Golf match to raise funds to battle breast cancer - The information (subscription)

The Susan G. Komen foundation envisions a global without breast cancer.

And for greater than a decade, a group of native golfers has been elevating funds for the Komen basis, in help of that aim.

the sea palms resort girls Golf affiliation will host its 14th annual Sea arms Rally for the treatment Golf tournament and "enjoyable-Raiser" on Apr. three and Apr. 4 on the Sea hands motel and Golf membership.

The adventure, which began as a snap choice for each and every golfer to simply throw a $20 invoice into a hat, has turn into on of the Komen Coastal Georgia's accurate fundraisers.

The event raised $16,400 for the Komen foundation at last yr's match. This year, the aim is $20,000.

"last 12 months, we had 116 golfers, and our max is 124," said Carol Sabo, a co-chair of the match and a St. Simons Island resident. "So I'm hoping and extremely confident we'll meet that 124 golfers. And that contains guys and ladies and mixed teams."

The event is registered with Rally for the cure, a grassroots program that works to girls about breast cancer and to remind them to get their annual screening.

The golf tournament additionally goals to unfold the message in regards to the Susan G. Komen foundation's mission and work.

The Komen foundation is the largest deepest funder of group-primarily based breast health education, screening and treatment courses in the united states.

Seventy-5 % of the dollars raised for the Komen basis go to local classes, including mammograms, screenings and schooling. The last 25 percent goes to analysis for a remedy.

within the ultimate 5 years, Komen Coastal Georgia has funded greater than 7,000 screenings, and considering that its inception in 2006, it has invested greater than $2.2 million in native neighborhood classes.

"The money raised at this tournament goes at once towards saving ladies's lives," pointed out Aileen Gabbey, executive director of Komen Coastal Georgia.

in the neighborhood, the Komen foundation provides promises to fund the work of two organizations, Coastal community fitness Care carrier and the Southeast Georgia health gadget.

Coastal community fitness Care, located in Brunswick, runs a breast melanoma consciousness outreach program that provides breast health education, advice with enrollment in a free mammogram application, referrals to screenings and transportation.

The Komen basis also gives supplies to the Southeast Georgia fitness equipment's "Mammograms in motion" program, which is eligible to uninsured and low revenue individuals in Brantley, Camden, Glynn, lengthy and McIntosh counties.

Tickets for the Rally for the remedy golf tournament are $85 per adult, which covers a $20 donation, golf, lunch and refreshments, event prizes and more.

The adventure includes a silent public sale and social and a putting contest on April three from 5-7 p.m. at Sea palms.

The tournament kicks off on Apr. four at 9 a.m., and contributors are encouraged to put on red.

"It's just a fine mission," said Evie Keim, communications chair for the event. "no person on earth wants to get breast melanoma, and we suppose like if there's something that we may do to make that breast melanoma stuff go away, then that's what we do. We're dedicated to the trigger."