to the memory of late East Brunswick resident Joanne J. Amato, a pediatric and infertility nurse who dedicated her life to the well-being and care of children. Brad Pastrick, 17, of North Brunswick, leaps to catch the ball during a passing drill at the event, when professional and college football players worked on fundamentals with attendees. A line of youngsters yell to create game-like distractions during a field-goal kicking drill. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Pictured clockwise from top left: Joe DiLaurio, 13, of Brick, tries to send one through the uprights during the third annual Joanne J. Amato Kick Cancer fundraiser for the Embrace Kids Foundation, New Brunswick. The event, held June 7 at Heavenly Farms, East Brunswick, is dedicated to the memory of late East Brunswick resident Joanne J. Amato, a pediatric and infertility nurse who dedicated her life to the well-being and care of children. Brad Pastrick, 17, of North Brunswick, leaps to catch the ball during a passing drill at the event, when professional and college football players worked on fundamentals with attendees. A line of youngsters yell to create game-like distractions during a field-goal kicking drill.