On Saturday, August 16th, 2008 the 7th Annual "Fight From the Fairway" Golf Tournament under perfect weather conditions took place at Honeybrook Golf Course to raise funds for breast cancer research. Over 130 golfers participated this year. Players, friends and sponsors raised $35,000 (another new all-time high), bringing the 7-year event total to almost $170,000! The event was a huge success with over 50 sponsors and $10,000 in raffle ticket sales. 

Karen Schneider, our inspiration for this event, was honored in the program and with a moment of silence prior to the event.

Putting Contest -- New this year was the Skee Ball format for the putting contest. The team of Jack Morris, Andy Leister, John Sapoch and Tom Merlie won the first round competition with a score of 9. Tom Merlie qualified for the 50-foot putt that could have earned him $10,000. He made an excellent attempt, but it was not quite enough.

Contest Winners

Closest to Pin #8

Steve Yoshida

Closest to Pin #10

Spot on Golf Shots

Pete Ceribelli

Closest to Pin #13

Tom McVeigh - second year in a row!

Closest to Pin #17

Less Apody

Long Drive #9

Donna Clendaniel

Long Drive #12

Anthony Acobacey

First Place Team (17 Under)

Leslie Apody, Roger Kadis, Max Kadis, Jack Milner
Second Place Team (16 Under) Justin Smith, Matt Clapp, Dan Locurcio, Ben Latham

Putting Contest

Tom Merlie

Many great door prizes were also given out to the golfers.

2008 Grand Prize Raffle Winners
 (Las Vegas or Hawaii trips)

  1. Kristen Masengarb
  2. Ria Aiken

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

The Eighth Annual
 
Golf Tournament & Fundraiser

Honey Brook Golf Course
Saturday May 30th, 2009

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2008 Brochure

If you would like to contribute to this cause

Click Here -- Fight From The Fairway - Donation Info

 
 

The Seventh Annual
 
Golf Tournament & Fundraiser

Honey Brook Golf Course
Saturday August 16th, 2008

 Click Here to view the
2008 Brochure

If you would like to contribute to this cause

Click Here -- Fight From The Fairway - Donation Info

 

Raffle

Choice of: 
A 2-Night Stay at the Venetian Resort Casino in Las Vegas - Hotel Link (2 airline tickets included)
OR
1 One-Week Stay at the resort facility 'Cliffs Of Princeville' in Kauai, Hawaii. -- Link to View Resort

Second Place Winner will receive the other prize
 

Benefits:

Lankenau Institute for
Medical Research (LIMR)

AND

 
On Saturday, August 18th, 2007 the 6th Annual "Fight From the Fairway" Golf Tournament under amazing weather conditions took place at Honeybrook Golf Course to raise funds for breast cancer research. Over 100 golfers participated this year. Players, friends and sponsors raised $27,000 (all-time high), bringing the 6-year event total to almost $130,000! The event was the biggest and best yet with more prizes, more contests and three local celebrities!!  Jamie Apody (ABC sportscaster) - award ceremony co-host; Don Tollefson (FOX sports director) - player and award ceremony co-host; Don Saleski (Former Philadelphia Flyer) - player & speaker (on Board of Directors for breast cancer.org) - Click Here For More

2007 Photos
Special Guests

Don Tollefson

Jamie Apody

Don Saleski

Click here to see Event Highlights from Past Years
Over  $130,000 has been raised for Breast Cancer Research
since the event's inception in 2002!

*** PROGRESS REPORTS ***

An Update and Thank You From:

Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR)

BreastCancer.org
Through the support of Fight From the Fairway donations, LIMR has been able to build upon their breast cancer research.  The long-term goal of their research is to improve breast cancer survival by providing medical staff with better tools for early and optimal course of treatment.  Their working hypothesis is that breast cancer can be characterized by the molecular markers they express.  This characterization can be used to predict clinical outcome and guide treatment.

Recurrence and spread of tumor growth to lymph nodes and distant sites (metastasis) are the major causes for poor survival among women diagnosed with small ductal breast carcinoma.  Today, most patients with ductal carcinomas that are smaller than 20 mm and without spread to lymph nodes are usually given the same standard treatment with a good prognosis for disease-free survival.  Still, approximately 20% of these patients will either succumb to their disease or have recurrence because the current markers predicting prognosis are inadequate, resulting in some patients not being treated aggressively enough in a timely manner.

To identify new prognostic markets that will provide added confidence in determining the prognosis for breast cancer patients, we have studied a series of archival biopsy material.  Last year we identified two new markers that demonstrate a strong association with long-term disease-free survival.  Recently, we have focused or efforts on two other proteins and found that one of these proteins has an even stronger association with good prognosis.  This newly identified prognostic marker has features that make it a promising molecule as a model for the future design of therapeutic agents to suppress and/or prevent recurrence and spread of cancer.

This important and potentially life saving research would not have taken place without the generous support of all of those involved in the annual Fight From the Fairway and they are most grateful.  Your continued support will help them continue their research to find treatments that improve outcomes and quality of life for those with breast cancer.

On behalf of breastcancer.org, I would like to sincerely thank you for choosing to benefit breastcancer.org through the Fight from the Fairway golf tournament.  We are deeply grateful to you and all those who participate in the tournament and we are awed by all that you accomplish! Your generous donations made a big difference by helping to make it possible for us to continuously update and augment our programs.

With funding from friends like you, we are able to provide ongoing expansion of our core breast cancer website content which totals over 3,000 pages of medically reviewed information, monthly online Ask-the-Expert conferences and transcripts, monthly Research News updates, educational booklets and a vibrant online community.  In the year since Fight From the Fairway 2005, breastcancer.org has reached 8 million website visitors and has distributed over 500,000 educational booklets!

 This year, we are launching a project that will bring a whole new level of opportunities to those who come to breastcancer.org seeking medical information about breast cancer.  Currently in the design phase is a new  Content Management System, a pivotal component of breastcancer.org’s  Strategic Technology Upgrade Initiative, that will enable us to provide our visitors with a personalized experience based on their own unique needs.  This exciting multi-year project maximizes the value of the more than 3,000 dynamic pages of medical content maintained on the site. The benefits of this new robust technology will be dramatic for our audience, and will be key to achieving breastcancer.org’s mission of empowering millions of women and their loved ones around the world to make the best decisions for their lives.


Now more than ever, women need a safe place to go for credible, timely, relevant and understandable medical information.  Major research advances have given rise to a rapidly expanding body of medical information, yet doctors have relatively little time to educate patients and their loved ones about important treatment decisions.  breastcancer.org is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to anyone around the globe—patient, survivor or loved one—and without the barrier of an access charge.

Thank you all for your precious support.  Together we will continue to make a major difference in the lives of millions worldwide

Sincerely,

Marisa C. Weiss, MD
President and Founder
breastcancer.org

 
 
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