Hit 'Em for Hemophilia Golf Tournament Raises More than $230,000 for Research
November 29, 2010
Hemophilia of Georgia’s 28th annual Hit 'Em for Hemophilia Golf Tournament raised over $230,000 for research for a cure for inherited bleeding disorders. More than 200 golfers participated in the tournament which was held November 1, 2010 Château Élan Winery and Resort in Braselton, Georgia.
AT&T served as presenting sponsor for the event and was joined by over 40 corporate sponsors including the Atlanta Braves, Andrew Solutions, Hewlett-Packard, Bayer Healthcare, Baxter Healthcare, CSL Behring, Ericsson, Inc., General Dynamics Wireless, Delta Air Lines, Pfizer, TEKsystems, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals and The Virgil P. Warren Foundation.
Honorary chair for this year’s tournament was Steve Sitton of AT&T. The Atlanta Braves’ Bill Acree served as tournament chair, and announcer Joe Simpson assisted with the raffle during the reception. Some of the 150 raffle prizes included sports apparel from the Atlanta Braves, weekend trips and autographed Atlanta Braves items from Bobby Cox, Brian McCann, Chipper Jones and Tim Hudson. Live Auction items included Delta Air Lines ticket vouchers and an Atlanta Braves spring training weekend get-a-way. The raffle and live auction raised more than $30,000. Braves celebrities attending this year’s tournament included Brian McCann, Phil Neikro, Terry Pendleton, Freddie Gonzalez Bobby Cox, Tim Hudson, Frank Wren, John Schuerholtz, and Javy Lopez. According to tournament co-chair Bill Acree, “I am so thankful to everyone who participated in the tournament. I know that the funds we helped raise will make a difference for people who have bleeding disorders.”
Local restaurants The Art of Food and Wildfire Atlanta-Perimeter Mall served food to golfers playing on the Legends course. General Mills supplied a variety of snacks to all tournament participants and United Distributors was once again the official beverage sponsor of the tournament. S. Walter Packaging donated goodie bags for the golfers.
Hemophilia of Georgia thanks the golfers, corporate sponsors, volunteers, staff, and Board members who helped to make the 2010 golf tournament a huge success.
About Hemophilia of Georgia
Hemophilia of Georgia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing services and support for Georgians who have hemophilia, von Willebrand Disease, and other inherited bleeding disorders. The only agency of its kind in the state, Hemophilia of Georgia works to enhance clients’ care and quality of life while actively pursuing a cure through research funding. HoG’s nonprofit pharmacy provides convenient home delivery of clotting factor and other medications at competitive prices. The agency’s mission states that Hemophilia of Georgia exists so that people in Georgia affected by bleeding disorders live as normally and productively as possible. Additional information is available online at www.hog.org.
About Hemophilia
Hemophilia is a hereditary genetic disorder in which a person’s blood is not able to clot normally. In normal blood, proteins called clotting factors work together to form a clot whenever bleeding occurs. The person with hemophilia lacks or doesn’t have enough of a certain clotting factor so the blood can’t make a clot. Hemophilia is a very rare disorder, affecting about 17,000 people in the United States. People with hemophilia stop bleeding by taking an injection of the clotting factor that is missing from their blood. However, the clotting factor used to treat hemophilia is very expensive. Some patients reach their lifetime insurance maximum at very young ages.