FROM THE FAIRWAYS 2015 YEAR IN REVIEW
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WELCOME
2015 NOTABLE RESEARCH AND Dear Friends, PATIENT CARE BREAKTHROUGHS
As we move toward a new year, I would like Thanks to your support and dedication, Dana-Farber to offer my deepest appreciation for your was able to achieve the following breakthroughs: continued involvement with Jimmy Fund Golf. In 2015, your efforts on and off the golf course ■ FDA fast-tracking and approval of an experimental helped Jimmy Fund Golf raise vital funds for drug for non-small cell lung cancer that achieved 95 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. percent disease control in clinical trials
Thanks to your support, Dana-Farber is able to maintain a singular focus ■ Launching a groundbreaking genetic test on conquering cancer with an equal commitment to both research to speed treatment decisions and improve targeting and patient care. This 50/50 balance results in an extraordinary level of treatments in blood cancers of collaboration and partnership between our laboratory scientists, clinicians, and patients, and is essential for making the most progress ■ Discovering that high levels of vitamin D can against cancer in the shortest amount of time. help protect against colorectal cancer—the first time In 2015, Dana-Farber opened chemistry, biology, and drug development this link has been shown in a large population—as well labs in the state-of-the-art Longwood Center. This space allows our as improve survival time for patients with the disease best and brightest researchers to work together on understanding the biology of cancer and bringing novel cancer-fighting agents from ■ Creating a web-based, animated video series the laboratory bench to the patient bedside. All of this would not be on oral chemotherapy to educate patients and their possible without your continued support. families about the benefits and risks of this type of As you may know, I will be retiring in 2016 as president and CEO of cancer treatment Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Looking back over my 16 years at Dana- ■ Farber, I am delighted by how much Jimmy Fund Golf has grown, from Demonstrating that statin drugs can delay raising $2.8 million in my first year to $6.8 million in 2015. I am confident progression of prostate cancer by a median of the next 16 years will be just as fruitful for this important program and, 10 months if initiated at the start of androgen therapy as a result, for Dana-Farber. ■ Achieving reduced recurrence of disease in Now is a time of great promise for cancer science, and I know that with women with small, HER2-positive breast tumors your continued commitment, Dana-Farber will remain at the forefront using a lower-intensity combination therapy that of the field. On behalf of Dana-Farber’s patients and their families, limits negative side effects thank you for your continued commitment to conquering cancer with Jimmy Fund Golf.
Sincerely,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has been the top ranked cancer Edward J. Benz Jr., MD hospital in New England by President and CEO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute U.S. News and World Report for 15 consecutive years, and is the only cancer center in the country ranked in the top FROM THE FAIRWAYS . YEAR IN REVIEW 2015 4 for both adult and pediatric Dana-Farber Cancer Institute cancer programs. Division of Development & The Jimmy Fund 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor Brookline, MA 02445-7226 866-521-GOLF (4653) Fax: 617-632-4070 jimmyfundgolf.org 2
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TOP FUNDRAISING TOURNAMENTS
Representing the C&S Wholesale Grocers Charity Golf Outing at the 2015 Jimmy Fund Golf Classic are Organizing Committee Member Tom Patterson (left) and Darren Simpkins. The tournament contributed $300,000 to pediatric cancer research this year.
The Ahold USA Store Development Jimmy Fund Classic raised more Maria Ambach (left) and Melanie King (right), of the Dunkin’ Donuts George Mandell Memorial Golf than $425,000 in 2015 thanks to the efforts of tournament Co-Chairs Tournament present a check to Dana-Farber’s Lee Nadler, MD. Bill Lawrence (left) and Scott Haley.
Launching a drive at the 2015 Jimmy Fund Golf Classic is Expect Miracles Foundation Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors The Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament/Jeffrey Vinick Memorial—represented at the Jimmy Fund Golf Classic by Frank Strauss. The 2015 Expect Miracles Golf Classic saw an impressive co-chairman Tom Mathes (far left) and committee members (left to right) Tom Taylor, Peter Clark, Dan Buendo, $125,000 increase in fundraising over the 2014 Classic. and Dave Madsen—has raised more than $10 million since 1980. 4
TOP REVENUE JUMPS
TOP 10 FUNDRAISING JUMPS FROM 2014 TO 2015 (BASED ON PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE FOR EVENTS RAISING MORE THAN $10,000 IN 2015)
EVENT NAME 2015 TOTAL 2014 TOTAL INCREASE FROM 2014
Chris Rowan Memorial Golf Tournament $ 10,000 $ 5,000 100%
Just Fore the Kids $ 19,000 $ 10,100 88%
Stockbridge Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament $ 101,056 $ 56,970 77%
Friends of Brantwood Road Tournament $ 33,005 $ 20,323 62%
Matt Ziemian Memorial Golf Tournament $ 10,200 $ 6,300 62%
C&S Wholesale Grocers Charity Golf Tournament $ 300,000 $ 191,600 57%
Amos E. Wasgatt, III Memorial $ 26,636 $ 17,396 53%
Essex County Chiefs of Police Association Golf Tournament $ 15,390 $ 11,000 40%
18 Holes for a Cause $ 20,409 $ 15,225 34%
Expect Miracles Golf Classic $ 525,000 $ 400,000 31% In 2015, the Stockbridge Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament, represented by (left to right) Mike Balcom, Andy Cohen, Liz Rappaport, and Jay O’Brien exceeded the $100,000 mark for the first time.
Pictured at their event are committee members of the Friends of Brantwood Road Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament. In 2015, the event increased its fundraising by more than 60%.
In its 10th and final year, the Amos E. Wasgatt, III Memorial Golf This year, the Chris Rowan Memorial Golf Tournament doubled its fundraising, making a gift of $10,000. Tournament raised $27,000, moving past $250,000 cumulatively raised Pictured at the event are members of the committee, including (from left) Steve Rowan, Thomas Rowan, for brain tumor research. Tournament Director Brian Rowan, and Matt Dolan. 5
MILESTONES
TOURNAMENTS CELEBRATING MILESTONES (IN FIVE-YEAR INCREMENTS)
# OF YEARS
Bill Costello Memorial Golf Tournament 30 C&S Wholesale Grocers Charity Golf Outing 30 Horseshoe Grille Golf Tournament 30 Steve Ronan/Tom McKay Budweiser Jimmy Fund Golf Classic 30 Jimmy Fund Open 25 Jimmy Fund Players Tournament 15 Jimmy Fund/DTZ Golf & Tennis Classic 15 Walter J. Babineau Memorial Golf Tournament 15 Amos E. Wasgatt, III Memorial Golf Tournament 10 Friends Fighting Cancer Charity Tourney 10 Green Mountain Communications Wireless Open 10 Jay O’Halloran Memorial Golf Tournament 10 Stockbridge Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament 10 Brandon MacDonald Memorial Golf Tournament 5 Charity Tournament in Honor of Lori Hudson 5 Community Altruists 100 Holes in 1 Day 5
For the past 30 years, Jack Rourke (left) and Tom Livingston have orga- Hyannisport Jimmy Fund Classic 5 nized the Steve Ronan/Tom McKay Budweiser Jimmy Fund Golf Classic. Lyman Orchards Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament 5 Paul Roit Memorial Golf Tournament 5 Whole Foods Market Golf Classic 5 Women’s Cancers Classic 5
Tournament committee member Matt Fine (left) and supporter Gerry Cohen of the Bill Costello Memorial, which celebrated its Fourth-generation Horseshoe Grille owner Pat Lee (center), along with his mother Veronica (left) and wife 30th year in 2015. Kathi (right), celebrates 30 years supporting Jimmy Fund Golf. 6
SPONSORS
Presenting Sponsors: Ace Sponsors:
Eagle Sponsors: Birdie Sponsors: Fairway Sponsor: THE AIZENSTADT FAMILY ARBELLA INSURANCE GROUP GOLFSMITH Official Auto Insurance Partner of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund HERB CHAMBERS AUTOMOTIVE FAMILY FUNJET VACATIONS Official Partner of the Jimmy Fund HARBOR CONSULTING IP SERVICES, INC. WALMART SPECTRUM MARKETING COMPANIES
Ace Sponsor American Airlines representative Shaun Angles (second from left) with John Sullivan, Matt Richard Sherr, Sr. Executive Vice President of TJX, follows through on a shot Patterson, and Alan Krensky. representing Ace Sponsor HomeGoods at 2015 Jimmy Fund Golf Opening Day.
, Proud Jimmy Fund sponsor 47 Brand is represented at the Jimmy Fund Golf Classic by (left to right) Max McCarthy, Briana Belanger, Wayne Best, and Dave Bates.
(From left) Anne Marie Magerman, Robin Lorenzen, Mak O’Neil, and Anthony Marcello (far right) of Eagle Sponsor Coca-Cola is joined at the Jimmy Fund Golf Classic by Anthony Pat Coen tee it up on behalf of Ace Sponsor Wicked Local. Garofalo, Bob Williams, and Steve Farley. 7
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2015 JIMMY FUND GOLF
TOURNAMENTS GROUPED BY FUNDS RAISED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2015 $125,000+ $50,000+ $20,000+ $525,000+ Dana-Farber Leadership Council Dawn to Dusk Charity Golf Marathon 18 Holes for a Cause Golf Tournament at Vesper Country Club Amos E. Wasgatt, III Memorial Expect Miracles Golf Classic Jimmy Fund Players Tournament Bain Capital Children’s Charity Golf Tournament Golf Event Jimmy Memorial Golf Tournament Ciampa Cup in memory of $500,000+ Bell & Hudson Putt-a-thon Lauren Ciampa Joan H. Brack Memorial for the Jimmy Fund Dunkin’ Donuts George Mandell Golf Tournament Horseshoe Grille Golf Tournament NexDine Charity Golf Tournament Memorial Golf Tournament Tame The Tigers Janine Harrington Celebratory Sue Walker Memorial Golf Tournament Whole Foods Market Golf Classic Golf Tournament $425,000+ Ken O’Neill’s Dawn to Dusk $100,000+ Golf Marathon The Ahold USA Store Development $40,000+ Mike Albano Memorial Golf Outing Jimmy Fund Classic Golf Fights Cancer - Ellie Kavalieros “Connecticut Conquers Cancer” Mike Patterson Invitational - Good Guys, Good Gals Invitational Jimmy Fund Golf Outing In Memory of Nicole Heck $350,000+ Making Gray Matter Golf Classic Bill Costello Memorial Nancy Strong Golf Tournament Stockbridge Jimmy Fund Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament/ Golf Fights Cancer - Ryan McGuire New England South Applebee’s GT Jeffrey Vinick Memorial Golf Tournament Golf Marathon The Beal/Deliso Annual Charity Tom Cosenzi Charity Golf Tournament Green Mountain Communications Golf Outing $300,000+ Wireless Open $90,000+ Legal Sea Foods Golf Outing C&S Wholesale Grocers Charity $10,000+ Golf Outing Meadow Brook Jimmy Fund H.T. Berry Open AYJ Fund/Dana-Farber Mini Golf Tournament Golf Tournament The ALL Open $225,000+ $80,000+ Bill Donovan Memorial Golf Classic Robyn Elise Abrams Memorial Hyannisport Jimmy Fund Classic $30,000+ Boston Tower Jimmy Fund Golf Classic Golf Tournament Chris Rowan Memorial $70,000+ Chickaroo Classic Golf Tournament $200,000+ Friends of Brantwood Road Jimmy Deb Jackson Memorial Golf Classic Highland Country Club/ Fund Golf Tournament Elsie Osman/Esther Cressotti John R. Svenson Classic Jim Rignanese Memorial Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Memorial Golf Tournament Jimmy Fund Classic Women’s Cancers Classic Association Ralph Lepore Essex County Chiefs of Police Kernwood Country Club’s Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament Jimmy Fund Golf Outing Swing to Support Dana-Farber $150,000+ Paul Dowd Jimmy Fund Golf Classic Fairway Restaurant Jimmy Fund VHB Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament Quality Beverage Golf Tournament Ted Rubin Memorial Golf Tournament Golf Classic to Benefit the Jimmy Fund The Jimmy Fund/DTZ Golf Friends Fighting Cancer $60,000+ RMS/SMCC Invitational & Tennis Classic Charity Tourney Joseph D. Basile Memorial Rybacki Memorial Invitational Golf Fore the Kids Golf Tournament Teeing Off for Tara 8
LEADER BOARD
2015 JIMMY FUND GOLF
Hit The Links to Cure Cancer! 18 Holes of Hope Jason Forget Memorial Berkshire Council Jimmy Fund Jimmy Fund Tournament Putt-A-Thon Jay O’Halloran Memorial Bobbie Jo’s Friends Playing Golf Tournament for Her Only Wishes Jimmy Fund Open Brandon MacDonald Memorial Golf Tournament Just Fore the Kids Brian Flanagan Memorial Matt Ziemian Memorial Golf Tournament Golf Tournament THANK Charity Tournament in Honor MIADA Golf Tournament of Lori Hudson Michael Kurtzer Masters of David L. Lanzoni Memorial Golf Classic Golf Tournament YOU! Mike Berry Golf Scramble EMC Gives Back: Hopkinton Customer Oberg/Sweeney Memorial Service Mini Golf Tournament Golf Tournament Frank Natale Memorial Ovarian Cancer Research Tournament Golf Tournament YOU RAISED Palmer Family Jimmy Fund Generazio Memorial Golf Tournament Golf Tournament MORE THAN Harry C. Flessas Memorial Province Lake Golf Club Golf Tournament Jimmy Fund Classic Jim Leger Memorial Golf Tournament Steve O’Connor Memorial $6.8 MILLION Jimmy Fund Scramble Golf Tournament Lyman Orchards Jimmy Fund Steve Ronan/Tom McKay Budweiser IN 2015 Golf Tournament Jimmy Fund Golf Classic Par Fore the Cure Team John & The Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament Peabody Police Department Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament Team Lozier Mini Golf Swing for Sharon Tee Up for Tatas The Power Open The Paul Roit Memorial Golf Tournament VHB-NH Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament Think Pink Warwick Country Club Woonsocket Little League Jimmy Fund Outing Jim Carr Memorial
$5,000+
“Crush it” Golf Tournament “No One Fights Alone” Gallbladder Cancer Research Tournament 9
MINI GOLF
Husband and wife Sean and Samantha Lozier at the annual Team Lozier Mini Golf event.
Members of the Medfield High School Student Council, who coordinated a Pictured at the 2015 Bell & Hudson Putt-a-thon for the Jimmy Fund are Tournament Organizer Jim Phaneuf mini golf event with Putting for Patients, visit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. (front row, right) and many of the event’s proud supporters.
Played on a homemade course, the EMC Gives Back: Hopkinton Customer Service Mini Golf Tournament supported the Jimmy Fund for the first time in 2015. Back row, from left: Harold Waterman, Tavana Collins, From left: Jeff Baxter, Georgia Patterson, Brittany Hughes, and Tim Rachael Meyers, Doug Cusack, Monica Gauvin, Nicola Buckley; Front row, from left: Jessica Bouchard, Kanchana Patterson, founder of the Mike Patterson Foundation, which conducts Thlang, Jessica Lapointe, Kevin Roche both a traditional golf tournament and mini golf event. 10
CLUBS CONQUER CANCERSM
In June 2015, 6-year-old Ryan McGuire raised more than $40,000 through Golf Fights Cancer by playing 100 holes of golf in memory The International Golf Club and Resort’s Dan Weadock Jr. (right) and Kevin Weadock (center) are joined by of his classmate. Here, Ryan is pictured at the Jimmy Fund Golf chef Evan Deluty. Classic with his grandfather, Vin McGuire.
Ken Kaiser (far left) and George Popp (far right) of the Dawn to Dusk Charity Golf Marathon at Vesper Country Club are joined on the course Members of the Kernwood Country Club’s Swing to Support Dana-Farber committee (left to right) Judi Karas, by wives Colleen Kaiser and Cheryl Popp. Robin Dale (Chairperson), Roz Moore, and Elaine Linsky tee it up at the 2015 Jimmy Fund Golf Classic. 11
CELEBRITIES
Comedian Lenny Clarke served as guest emcee Dana-Farber Trustee and Boston Red Sox President/ at multiple Jimmy Fund Golf events this year, CEO Emeritus Larry Lucchino presents Bob Brack of the including the Dunkin’ Donuts George Mandell 2015 Jimmy Award winner and former Boston Red Sox catcher and captain Joan H. Brack Memorial Golf Tournament with the 2015 Memorial Golf Tournament (pictured) and Jason Varitek joins Dana-Farber Trustee Barbara Sadowsky at the Jimmy Fund Boston Red Sox Jimmy Fund Award at Fenway Park. Tame The Tigers. Golf Classic.
From left: longtime Jimmy Fund Golf guest speaker and brain tumor survivor Paul Lincoln III, Kathy Kessel, and John Dennis of WEEI 93.7FM.
Former New England Patriots offensive linemen Joe Andruzzi (left) and Dan Koppen (right) with David Cafua at the Dunkin’ Donuts George Mandell Memorial Golf Tournament.
Former Boston Red Sox infielder and member of the 1967 Impossible Dream team Rico From left: Pat Lee, John Olenio, and Leo Curtin played a round of golf with New England Petrocelli (left) tees it up with Mark DiAntonio, Barry Sylvia, Rick Willett, and Weber Torres. Patriots legend Gino Cappelletti at the Jimmy Fund Golf Classic. 12
PROUD SUPPORTERS
Pictured at Jimmy Fund Golf’s Opening Day: (from left) Patti Aizenstadt, Maryann Vierra, Donna Stearns, Donna Rapa. The Aizenstadt family are long time supporters of the Jimmy Fund through sponsorship and organizing golf tournaments.
In what has become an annual tradition, the Svenson family proudly gathers for a portrait at the John R. Svenson Golf Classic.
Dana-Farber’s Mark Kieran, MD, PhD (left), accepts a check from the Kavalieros family following the 2015 Golf Fights Cancer - Ellie Kavalieros Good Guys, Good Gals Invitational.
In May 2015, Tournament Organizers Ed Fitzgerald (left) and Tom This year, the Dana-Farber Leadership Council raised a record $141,000, thanks in part to committee mem- Jacob celebrated five years of hosting the Women’s Cancers Classic bers Dana Miller, Victor Chiang (co-chair), Amy Sullivan, Brian Taranto (co-chair). along with their fellow organizers John Simourian and Sheldon Simon (not pictured). 13
PROUD SUPPORTERS
Brad Rubin (second from right) is joined by his sons Cameron, Kyle, and Tyler at the Carla Cosenzi (center) and Tommy Cosenzi (right) present a check from the Tom Cosenzi 2015 Ted Rubin Memorial Golf Tournament, played in memory of Brad’s father, Ted. Charity Golf Tournament to Dana-Farber’s Patrick Wen, MD, in memory of their father.
Husband and wife tournament director team Brian and Kathy Stewart (From left) Scott Shuster, Rich Hutchinson, and Michael Dunn are tournament organizers for the The Jimmy host the annual Making Gray Matter Golf Classic in support of brain Fund/DTZ Golf & Tennis Classic, which celebrated its 15th year in 2015. cancer research.
Pictured at the Jimmy Fund Golf Classic are Jimmy Memorial Golf Tournament Organizer This year marked the 18th anniversary of the Robyn Elise Abrams Memorial Golf Sandy Eskin and her husband, Don. Tournament. Pictured are tournament chairs Ken and Susan Abrams. 14
PROUD SUPPORTERS
Team Chickaroo, a.k.a. the Hamilton Family, at the 8th Annual Chickaroo Classic in July 2015. In 2015, its 5th year supporting Jimmy Fund Golf, the Whole Foods Market Golf Classic raised $125,000 thanks to Tournament Director Gabriella Graceffa-Bunker and committee member Rich Laurendeau.
Longtime Jimmy Fund Golf supporter Tim Branco (center) of Eagle Sponsor New England Golf Monthly is joined at the Jimmy Fund Golf Classic by Jack Curry (left) and Jeff Curry The work done by Dana-Farber physician/scientists like Dr. Ted Alyea (left) benefits greatly from (right) of new Tee-Off sponsor 2UNDR. the contributions of proud Jimmy Fund sponsor like Denis Keaveny (second from right).
LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY. HELP CONQUER CANCER.
The Dana-Farber Society (DFS) is a group of more than 900 special donors who have established a legacy to help conquer cancer by making a gift to Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund in their estate plans. Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2015, DFS began with just 90 forward-thinking individuals. The essential support from DFS gifts allows the Institute to accomplish more for its patients and their families while planning for the future. Members can create a legacy through bequests, charitable gift annuities, retirement plan assets, life insurance plans, gifts of real estate, and other gift arrangements. Join DFS today with a planned gift that provides benefits to you and helps saves lives. For more information on Dana-Farber’s planned giving opportunities and the Dana-Farber Society, contact Alice Tobin Zaff, Assistant Vice President, Gift Planning, at 800-535-5577 or visit Dana-Farber.org/giftplanning. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Non-Profit Org. Division of Development & The Jimmy Fund U.S. Postage 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor PAID Spectrum Marketing Brookline, MA 02445-7226 Companies
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