Our Next Event Details!
The raffle tickets for the 1st annual TJ-JL Foundation Cash Extravaganza have started to sell faster than a large Steak & Cheese w/ everything from Continental in Kensington. $100 ticket get's you a chance to win either $8,000, $4,000, or $2,000. You can contact us directly or by e-mail. The drawing will be held Saturday September 8th at Tommy Joe’s in Bethesda. Cash or checks accepted. Thanks for your continued support.
Dear Sir or Madam,
Welcome to the Tommy Joes-Jon Lowe Foundation, Inc. Since 2004, we have been holding a golf tournament to raise money and awareness to combat diabetes. After the incredible success of the tournament, a charitable foundation came to life. In our seventh year we were proud to become The TJ-JL Foundation, Inc., a 501(c) 3 tax entity. In addition, we have the honor to add an Ambassador to our foundation for the 2012 year. We are delighted to announce Jake Giulieri, an amazing young man diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2011. As a 501(c) 3 corporation and with Ambassador Jake Giulieri, our mission will be able to reach a larger audience, to do our part moving closer to a cure. Your donation allows diabetes programs to continue to educate, assist and provide resources to local communities and across the nation.
Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes, which translates into over 8% of the population. With 18.8 million diagnosed cases of diabetes, that still leaves 7 million undiagnosed cases; as many as 3 million of those cases are type 1 diabetes. By 2030 diabetes is expected to affect as many as 552 million people worldwide. With a foundation such as ours, the hope is to start early education of the disease and help to find a cure.
In 2012, we continue our efforts to raise money and awareness to fight this disease. Without your continued support there is no way any of this would be possible. Through the generous efforts of sponsors we have been able to donate over $100,000 to the American Diabetes Association and various national diabetes foundations. We have set a goal to raise $60,000 in 2012, by adding more fundraising events in addition to our annual golf classic. This year’s tournament will be held at Montgomery Country Club on September 10th, 2012 and we will hold a pre-tournament dinner & auction at TommyJoe’s Restaurant on Saturday, September 8th. We invite you to join us for either event and to be part of this mission to find a cure and put an end to this epidemic.
The TJ-JL Foundation, Inc.
Jon Lowe, Alan Pohoryles, Chris Darby, James Calomiris, Dr. Harold Silverman, Kathleen Lively, Nicole Warburton
Jake Giulieri
Ambassador of
2012 TJ-JL Foundation, Inc.
Jake is a fun-loving 5th grader with two sisters (Loren and Ryann). He enjoys soccer, lacrosse and reading (really).Before last May, Jake was a healthy, athletic 10 year old boy. Our family was surprised when he was diagnosed with type 1 (juvenile) diabetes as we have no family history. Counter to what we believed, well over half of those diagnosed have no close relative with type 1 diabetes.
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