Mr. Ryan L. Bradley

Tournament directors Ryan Bradley and Paul Broderick, who, with their families, both moved to Evanston in the last few years, say that proceeds this year will benefit the Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, rather than the American Cancer Society, which has benefited in the past.
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The soccer tournament is the organization's "primary fundraising event by far," says Mr. Bradley, the president and CEO of Carry On, Inc.He has been head of the tournament for all four years it has run.

"My friend and I had each lost a parent to cancer and we decided we wanted raise funds to fight [the disease]," said Bradley."We'd played soccer together in high school, so we recruited a couple of friends who were high school teammates of ours and put together Kicks 4 Cancer."

Mr. Bradley says that several teams from Evanston have already signed up, among them two under-10 girls teams, and more Evanstonians have expressed interest.

"One of the great things about Evanston," said Mr. Bradley, "is that we've been able to generate interest locally in Bare Necessities … [people] who want to get behind the cause.
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Mr. Bradley expects "anywhere from 32 to 64 teams" over all.This means that every team is guaranteed a minimum of three games.

Ryan L. Bradley - Tournament Director

Ryan received his undergraduate degree from Purdue University and his MBA from the University of Chicago.He has worked for both Fortune 500 companies and start-ups and is currently with Hospira - a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company driven by its vision of Advancing Wellness.

Ryan L. Bradley - President and CEORyan received his undergraduate degree from Purdue University and his MBA from the University of Chicago.He has worked for both Fortune 500 companies and start-ups and is currently at KOConsulting - a firm which specializes in small and mid-sized business financial consulting.He started Kicks4Cancer in 2003 as a way to honor his father who passed away in August of 1996 from Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.

Timothy Labrie, and Officers Conrad Chickinski and Ryan Bradley.
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Labrie and Officer Bradley.

Officer Bradley said he had parked his cruiser in front of the apartment building and was met by a group of people screaming, "Hurry up.He's not breathing."Officer Bradley said he grabbed his medical equipment and ran to where Mr. Sims was lying on the sidewalk while someone was trying to revive him with chest compressions.Officer Bradley said Mr. Sims had no pulse, was not breathing and had a puncture wound in the upper left of his chest.