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Welcome
to the Bruce
Edwards
Foundation
The Bruce
Edwards Foundation
for ALS Research is
dedicated to finding
treatments and,
ultimately, a cure
for ALS. We are a
nonprofit
organization and all
money raised goes to
organizations and
medical facilities
dedicated to ALS
research. Our
primary beneficiary
is the Robert
Packard Center for
ALS Research at
Johns Hopkins in
Baltimore,
Maryland. The Bruce
Edwards ALS
Celebrity Golf
Classic is the major
fundraising event of
the Foundation.
Since the first
Bruce Edwards ALS
Celebrity Golf
Classic in 2005,
more than $5.5
million has been
raised for ALS
research. Celebrity
golfers regularly
participating in our
event over the years
include PGA golfers
Tom Watson, Andy
North, Jay Haas, and
Paul Goydos; NCAA
basketball coaches
Gary Williams, Roy
Williams, and Jim
Calhoun; former NBA
great Sam Jones; New
York Times columnist
and Pulitzer Prize
winning author Tom
Friedman; and
Washington Post
journalist and
author Bob Woodward.
Our story
In
April 2004, Bruce
Edwards, longtime
friend and caddy
of PGA golfer Tom
Watson, died from
Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS), also known
as "Lou Gehrig's
Disease." Bruce
actively worked on
the Tour until
just a few months
before his death,
and became the
subject of the
best-selling book
Caddy for Life,
written by
renowned sports
journalist John
Feinstein.
After
Bruce's death,
Feinstein and
Watson joined
forces to create
The Bruce Edwards
Foundation for ALS
Research, which
provides fund to
medical research
facilities
dedicated to
slowing the
progression of and
finding a cure for
ALS. The
Foundation and its
primary
fundraiser, The
Bruce Edwards ALS
Celebrity Golf
Classic, fulfill a
promise made to
Bruce by Tom to
help find a cure
for this fatal
disease.
To
date, the
Foundation has
raised more than
$5.5 million for
critical research
at the Packard
Center at John
Hopkins University
as well as other
ALS research
facilities. Our
efforts will
continue until a
cure is found, and
we appreciate the
support of the
celebrities,
sponsors and
players in our
fundraising
tournaments, and
the network of
local partners who
donate to our
Foundation.
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A
Message from
Tom Watson ... |
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Dear Friends,
If
I could make
one wish, it
is for all of
us to "keep
the faith." It
sounds like a
phrase from
the 1960's,
but it still
rings true
today in our
battle to find
a cure for
ALS. When
Bruce was
diagnosed in
early 2003, I
promised him I
would do what
I could to
find a cure.
There is
promising
research being
done at
medical
centers,
universities
and research
facilities
throughout the
world, but it
takes money
and dedication
to find a
cure. ALS is
considered an
orphan
disease,
meaning there
are not enough
people
afflicted with
it to make it
profitable for
the giant
pharmaceutical
companies to
search for
treatments or
a cure. Don't
let the fires
burn out. Keep
updated on the
ALS
information
coming your
way from any
source you'd
like. Our
community
needs all the
help it can
get. Thank you
for your
interest in
the Bruce
Edwards
Foundation and
keep the
faith.
Sincerely,
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