Coach Fletcher Arritt Battling Lymphoma

(Release from www.forkunion.com) Coach Fletcher Arritt, the longtime basketball coach at Fork Union Military Academy, has been diagnosed with Lymphoma, one of the most common types of blood cancer.  His cancer is described as Stage 3, just past the local stages of advancement but not widespread.  Coach Arritt is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment for the condition, and he and his doctors express confidence that his disease can be effectively treated.  Coach Arritt continues to maintain his normal schedule of biology class and basketball as he completes his early treatments.

Cadets and staff on campus are quickly taking steps to show their love and support, with numbers of them sporting new buzzcut hairstyles in solidarity with Coach Arritt as the chemotherapy treatments temporarily begin to claim the last of his familiar thinning, white hair.

A new campus organization, Cadets Against Cancer, has been formed and is making plans to hold a twelve-hour "Coach Arritt's Walkathon" on April 28, 2012 as a way of showing support and raising scholarship funds to honor Coach Arritt.  More information on this event will be forthcoming in the days ahead.