Celebrating Giving - Allina Health
Celebrating Giving - Allina Health
Celebrating Giving - Allina Health
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SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL EVENTS<br />
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4th Annual<br />
Sue Fischer Golf Tournament<br />
The 4th Annual Sue<br />
Fischer Scholarship for<br />
Nursing Excellence Golf<br />
Tournament was held<br />
on September 20, 2007<br />
at Majestic Oaks Golf<br />
Club. The Sue Fischer<br />
Scholarship Endowment<br />
Fund was established in<br />
memory of the late Sue<br />
Fischer in honor of her<br />
37 years of dedicated<br />
service to patients at Unity Hospital and the nursing<br />
profession. Because education was so important to Sue,<br />
a fund was established in her name in the Mercy & Unity<br />
Hospitals Foundation. To date, the Foundation and Fischer<br />
family have awarded eight scholarships to deserving<br />
students.<br />
This year there were over 160 golfers and guests who<br />
participated in this celebration of life. The event raised<br />
over $35,000 for the endowment fund in support of<br />
nursing scholarships.<br />
7th Annual<br />
Women’s Day<br />
on the Links<br />
The 7th Annual Women’s<br />
Day on the Links was held<br />
on June 5, 2007 at the<br />
Tournament Players Club<br />
(TPC) of the Twin Cities.<br />
The event had 144 women<br />
golfers in attendance<br />
and raised more than<br />
$40,000.00.<br />
All proceeds from this<br />
event were used to support<br />
the emergency needs of<br />
patients who have cancer.<br />
Patients who suffer from<br />
this debilitating disease<br />
often are unable to work for<br />
extended periods of time<br />
and find themselves in very<br />
difficult situations. This fund<br />
has been used to pay for<br />
rent, medical co-payments,<br />
prescription medications,<br />
utility bills and other living<br />
expenses that patients have.<br />
2nd Annual<br />
Madison & Parker<br />
Thurner Twinkling<br />
Angels Golf<br />
Tournament<br />
The 2nd Annual Madison & Parker<br />
Thurner Twinkling Angels Golf<br />
Tournament was held on May 24, 2007,<br />
at Majestic Oaks Golf Course in Ham<br />
Lake.<br />
The Blaine Peewee A Hockey Team “Shoot<br />
for the Stars” during a U of M Gopher<br />
Hockey Game. Proceeds from the shoot out<br />
were donated to the Twinkling Angels fund.<br />
The Twinkling Angels Fund was established<br />
by Debbie and Frank Thurner, the parents of<br />
Madison and Parker Thurner, who on June 4,<br />
2002, died tragically along with another child<br />
when the van they were riding in caught fire.<br />
A large portion of the funds are being used<br />
to create an endowment which will allow<br />
Madison and Parker’s legacy to continue<br />
to help children who are in need in our<br />
communities forever.<br />
Debbie and Frank Thurner established this<br />
fund to provide comfort and support to<br />
members of our community in numerous<br />
ways. The fund provides housing assistance<br />
to families experiencing financial duress<br />
because of a child’s medical care, comfort<br />
items for Mercy & Unity Hospitals’ pediatric<br />
rooms, grave markers for children at<br />
Morningside Memorial Gardens, scholarships<br />
for children with burns to attend burn camps<br />
and public safety items and equipment for<br />
Anoka County police and fire departments.<br />
The event was successful with over 180<br />
golfers and guests in attendance at the<br />
dinner. After the tournament, and evening of<br />
activities including a delicious dinner, live and<br />
silent auctions and awards and prizes. The<br />
tournament netted more than $75,000<br />
in proceeds.<br />
For further information on these events<br />
contact Sue Clark at 763-236-8399 or e-mail<br />
susan.clark2@allina.com.<br />
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