Chicago Cubs Fan Uses Extra Playoff Ticket to Raise Money for Cancer Research

CHICAGO, IL — Anna Patras has a straightforward reason for auctioning off one of her three Chicago Cubs playoff tickets to the person who donates the most money toward esophageal cancer research at the Mayo Clinic.

"[J]ust 'trying not to suck' in our crazy world by doing something kind," the lifelong Cubs fan wrote on the website that hosts her altruistic auction. "It's really that simple."

The auction is for Seat 6 in Row 11 of Section 233, and the "bidding" — or donating, as the case may be — runs until 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7.

Patras, 24, was lucky enough to score three tickets to Game 2 of the National League Division Series in the Cubs' playoff lottery, according to the Chicago Tribune. She planned on taking her older brother to Saturday's game, but instead of selling the third ticket for big bank, she decided to use it as a way to raise money to help combat a disease that has already claimed her uncle and her best friend's dad, the report stated.

This isn't the first time Patras, a Crystal Lake native who now lives in Chicago's Wrigleyville neighborhood, has used an event to raise funds to fight esophageal cancer. In 2015, she took "donation bets" for Monster Dash races in Chicago and Minneapolis, where she went to college, the Tribune reports. Her efforts netted more than $5,000, the report added.

And the ticket auction probably won't be the last time Patras uses a Cubs theme to get people to donate to a cause close to her heart. She told the Tribune that she plans to keep organizing annual fundraisers for research to battle esophageal cancer.

Go to Anna Patras' auction site to "bid" on her extra Chicago Cubs playoff ticket.

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