On Friday, August 24th 96 golfers came out to Fowler's Mill Golf Course in Chesterland, Ohio to support a great cause. Interesting enough, for every golfer was 1 degree of weather...it was a beautiful 96 degree day!
I want to send a HUGE thanks out to all participants and sponsors of the 2007 Junta42 Golf for Autism. This being a first year event, you never quite know what the response will be. The good news is that there will definitely be a second annual Golf for Autism event.
We are just getting the final numbers in (waiting for a few bills and checks to come in), but we will near $8,000 in net proceeds to the Easter Seals. The money will go directly to the Easter Seals, earmarked for their Speech Therapy and Autism Services group.
Most people do not know this,
but the Easter Seals is the largest provider of Autism Services in the country. The net proceeds of the event go directly to those children who need specialized speech
therapy treatment, but are challenged financially to get the proper support.
While there is no known cause
or cure, nor one single effective treatment, autism is treatable.
People with autism, at any age, are capable of making significant progress
through personalized interventions and therapy; and can and do lead meaningful
lives. That’s where Easter Seals comes in. Getting the right support at the
earliest stage in life can help a child gain the skills he or she needs to be
successful.
Autism is very personal to
me, as it is to many of the people who participated in the Junta42 Golf for
Autism event. I continue to be overwhelmed by the support we have received for
this great cause, and am thankful to those that believe in this fight.
Along with the 96 participants, we had 73 corporations and individuals donate to the cause. All of them have made a significant impact into helping those dealing with autism become more successful. Here is a list of our supporters:
AmTrust Bank
Banks Publishing/In Memory of Peter Banks
Bev Beckert
Blake and Michelle Squires
Bob and Kathleen Miodonski
Botanical Gardens
Bruce and Teri Blaise
Burger King
CED Leader Electric Supply
CF Sourcing
Chris McMurry
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Indians
Cooking Thyme
Cygnus Business Media, Inc.
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Dubrovnick Garden Restaurant in Eastlake
Duke Printing
Eileen Callahan
Fifth/Third Bank
FosteReprints
Friend of Junta42
Galileo Communications
Gamekeepers Bass Lake Taverne
Groff Funeral Homes/Leon J. Groff
Great Lakes Watersports
Hilarities
Integrated Publishing Sales
James Dee
JerryCo Inc.
Jim and Peg Connell
Jim Bowman - F2S Enterprises
Kaiser Permanente
Ken Beech - Stephen Gould of Ohio
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Kevin, Daryn & Cooper Adelstein
Kuhns & Associates
Leedham & Associates
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Mike and Michelle Pistillo
Mike Balzano
Mike Clark
Mike Pistillo
Mitchell's Fish Market Restaurant
MNI
Moen
NAPCO Trust
Naylor, LLC
Northlake Steel Corp.
Olive Garden
Penton Media, Inc. (Jim Clifford)
Petco
Playaway/Findaway Digital LLC
Redwood Custom Communications
Rube Adler Sports
Saremo
Scott Owen
Tasty Pizza in Mayfield
Terrence Grogan
The Boneyard in Mayfield
The Hurley Family
The Kapitan Family
The Plain Dealer
Thistledown Race Course
Ugitech USA
Wendy's
WhiteSpace Creative
Writing Matters
Zashin & Rich Co., LPA
Special thanks to our Premier Sponsors. Without there support, the event would have been very difficult to pull off:
GIE Media
MNI
Petco
WhiteSpace Creative
And finally, a special thanks to everyone on the Junta42 GFA Committee that really made this possible. First and foremost to my wife, Pam Pulizzi, who pretty much ran the show during the event. To Mike and Lynne Pistillo, and the entire Pistillo family, for their fundraising efforts throughout the campaign. To the volunteers: Missy Pistillo, Angela Vannucci, Jillian Lewis, and Christy Barksdale. Big thanks to Sandy "Nana" McDermott for watching our kids during the event. And finally, to Melissa Kocher and Sheila Dunn from the Northern Ohio Easter Seals.
To view the images from the event, click here.
Everyone on the committee is looking forward to next August's event where we will try to double our efforts!
If you have any questions or comments on the event, please don't hesitate to contact me at joe[at]junta42[dot]com.
Again, my sincere thanks!
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