KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – The ‘Bring the Thunder’ for Childhood Cancer annual baseball tournament is back this weekend on May 3-4 at Bower Field in South Knoxville.

The tournament is put on twice a year to help families with children with cancer.

Every year, two children are picked for the proceeds to go to, this year it is Kayla and Hayden.

In it’s inaugural tournament, there were 66 teams participating. Since then, the tournament has seen tremendous growth with 124 teams participating and has raised over $331,381 for these families.

It is free for teams to enter the tournament, and all proceeds made at the gate, raffles and donations go straight to the families.

The baseball and softball is not about winning or losing. They are put on to make these young people feel special.

In 2017, Lane wanted to pay it forward after someone lent a hand to his son who had a serious health condition (not cancer).

Lane had learned of a few children play in his son’s league at Bower Field at the time who had cancer and he decided to put on a benefit tournament.

Since then, Lane has been putting on ‘Bring the Thunder’ for Childhood Cancer twice a year to help raise money for families in need.

For more information on the ‘Bring the Thunder’ for Childhood Cancer annual tournament, please go to:  https://bringthethunder.org/

Story courtesy of WVLT