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Baseball is in full swing, and so is the Home Run Challenge!<\/div>\n
As the season\u2019s biggest moments unfold, the Home Run Challenge is already helping to change lives beyond the ballpark.<\/p>\n

For 30 seasons, the Home Run Challenge has turned baseball into a way to fight prostate cancer: fueling science, advancing early detection, and helping men live longer.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Get Ready. Donate Today!
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Mike Milken created the Home Run Challenge to:<\/div>\n

Keep Dad in the Game.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Today, this powerful movement continues to unite fans, families, and communities around our mission that extends far beyond the ballpark.<\/div>\n
This season is another opportunity to turn every swing into an act of saving lives.<\/div>\n

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The Prostate Cancer Foundation has been working to accelerate life-saving prostate cancer research since 1993<\/p>\n

The Prostate Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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