CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) – The tenth annual Emily Whitehead Basis Golf Match came about on the Philipsburg Elks Lodge and Nation Membership to assist increase cash to present in the direction of most cancers analysis.
Emily Whitehead was identified with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Could 2010 when she was 5 years previous. The Emily Whitehead Basis, a Philipsburg-based non-profit group that raises consciousness and funding for superior therapies, supplies assist to households preventing childhood illnesses, and advocates for all sufferers who could be handled with superior therapies.
They host the golf event as a option to increase cash for the battle towards most cancers.
Proceeds from the occasion assist kids and households going by most cancers journeys and superior therapies analysis. The occasion has raised $450,000 over the past 9 years.
“We’ve been capable of assist kids in over 50 international locations discover superior therapies for most cancers when commonplace therapies don’t work,” President 7 Co-Founding father of the muse and Emily’s father Tom Whitehead stated.
Philipsburg Alum and former NFL participant Jon Rental is a board member and supporter of the golf event.
“That is a tremendous alternative to lift cash and provides again. I do no matter I can to help and assist carry youngsters and adults who’re sick the care they want,” Rental stated. “The Emily Whitehead Basis continues to have a constructive affect on the lives of many individuals, particularly throughout the Philipsburg-Osceola neighborhood. Not solely did Emily Whitehead encourage individuals throughout her battle with most cancers, however she continues to be an indication of hope for people and households which were impacted by pediatric sicknesses.”
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Each Rental and Whitehead say that they’re hoping after this 12 months’s event to achieve half 1,000,000 {dollars} raised. The golf event will proceed sooner or later and so they each say they hope it will get larger and larger yearly.
