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10<br />

Roy White<br />

Cullinan Williams<br />

First Edition 2009<br />

HAPPENINGS<br />

Foundation’s 1st Annual Central<br />

NY Charity Event a Success<br />

The Central NY Charity Event was held on September 16&17 at the Turning Stone Resort<br />

& Casino. Similar to the June Children’s Charity Event, a dinner was held followed by a golf<br />

tournament the following day.<br />

Former NY Yankee, Roy White, was on hand for both days to share stories about his former<br />

teammates. Also on hand was a dynamic speaker, 17 year old Cullinan Williams, who spoke<br />

about his life living with diabetes.<br />

This first time event raised over $100,000 with proceeds benefiting the <strong>Kinney</strong> <strong>Drugs</strong><br />

Foundation and the American Diabetes Association.<br />

Harley Davidson<br />

Tickets Sold to<br />

Raise $ for<br />

Foundation<br />

<strong>Kinney</strong> <strong>Drugs</strong> stores sold $5 tickets<br />

to win a Harley Sportster motorcycle<br />

throughout<br />

the month of<br />

September. Over<br />

$9000 was<br />

raised to benefit<br />

the <strong>Kinney</strong> <strong>Drugs</strong><br />

Foundation. The<br />

motorcycle was<br />

donated to the<br />

Foundation by a<br />

vendor partner<br />

to the marketing<br />

department.<br />

Congratulations to<br />

Penny Copeland of Barre, VT who won<br />

the Harley!<br />

Vermont Softball<br />

Tournament Held<br />

to Benefit the<br />

Foundation<br />

In September 2008, a softball<br />

tournament was held in Vermont to<br />

benefit the <strong>Kinney</strong> <strong>Drugs</strong> Foundation.<br />

Spearheaded by Bernie Alden, #23<br />

and Kathy Ennis, #56 with lots of help<br />

form Norm Robinson, #11, 5 teams<br />

participated in this first time event which<br />

raised almost $1000!<br />

In addition to the actual softball<br />

tournament, food was sold and an<br />

auction was held. Mr. Alden stated<br />

that he received very positive feedback<br />

from participants who look forward to<br />

taking part in the event again next year.<br />

Thank you to Bernie, Kathy, Norm, and<br />

all of the volunteers who helped out this<br />

year!

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