The best time of the year is fast approaching.

While football season is on the way, there’s another annual tradition to get excited about.

Little Eric’s Big Game Night: Play for a Cure is set for Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Holiday Inn Wilkes-Barre – East Mountain in Plains Township.

This annual event lets guests try their hand at blackjack, poker, roulette, horse racing and more, while enjoying food stations, hors d’oeuvres and an open bar.

It’s all to benefit pediatric cancer research through Little Eric’s Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit named after young Eric Speicher Jr., of West Pittston, who died of brain cancer in 2013.

Since then, his family and friends have been on a mission to support research and have raised thousands of dollars for local families navigating their own cancer d

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