Lesson Learned: There’s More to Life Than What Happens on the Field For the past two years, Jeff Babbush, a Beachwood parent and resident, has been part of a small group dedicated to rebuilding the Beachwood Athletic Boosters, believing that the community could be brought closer to one another and to the schools through an affinity to the athletics program. It is not only through athletics that this organization is being rebuilt, but it is also through personal relationships – and teaching student-athletes that there are important lessons to be learned both on and off the field. On October 24, the soccer and football teams united to bring cancer awareness to the forefront. Babbush, along with his sister, Amy, and Steve Eisenberg, spearheaded a program to dedicate the football game against Wickliffe to “Team Alter,” to show and share their love and support to the Alter family. Mom Darcy Alter has been battling cancer for 10 years; Max Alter, a sophomore, is a varsity football player; Sophie is a senior, and Sadie is a 7th-grade middle school student. (Continued on next page.) 24 Beachwood Buzz n December 2015