Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Fighting Breast Cancer on Mother's Day

I've noticed three things appearing together recently: a cure for breast cancer, golf and mother's day.
Here in Philly the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is being held this Sunday, May 13th (also in Pittsburgh and Minneapolis).

A lot of golf is being played in order to raise money and awareness too,

Rally for the Cure - presented by Golf for Women magazine


Birdies for Breast Cancer - started by pro golfer Christine Kerr.

On May 14th the Birdies for Breast Cancer Golf Tournament in Concord, NC will be held.

The EWGA - Worcester Chapter in MA is hosting the Breast Cancer Golf Challenge on June 18th.

The Royal Canadian Golf Fore the Cure, played on September 17th.


Champ Spikes is hosting Pink-on-the-Links on Mother's Day - calling all golfers playing in PGA or LPGA events this Sunday to wear Champ pink spikes and a donation will be made to the Breast Cancer Research Fund in his/her name.
There are a ton of golf items sold to raise money for breast cancer research.
Things include:
Wilson 'Hope' golf line (Wilson is the official athletic gear sponsor of the BCRF)

Glove It & designer Nicole Miller golf accessories

Also check out Pink-Ribbon-Store.com



Golf for Women has been very vocal on the issue of breast cancer.
In 2004 GFW featured an article "Survival 101: How Golf Can Bring You Back."
They've also covered Birdies for Breast Cancer. GFW hosts Rally for the Cure and partners with Yopliat (which does the yogurt-lids fund raising).



... I could go on forever there's so much out there!!!

1 comments:

Golfchick said...

Hi Fairway Flapper,

Great to have another female golf blogger on the scene.

My mom is a breast cancer survivor, so this cause means a lot to me. I think it's important to use golf to raise funds for charities so I blog about it as well. Keep up the great work!

Kristen