May 13, 2009
MS Golf Tournament features Delaware Park $2 million shoot-out
Carla Koss
Close to 100 golf aficionados are expected to tee off at the White Clay Creek Country Club at noon on Monday, June 8. Despite a stormy spring and a stormier economy, organizers of the 2009 MS Golf Tournament featuring the Delaware Park $2 million shoot-out are looking forward to a good day on the fairway before an evening of fun, food, and fundraising.
“Our annual golfing event usually has more than its share of suspense, thanks to the silent auction and the $2 million shoot-out,” says Holly Maddams, M.P.A., C.F.R.E., development director for the Delaware Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. “Sometimes, though, the shoot-out is more exciting. A couple year’s ago, they were so close! One golfer’s ball curved to the right; the other, to the left. We have come very close to awarding that $2 million.”
Initial estimates for this year’s event show more than $100,000 in revenues. The funds raised by the golfers are flagged for national MS research plus the services and programs needed by more than 1,500 Delawareans with MS and their families.
About multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable, often-disabling disease of the central nervous system, interrupts the flow of information within the brain and between the brain and the body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity, and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS.
Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50 with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S. and more than 2.1 million worldwide.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS stops people from moving; the National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. We help each person address the challenges of living with MS. In 2007 alone, through our home office and 50-state network of chapters, we devoted more than $136 million to programs that enhanced more than one million lives. To move us closer to a world free of MS, the Society also invested more than $50 million to support 440 research projects around the world. We are people who want to do something about MS—NOW.
Join the movement at nationalMSsociety.org.
Early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can make a difference for people with multiple sclerosis. Learn about the options by talking to a health-care professional and then contacting the National MS Society at nationalMSsociety.org or at 800-FIGHT-MS (800-344-4867).
In Delaware, call (302) 655-5610. Or visit MSdelaware.org.