Iowa football’s newest tradition of its fans waving to the nearby children’s hospital during games is living on, even though it’s the offseason. Last fall, Hawkeye fans began waving up to University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, which overlooks the football stadium. The stadium’s crowd waves to the hospital at the end of every first quarter.
Iowa football’s tradition of waving to a nearby children’s hospital lives on in the offseason
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It may be a couple months into the sport’s offseason now, but the tradition continues — a big hand was drawn in a snow-covered Kinnick Stadium field:
The tradition started last fall after an Iowa football Facebook fan page came up with the idea a few months before the season began.
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Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz has a special connection with the hospital, too. In August, he and his wife donated $1 million to the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital to bolster research into helping premature babies:
The program is called the Savvy Ferentz Program in Neonatal Research and has a heart wrenching history. Savvy Ferentz was one of the Kirk and Mary’s grandchildren who sadly passed away after being born at just 21 weeks.
“We knew Savvy was born too early,” Mary said in a release. “We also knew they do extraordinary things at UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital that would give her a fighting chance. We were thankful we had that.”
Shoutout to Iowa for keeping one of college football’s most touching traditions alive and well in the offseason.
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