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Hampton Boy Nets Over $5K for Cancer Charity

The fundraising totals for Hoops For a Cure are in.

Submitted by Lara Bricker Liam Viviano, 13, of Hampton, raised over $5,000 as a part of his Hoops For A Cure, which helped support a fund started at Exeter Hospital by his mother Anne-Marie Viviano for local oncology patients in need. Liam recently presented the money he raised to representatives from the Beyond The Rainbow Fund at Exeter Hospital. The Beyond The Rainbow Fund provides assistance to oncology patients for things that can become unmanageable for patients and families during treatment. Donations to the fund have provided everything from help with heating bills, groceries and wigs to helping with transportation and fuel assistance. For every shot Liam made sponsors gave him two pennies and for every shot missed, sponsors gave …

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VIDEO: Viviano Sinks Baskets for Cancer Charity

The Hampton teen is past the halfway mark.

Last week, we told you 13-year-old Liam Viviano, a Hampton Academy seventh grader, was set to begin shooting 2,000 baskets to benefit a local cancer charity started by his mother, who succumbed to breast cancer in 2009. Viviano began his Hoops for a Cure quest with free throws during halftime at two Jan. 13 Winnacunnet High School basketball games, and he has since been three-pointing, free-throwing and hook-shotting his way to completing the tribute for his mother. Viviano was sinking free throws at WHS Tuesday afternoon, so we caught up with him and his father to shoot the above video about the teen's efforts and motivation as he cruised past shot No. 1,110. The charity effort has raised more than $2,000 to date, and donations to Exeter …

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Boy to Shoot 2K Baskets in Mom's Honor

It'll benefit a hospital fund started by his mom, who succumbed to breast cancer in 2009.

[Editor's note: This is a release from Exeter Hospital. We will have a story of our own and video at some point soon.] Liam Viviano hopes to shoot 2,000 baskets on the basketball court to raise money for local oncology patients in need. His goal is not related to helping his team win their games, but instead to help local cancer patients win theirs. Viviano is working to raise money for the Beyond the Rainbow Fund at Exeter Hospital, which was started by his mother Anne-Marie Viviano as a way to help oncology patients of the hospital in need by providing assistance with practical needs that can become unmanageable for patients and families during treatment. Donations to the fund have provided everything from help with heating bills, …

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