Mark Your Calendars - March 7, 2011
The 2010 Event
The Orange Tree Women's Golf Association Breast Cancer Tournament, one of the largest and certainly one of the most successful community-sponsored programs supporting Women Playing For T.I.M.E., held its sixth annual golf tournament on March 8, 2010.
The success of this tournament is largely made possible by the Wisne Family who owns Orange Tree Golf Club/Cresthill Inc. Corp. and donates their beautiful private golf course, in the heart of Orlando, to the ladies of the Orange Tree Women’s Golf Association. This event has grown to 100 women, all banding together to make a difference in defeating the disease that takes the lives of mothers, sisters, friends and lovers. Their mission is to spread the word throughout the community, reaching out to small businesses and friends to sponsor the cause. You’ll find each tee and green at the event each year sponsored in memory of, or in honor of, those who have been touched by cancer.
The Tournament followed a Shotgun format, followed by lunch with guest speakers including Elaine Lustig, Co-Founder and Chair of WPFT and Dr. Clarence Brown, M.D. Anderson Cancer Institute Orlando.
Donna Martin, Tournament Chairman, presented a final donation check to Women Playing For T.I.M.E. in the amount of $16,703.00.
The Chair
For the past six years, Donna Martin has been the backbone and chair of the Orange Tree Women’s Golf Association Breast Cancer Tournament. Donna found a home at WPFT after meeting Elaine Lustig and Sheila Solomon through her membership in the Orlando Women’s Golf Association. She remembers Sheila as “a special lady” who was compassionate when her father passed away and made a donation in his memory to M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando.
Since then, Donna has a long history with WPFT, whose contributions benefit the women of Central Florida. She was co-chair and chair for the Isleworth Golf Event and plays in the Lake Nona tournament as well. She then decided to focus on her own neighborhood, Orange Tree, and the Women’s Golf Association. It is said that it takes a village to raise a child and Donna believes it takes a neighborhood of dedicated women to find the cure for cancer.
This group doesn’t stop at their yearly golf tournament but raises additional funds through community raffles, bake sales, neighborhood garage sales, Bunko night at the Orange Tree Community Center and gift wrapping during the holiday season at the local Barnes & Noble.
In 2011, The WPFT Orange Tree Event will be chaired by Debbie Austin and we wish her every success for a great 2011 Tournament.
The Results
There were ten winning teams this year with Donna’s team leading the way. However, she related that all the teams were winners having benefited from playing in the event and supporting the search for and treatment of breast cancer and all other cancers as they relate to women. She is already looking forward to next year's great event on March 7, 2011.
Our Sponsors
Cresthill, Inc./Orange Tree Golf Club
Gift In Kind Donations
Sign-a-Rama - Ross Marvin, Panera Bread - Orlando/Sandlake, Debbie Austin- Titleist Golf Balls, Frankly Golf- “The Frog Putter” - Frank Thomas & Valerie Melvin,Tee Shots - Patty & Mike McMillan.
We all win as we move closer to a cure for cancer. Please join our efforts! For more information about how you can organize a community event or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities, volunteer work or donating to Women Playing For T.I.M.E., please contact Lynda Canatay at 321.841.2272 or lynda.canatay@orlandohealth.com.
Find your passion and help find a cure for cancer. Get involved today!
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