ALS Golfathon

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WHAT IS ALS?

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a rapidly progressive neuromuscular degenerative disease. It attacks the motor neurons that transmit electrical impulses from the brain to voluntary muscles in the body. When these muscles fail to receive messages, they lose strength, atrophy and die. ALS takes everything....your mobility, your speech, your money and ultimately your life.

In the golf community you may have become aware of the disease when Bruce Edwards, Tom Watson's caddy, was diagnosed and eventually died of ALS.

ALS can hit anyone, at any time, regardless of age, gender or ethnic origin. The average life expectancy after diagnosis is two to five years. Support equipment costs an average of $137,000 per patient; nursing and/or home care costs are up to 10 times that amount.

There is no cure for ALS but there is help through the ALS Society of BC. The objectives of the society are to find the cause of, and cure for ALS. In the meantime, while research is underway, the Society provides direct support to patients, their families and caregivers, including an equipment loan program.

Equipment provided with your generous donation

Power Wheelchair
Patient Lifter Track System
Text-to-Speech Communication Device
Hospital Bed and Mattress
Ramp (6 ft) for Auto Access
Equip a Bathroom for Disabled Use
Manual Wheelchair
Lift Recline Chair
Walker

AND Quality of Life Services

ALS Patient Transportation Support
Mobile Clinics
Advancements in Engineering Designs for Equipment
Camp Aloha Lani (for kids)

ALS SOCIETY OF B.C.

1233 - 13551 Commerce Parkway, Richmond B.C. V6V 2X7

PGA OF BC GOLF A THON FOR ALS

PRESENTED BY:

uniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation.

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2011 PGA GOLF A THON FOR ALS PARTICIPANTS

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* Arrowsmith Golf & Country Club: Mike McEvay & Chris Beerens

www.golfarrowsmith.com

162 holes golfed each. TOTAL 324!

* Balfour Golf Course: Brad Woods & Braden Chown

www.golfbalfour.com

162 holes golfed each. TOTAL 324!

* Beach Grove Golf Club: Cory Rudston-Brown & Brad LePage

www.beachgrovegolf.com

Cory 150 holes golfed, Brad 81 holes golfed TOTAL 231!

* Black Mountain Golf Club : Brice MacDermott & Jason Heppner

www.blackmountaingolf.ca

207 holes golfed each. TOTAL 414!

* Castlegar Golf Club: Scott Clifford, Craig Wilkinson & Nik Jmaeff

www.golfcastlegar.com

TOTAL 306!

* Copper Point Golf Club: Darren Ottenbreit,Brian Schaal, Mike Irwin , Scott McClain & David Armstrong

www.copperpointgolf.com

207 holes each. TOTAL 1,035!

* Crown Isle Resort & Golf Community: Jason Andrew, John Robertson

100 holes each. TOTAL 300!

www.crownisle.com .

* Eagle Ranch Resort: Steve Haggard & Ryan Wells with Brett Gulevich & Alec Couch joining for 3 rounds (54 holes)

www.eagleranchresort.com

216 holes each. TOTAL 270!

* Fairview Mountain Golf Club: Paul Welsman & Patrick Martin

www.fairviewmountain.com

306 holes each. TOTAL 612!

* Fairwinds Golf Club Brett Standerwick with the assistance from father Ken Standerwick and Derek Kilbourn

GOLDEN HINDE GOLF TO THE SUMMIT – A Four Day Expedition www.fairwinds.ca

I played my shots off a small piece of range mat all the way up over 4 days, camping at night. I could not get right to the summit due to ice. When I got as far as I could go, I hit my “donor/patient” balls (note Bio Degradable) in honour of People Living with ALS.

OVER 1,000 drives

.* Gallagher’s CanyonGolf Club: Josh Fleming and Jon Kadin

www.gallagherscanyon.com

145 holes golfed each. TOTAL 290!

* Glacier Greens Golf Course: Bill Kelly, Justin Howard & Weston Gillette

www.glaciergreens.com

108 holes golfed each. TOTAL 216!

* Granite Pointe Golf Club: Jamie Stevens

www.granitepointe.ca

JUNE 11TH 9AM start, finshing 24 HOURS later 9AM JUNE 12TH!

check us out on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3xkMx7e_G0 .