Alpharetta lacrosse raises $2,750 for Wounded Warrior Project.

Courtesy Appen Newspapers

March 10, 2010 Members of the Alpharetta Junior Raider Men’s Lacrosse team raised more than $2,750 for the Wounded Warrior Project through a charity event in the memory of Capt. John Hallett III, a member of the U.S. Army who was killed in action last year while serving in Afghanistan. He was the cousin of Cal Swanson, a member of the AHS lacrosse team.

The Junior Raider team, composed of students in middle school, conducted a 12-hour “lacrosse-athon” on Feb. 6, playing non-stop lacrosse through sleet, rain and snow from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. Players solicited donations from neighbors, friends and family for the Wounded Warrior Project after learning of the connection between Swanson and Hallett.

Hallett was a member of the United States Army, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 6th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.