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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 

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ALS-last-hole-2011

Seymour Golf & Country Club

Seymour Golf & Country Club

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PictureoftheDay2gallaghers

Seymour

Seymour

Jamie Stevens & Brad Woods

Jamie Stevens & Brad Woods

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royalcolwood

Glacier Greens

Glacier Greens

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janmarcmtbrenton

Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast

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Cowichan 4

Dave, Jason, Scott, Bill

Dave, Jason, Scott, Bill

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 .

TOTAL 330!

* Guildford Golf Course : Dan Swanson

www.guilfordgolf.com

TOTAL 36!

* Highland Pacific Golf : Matt Diederichs,Doug Hastie,Kris Youakim,Matt Tindale & Tiarra Hobbs

www.highlandpacificgolf.com

TOTAL 800! 

* Hyde Mountain on Mara Lake : Rick Thompson

www.hydemountain.com

TOTAL 200!

*Kelowna Golf & Country Club: Rob Anderson

Stable Points week with member participation

www.kelownagolfandcountryclub.com

*Lone Wolf Golf Club: Larry Ramstad & Dave Aarts

www.lonewolfgolf.ca

Larry golfed 127 holes & Dave golfed 153 holes

TOTAL 280!

* Mayfair Lakes Golf and Country Club: Taylor Hull, Keri Moffat & Tony Rommel

www.golfbc.com/courses/mayfair_lakes

134 golfed each. TOTAL 536!

* Meadow Gardens Golf Club Jason Matlock & Rhett Bokitch

www.meadowgardens.com

108 holes each. TOTAL 216!

* Mount Brenton Golf Course: Jan Best & Cash Reumkens

www.mountbrentongolf.com

162 holes each. TOTAL 324!

* Mount Paul Golf Course: Dan Latin, Cory Robinson, Mike Lattaand Brian Cedarhome

www.mountpaulgolf.com

TOTAL 369!

* Osoyoos Golf & Country Club: Drew Bolokoski, Lee Sapach

www.golfosoyoos.com

279 holes each! TOTAL 737!

* QGOLF Club (Quilchena): Paul Girard & Victor Vianzon

www.qgolfclub.ca

Victor 100 holes; Paul Girard 109 holes

TOTAL 209!

*Resort Course at Radium Resort : Lee Clas

www.radiumresort.com/golf

TOTAL 252!

* Revelstoke Golf Club: John Franks

www.revelstokegolfclub.com

TOTAL 162!

* Richmond Country Club: Derek Thornley ,Kristy Chew,Chris Carmichael, Nick Anderson & Michael Proctor

www.igolfsoftware.com/richmond

TOTAL 653!

* Royal Colwood Golf Club: Jason Giesbrecht

www.royalcolwood.org

Regrets he had to cancel this year due to injury but will be back next year. Feel well soon Jason..

* Salmon Arm Golf Club: Doug Herron, Dave McCormick, Dale Machesney & Ryan Stockford

www.salmonarmgolf.com

Dale & Dave golfed 144 holes each and Ryan & Doug golfed 126 holes each TOTAL 540!

* Seymour Golf & Country Club: Dale Schienbein & Lenny Cyr

www.seymourgolf.com

90 holes each. TOTAL 180!

* Shuswap Lake Estate Golf & Country Club: Brian O’Keefe with the support of his sons Kowan & Karson, and wife Janet

www.shuswaplakeestates.com

TOTAL 203!

*Sunnydale Golf & Country Club: Doug Petrie

www.sunnydalegolf.ca

TOTAL 100!

* Sun Rivers Golf Resort: Brad Clapp, Michael Chmiler,Kirk Laukkahen, Shannon McGeady & Jay Michaluk

www.sunrivers.com

JUNE 8TH, finshing 24 HOURS later JUNE 9TH!

186 holes each. TOTAL 930!

* Sunshine Coast Golf & Country Club: Jim Pringle & Bill McDonough

www.sunshinecoastgolf.com

90 holes golfed each TOTAL 180!

* Talking Rock Golf Course: Adam Blair, Mitch Buffalo, Frank Antoine & Darren Pittendreigh

www.quaaoutlodge.com/site/golf.hmtl

JUNE 16TH finshing 22 HOURS later JUNE 17TH! 4am – 2am

108 holes each. TOTAL 432!

* The Springs Course at Radium Resort: Brent Taylor

www.radiumhorsprings.com/golf/springs

TOTAL 162!

*Windermere Valley Golf Course: Jake Cameron, Ken Litchfield,Casey Johnson, Dale Moore, Dan Osborne, Al Larrett & Dave Dakin.

www.windermerevalleygolfcourse.com

167 holes each TOTAL 1,170!

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