Full Notification

Please support a Benefit for John McCarthy and his Family

John McCarthy is a graduate of West Genesee High School and Cortland State College where he excelled in lacrosse and life.

John played for Coach Messere at West Genesee High School and was a key defensive player on the 1983 New York State championship team. While at Cortland State John was a four year starter and named team captain his senior year. He also received All American honors that year.

After leaving Cortland, John spent a year as assistant coach at Potsdam State. He then moved on to start his professional career, working for Oscar Meyer. He later moved on to his current company, Sara Lee, where he is a Director of Sales for the South East region and resides in Orlando Florida.

John and his wife Anne (also a WG grad) have three children, Jake, Kelly and David. John has continued his dedication to the sport of lacrosse by coaching youth programs and helping to grow the sport in the state of Florida. His love and passion for the game is deep rooted and goes back to his childhood growing up in Camillus.

John is fighting a rare form of leukemia called AML. He recently received a bone marrow transplant and is fighting this disease at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.
The purpose of MacPack is to raise money and awareness, and to help support John and his family. Once John is released from the hospital he will need to spend the next several months in an apartment located near the Moffitt Center.

A benefit get-together will be held for John at McNamara’s Pub on May 1 from Noon - 6 pm. Tickets are $20.00. McNamara’s is located at 5600 Newport Rd. in Camillus, NY. For ticket or donation information contact: Bob Williams, [email protected], 315-447-4251; Dave Mitson, [email protected], 315-952-2622; Susan Anderson, [email protected], 315-415-1601; Meghan Curry, [email protected], 315-491-3833; Mike Kesselring, [email protected], 585-329-1009; or Neal J. Cunningham, [email protected], 315-559-4510. Any donation, whether it be an auction item or a monetary gift, would be greatly appreciated. If you are interested in becoming part of the bone marrow registry, please visit www.BeTheMatch.org, enter code BAHBAD.

On behalf of the McCarthy family, MacPack would like to thank you for your generosity and willingness to provide assistance to John and his family.