Doylestown Baseball Team Playing To Support 2 Local Children Battling Cancer

A nonprofit baseball-based organization has stepped up to help two local families with children who are battling cancer. Homers for Hope, which organizes baseball and softball games and activities as fundraisers, is now playing to help the Liples family, as well as the Nero family.

Dominic Liples, 8, of Doylestown was diagnosed with a brain tumor in March and is currently going through radiation and chemotherapy.

For the past several years, Homers for Hope has placed a baseball team in the Philadelphia Fall Baseball League as a fundraising event for different families. As the organization has grown, it has expanded to a second fall baseball team, which is based out of Doylestown, according to information from the organization.

The Doylestown Homers for Hope team has been playing this fall season to benefit the Liples family. It recently added the Nero family to its fundraising campaign. Marisa Nero, also from the Doylestown area, is battling leukemia. She was diagnosed in May.

This Sunday, Oct. 9, the local team will play at Hanusey Park Field beginning at 10 a.m. To celebrate the occasion, the co-founders of the organization, John Durso and Derrick Morgan, will face off in a fun home run derby between games of the scheduled double-header.

Hanusey Park Field is located at 4757 Gordon Rd, Doylestown. The public is invited to the event to support the local families. The organization uses the money raised from the sporting events to help pay the bills and everyday expenses for the families in need.

To date, Homers for Hope says it has helped to pay close to $100,000 worth of bills for families in need.

Here is the fundraising page for Dominic.

Here is the fundraising page for Marissa.

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