Strong Auto Dealer Support At Bobby Mitchell Clears

WANADA Bulletin #28-08 *Special Issue* July 17, 2008
2008 BOBBY MITCHELL TOYOTA HALL OF FAME GOLF CLASSIC
Strong Auto Dealer Support At Bobby Mitchell Clears
$660,000 for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Hall of Fame Participants Included New Inductees Darrell Green & Art Monk
Saturday night’s Hall of Fame banquet was attended by 600 guests & sports legends who again responded to former
Redskin Bobby Mitchell (right). The celebrity golf tournament concluded 18th year fundraising for cancer research.
A record crowd turned out for the
18th annual Bobby Mitchell/Toyota
Hall of Fame Classic (BMC), sponsored
by the Washington Area
Auto Dealers last weekend, July 12-
13, at Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg,
VA. They came to interact
with 42 Hall of Fame athletes, including
six new inductees, resulting
in a great event for a great cause.
This year’s BMC raised
$660,000 to benefit the Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society (LLS). That
brings total BMC fundraising to battle
these deadly cancers to over $6
million since the event’s inception in
1990. The BMC has raised more
than $4 million since 2000, when
WANADA became involved – a
tribute to the Washington area dealer
community and the leadership of
WANADA Chairman Tamara Darvish
of DARCARS, who has served
as BMC co-chairman for the past
Inside…
Classic Highlights…………p.2 & 3
Hall of Fame Sponsors….….…p.4
From left: Co-Chairs Tamara Darvish and Todd Heavner and LLS’s Donna
McKelvey spoke of the tremendous strides in blood cancer research thanks to
events like the BMC. Event founder and chairman emeritus, Dick Patterson
(right) offered a moving tribute to the recently deceased Joan Hisaoka, this
year’s recipient of the Excellence in Community Leadership Award.
nine years.
The BMC began Friday morning
with an energetic media breakfast
that resulted in solid media
coverage, including broadcasts on
all four TV networks, along with
numerous radio, newspaper and
internet accounts.
At Saturday night’s banquet,
Ms. Darvish and her BMC Co
-Chairman Todd Heavner, of Enterprise
Rent-A-Car, joined with
honorary chairman and Redskin
legend Bobby Mitchell in rolling
out the event. Veteran TV
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Patient Hero Emily Zimmerman with
her prized football signed by this
year’s six Hall of Fame Inductees.
From Left, Jamie Darvish, who successfully
bid on and donated the football,
and inductees Emmitt Thomas,
Gary Zimmerman, Andre Tippett, Art
Monk, Fred Dean, and Darrell Green.

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2008 BOBBY MITCHELL TOYOTA HALL OF FAME GOLF CLASSIC
A record crowd came to meet and greet over 40 Hall of Fame greats, pictured here with WANADA leadership (front
row). At right, Emcee Paul Berry with “Patient Escorts” (from left) Nathaniel Justiniano, 7, Brent Kiefer, 7, Hannah
McNeal, who showed the Hall of Famers to their seats at the banquet. Below, right, are Redskins greats Kenny Houston
(left) and Charley Taylor (right) flanking Gerard Murphy of WANADA.
The BMC kicked off with “the best media day ever,” which featured
Al Koken from SportsTalk 980 (left). Above right, new Hall of Fame
inductee Emmitt Thomas is interviewed by CNN TV.
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newsman, Paul Berry ably emceed the evening, and Donna McKelvey of the National Capital Area Chapter of the
LLS reported on the remarkable strides that have been made in finding cures for blood cancer. “The five-year survival
rate has more than tripled in the past 40 years for patients with leukemia, and 86 percent of kids with the most
common form of leukemia survive today,” said McKelvey. “But leukemia still causes more deaths than any other
cancer among children and young adults under the age of 20,” she said.
“So the struggle goes on until we find a cure for all these kids, and that’s where you come in,” Mitchell told the
audience. He credited the BMC’s growing success to his fellow Hall of Famers, who turned out to in large numbers
donate their time and support the tournament, which many have done year after year. Mitchell also had high praise
for the leadership of Ms. Darvish and Mr. Heavner, along with tournament sponsors, including WANADA. He made
special mention of the countless volunteers who “worked tirelessly to put on an event of this magnitude.”
Mitchell then called upon BMC Chairman Emeritus Dick Patterson of RRR Automotive, who came forward and
offered a moving tribute to the recently deceased Joan Hisaoka, formerly of Hisaoka Public Relations and this year’s
recipient of the Excellence in Community Leadership Award. Among her many professional accomplishments, Ms.
Hisaoka was a pivotal member of the BMC planning committee from its founding well into this year. In presenting
the award to Ms. Hisaoka’s brother, Bob Hisaoka, and her husband Marvin Rosskopf, Patterson noted that the hundreds
of people who attended her memorial service in May “came because she was a giver and they loved her for it.”
Tamara Darvish, on behalf of the Darvish family, then presented a $20,000 donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society in Ms. Hisaoka’s memory. Ms. Darvish also thanked Mr. Patterson for getting her and the dealer community
involved in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the BMC.
The star of the evening was Emily Zimmerman, this year’s “Patient Hero,” an 11-year-old from Frederick, MD,
who finished three years of treatment for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in December. Her three years of treatment
included more than 300 trips to the Johns Hopkins University Hospital, with one 18-month stay in the hospital.
Her parents said they drove more than 100,000 miles over the three year period to be with their daughter during her
treatments.
“I've been doing this for 18 years, but it is feels like five because of what we are fighting for,” said Mitchell. “It is
so important that we raise money for research,” he said. “A girl like Emily makes the athletes look weak because of
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2008 BOBBY MITCHELL TOYOTA HALL OF FAME GOLF CLASSIC
From left, Redskins “alumni” Darrell Green, Sonny Jurgensen and Sam Huff at Sunday’s tournament. Above, Andre
Tippett wins the putting contest on media day. Below, WANADA team member John O’Donnell “fist bumping” with foursome
partner and Hall of Famer Bob St. Clair. Bottom right, Art Monk’s team watches intently as ball heads for cup.
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her strength.”
Emily, the first girl to be a BMC Patient Hero, thanked everyone for their
support and reflected that the research funded by the Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society “probably saved my life.” She raised a laugh when she said that “While I
don’t know much about football, I know that it’s always on TV from August to
January, but I want to thank you anyway.”
Emily tangibly expressed her appreciation with a batch of brownies she had
baked which were auctioned off for $2,000. She got her own payback for being a
charming and articulate Patient Hero as the recipient of a football signed by the
six new inductees into the Hall of Fame – Darrell Green, Art Monk, Fred Dean,
Emmitt Thomas, Andre Tippett and Gary Zimmerman. Emily’s football was obtained,
however, only after a successful auction bid by Jamie Darvish of DARCARS for $4,000
which was promptly matched with another $4,000 from the signatories of the football.
During the subsequent live auction, John Darvish of DARCARS and his wife Judy
won a “game ball” signed by all of the Hall of Famers with an $8,000 bid. Robert
Bassam of Easterns Automotive similarly was the top bidder for a game ball.
Bobby Mitchell and his wife, Gwen co-narrated a video tribute to the event’s major
sponsors which included: Toyota, DARCARS, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, WANADA,
Costco, AutoTrader.com, American Airlines, Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge, and Lansdowne Resort.
The tournament on Sunday was heavily attended by the public in the gallery and well
covered by the media. When all was said and done, Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson and
his team representing Autotrader.com took top honors with a score of 57. Robertson’s
teammates included David Palmer, Lloyd Hecht, Steve Garcia and Chip Perry. Hall of Famer Gino Marchetti and
his team from BG Products & Services followed in second place with a score of 58. And Pro Football Hall of
Fame inductee Gary Zimmerman and his team from Lansdowne Resort took third place with a score of 59.
Hall of Fame participants for the 2008 Classic included: Bobby Mitchell, Lem Barney, Bobby Bell, Elvin
Bethea, Fred Dean, Joe DeLamielleure, Bill Dudley, Carl Eller, Wayne Embry, Darrell Green, Hal Greer, Ted
Hendricks, Ken Houston, Sam Huff, Charlie Joiner, Sam Jones, Sonny Jurgensen, Leroy Kelly, Paul Krause,
Willie Lanier, Steve Largent, Dante Lavelli, Meadowlark Lemon, Larry Little, Gino Marchetti, Tommy
McDonald, Art Monk, Anthony Munoz, Mel Renfro, Oscar Robertson, Bob St. Clair, Charlie Sanders, Billy Shaw,
Art Shell, Charley Taylor, Emmitt Thomas, Andre Tippett, Charley Trippi, Paul Warfield, Roger Wehrli, Dave
Wilcox and Gary Zimmerman.
For more information on The Bobby Mitchell/TOYOTA Hall of Fame Golf Classic sponsored by the
Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association visit www.BobbyMitchell.com.

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2008 BOBBY MITCHELL TOYOTA HALL OF FAME GOLF CLASSIC
WANADA Salutes 2008 Bobby Mitchell Classic Sponsors
As the presenting sponsor, WANADA joins the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in recognizing Toyota for
its title role in the Bobby Mitchell Classic along with the following generous individuals and organizations:
355 Toyota
A&A Athletics
Accurate Printing
American Airlines
Apple Ford
AutoTrader.com
Baja Fresh Mexican Grill
Carl Baylin
Beltway Toyota
Bernstein Companies
Paul Berry
BG Products & Services
Bierman, Geesing & Ward, LLC
Ron Carter
Skeet & Deb Cato
Chesapeake Petroleum/Castrol
Comcast SportsNet
Comcast Spotlight
Costco Wholesale
Costco Wholesale/Leesburg
Marshall Cropper
DARCARS
Dogfish Head Alehouse
Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats
Edward Dyer
Easterns Automotive Group
Employee Benefits Group, Inc.
Enterprise rent-a-car
EuroMotorcars, Inc.
Events Management
Fitzgerald Auto Malls
Friends of St. Jude’s
Gannett
Art Greenberg
In Memoriam:
Joan Hisaoka,
Greg Norman Collection
Hamilton and Hamilton, LLP
Glenn Harris & Terry Cornwell
Hisaoka Public Relations
Jack Taylor’s Alexandria Toyota
Jerry Olsen/UTZ
Kay Jennings Springfield Toyota
Ken Milvid/Frito-Lay
King Pontiac Buick GMC
Smokin’ Al Koken
Koons Automotive Companies, Inc.
Koons of Manassas
Koons Tysons Toyota
Lansdowne Resort
Leesburg Toyota
LEXUS
Gail & Sandy Lipstein
Gene & Leona Lipstein
LoJack
Lustine Toyota
McArdle Printing
Merrifield Gardens
NBA Entertainment
News Channel 8
NFL Alumni
NFL Films
NFL Properties
Nissan Mid-Atlantic Region
Ourisman Automotive
Paramount Vending
PCM Construction
Pepsi Cola
PhRMA
Pivec Advertising, LTD
Thought for the Week…
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Provident Bank
Reebok International Ltd.
Michael & Kathi Rose
Rosenthal Automotive
Signs West
Spielmann Studio
SunDun Vending
SunTrust Bank
Superior Auto Paints/BASF
Superior Paving Corporation
Studley
Tommy Joe’s Raffle Event
Toyota
Toyota of Bowie
Toyota Financial Services
TransAmerica Capitol, Inc.
triVIN
Rick “Doc” Walker
Jake & Jillian Ward
Washington Area Chrysler, Jeep
& Dodge Dealers
Washington Area Lexus Dealers
Washington Area New
Automobile Dealers Association
WANADA Automobile Dealer
Education Institute
WANADA Employee Benefits
Washington Auto Show
Washington Post Media &
Cars.com
Brody Wortman
WTEM SportsTalk 980
WTOP
It is so important that we raise money for research. A girl like Emily
makes the athletes look weak because of her strength.”
—Bobby Mitchell