Charity Golf Tournaments and Golf Tournament Planning

The Cadillac Invitational held at the newly renovated Westmoor Country Club is one link in the nationwide series of 40 amateur tournaments being held across the country. The tournament is open to all amateur golfers with two divisions of play, Competitive and Non-Competitive.

The winning “Competitive Division” foursome and second-place qualifiers will be invited to compete in the Cadillac Invitational National Finals at Florida’s famed TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Verda Beach. Eligible teams in the Competitive Division consist of four amateur players whose USGA Handicap Indexes total 43.0 or more, and only one golfer on each team may have a Handicap Index of 8.0 or less.

Golfers participating in the “Non-Competitive” Division will compete for local prizes and all skill levels are invited! Foursomes, twosomes, and individual golfers are welcome in the afternoon shotgun and scramble event.

The foursome team entry fee is $1,600 for the Competitive Division or $1,400 for the Non-Competitive Division, a portion of which is tax deductible, and helps support the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin. Team entry fees include premium golf gift bags, driving range access, lunch, on-course hospitality, awards reception and dinner, and of course, a great round of golf at Westmoor Country Club!

For every dollar contributed, 84 cents is donated to patient programs and services available to all affected by organ donation, diabetes, high blood pressure, or kidney disease. In addition, the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin provides public and professional education and funds life saving research.

The National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin was founded forty years ago by a group of physicians and family members. It is dedicated to the prevention of kidney and urinary tract disease, improving the health and well-being of patients and families affected by these diseases and increasing the availability of all organs for transplantation.

For more information, to register, or sponsor, please call 1.800.543.6393 ext. 13 or email golf@kidneywi.org.

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Entry fee includes golf, cart, range balls, lunch, prizes, AND…a coupon for a free round of golf at the Bear Creek sister courses: (Longwood, Tour 18, and Southwyk)

History

The Jimmy Fund started in 1948 when the Variety Club of New England (now the Variety Children’s Charity of New England) and the Boston Braves baseball team joined forces to help a 12-year-old cancer patient dubbed “Jimmy.” On a national radio broadcast, millions heard the boy visit with his heroes from the Braves as they stood by his hospital bed. Contributions poured in from people everywhere, launching an effort that continues to bring hope to thousands of children and adults facing cancer throughout the world.

Join this more than 50-year tradition of support by making a gift to the Jimmy Fund.

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Milestones in the history of the Jimmy Fund

1948

The Jimmy Fund is launched with the help of the Variety Club of New England (now the Variety Children’s Charity of New England). The club organizes a radio broadcast from the bedside of a young cancer patient dubbed Jimmy as he is visited by members of the Boston Braves baseball team. Contributions pour in to buy Jimmy a television set so he can watch the Braves play.

1949

The Jimmy Fund/Variety Children’s Charity Theater Program begins.

1953

Boston Red Sox owners Tom and Jean Yawkey adopt the Jimmy Fund as the team’s official charity when the Braves move to Milwaukee. The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association also names the Jimmy Fund as its official charity.

1967

The 1967 Boston Red Sox “Impossible Dream Team” votes to give the Jimmy Fund a share of its winnings from the World Series.

1977

The first Jimmy Fund council, the Jimmy Fund Council of Greater Boston, is established. Learn more

1980

The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, the cross-state bicycle ride that has grown into the Jimmy Fund’s single largest fundraising event, is founded.

1983

The first annual Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl^® ice cream extravaganza is held on the Boston Common. Jimmy Fund Golf is officially organized.

1989

The Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk begins with help from Boston Marathon organizers, the Boston Athletic Association.

1991

Stop & Shop teams up with the Boston Red Sox to raise $1 million through the Triple Winner Game, a scratch card game that Stop & Shop customers can play by contributing $1 to the Jimmy Fund.

1998

The Jimmy Fund celebrates 50 years of progress in the fight against cancer. Just in time for the celebration, Einar Gustafson, the original “Jimmy,” who gave the charity its name, returns to Dana-Farber. A symbol of hope for thousands of children and adults in their fight against cancer, “Jimmy” attended numerous events, becoming a faithful supporter of the Jimmy Fund until his death at age 65 in January 2001.

2000

Joining Stop & Shop in supporting the Jimmy Fund through cause marketing are Jiffy Lube (1997), Taco Bell (1999), Dunkin’ Donuts (1999), Hyundai Motor America (2000), and Burger King Restaurants (2000).

2002

The inaugural WEEI Jimmy Fund Radiothon raises more than $325,000. In 2003, NESN joins the event and turns it into a radio-telethon.

2005

The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge leads the nation in dollars raised by an athletic fundraising event by presenting $23 million to the Jimmy Fund.

2008

The 7th annual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon reaches new heights when people from all 50 states and around the world pledge more than $4.8 million. The 29th annual Pan Massachusetts Challenge generates $35 million in support of cancer research and care at Dana-Farber, more than twice the amount ever raised for a charity by an athletic fundraising event in the country.

Today

The efforts of hundreds of thousands of dedicated Jimmy Fund supporters continue to allow Dana-Farber to make remarkable progress in the fight against cancer. Please join us today.

Visit http://www.jimmyfund.org for more Information

Andy Kusma was an athlete. He was training with his daughter to run a marathon when he became ill. Worse, when he was diagnosed, the cancer had already spread to his liver. It is a silent killer. 

To date there are no diagnostic tools or tests for early detection of pancreatic cancer, with your help, half of the proceeds will be presented to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network ( www.pancan.org, 501(c)(3) eligible) in Andy’s name for much needed research and awareness. The network is a nationwide network of people dedicated to working together to advance research, support patients and create hope for those afflicted by pancreatic cancer. The network’s funds are used towards private funding of research and advocate for more aggressive federal research funding medical breakthroughs in prevention, diagnosis and treatment. 

The balance of the proceeds will be given to the Andy Kusma NPAAA Scholarship Fund (www.npaaa.org, exemption number 5322). The mission of this Association shall be to uphold the standards and prestige of the North Penn High School athletic program and to encourage and promote higher education through scholarship awards to those athletes who demonstrate courage and sacrifice during their athletic careers. In addition, a hall of fame has been established to recognize those alumni from North Penn High School and its legacy schools who best exemplified those high standards while participating in athletics in high school. Andy will be inducted into North Penn Athletic Alumni Association Hall Of Fame the Saturday (October 10, 2009) following the golf tournament you are being asked to help sponsor. 

Andy lived his life for his family, his job and the opportunity to participate in all-things athletic. He often golfed when he was too ill to drive himself to the golf course, simply because it took his mind off the fact he was dying from a cancer he believed to be the ‘forgotten cancer.’

Help us create awareness, promote research and honor a life. Pancreatic cancer needs your support. Donations can be sent to: Andy Kusma NPAAA/PanCAN Golf Tournament, c/o Malle Kusma, 1051 Nash Ave., Lansdale, PA 19446

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Lunch & Silent Auction 11 am
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Please help us provide these deserving children and their parents to their own WOW! by asking
friends, family and co-works to partner with us. You can make a it happen today!

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