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Driving for a Cure, Photo Gallery

10th Annual Driving for a Cure

On Monday, May 5th, we held our 10th Annual Driving for a Cure Golf Tournament at Piedmont Golf Club in Haymarket, VA. It was another amazing day of golf, friends, and fundraising.  The weather held out for us, and we couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day despite a forecast of storms and hail!  We had the opportunity to thank the sponsoring companies and golfers who have been with us since our very first golf tournament event and those who have played with us for many years!  Thank You to all (both returning and new) of our Sponsors, Golfers, Donors, and Volunteers who joined us to help make a difference for families who know what it’s like to watch their child fight cancer!  We truly could not do what we do without your support.

Special Thank You once again to our returning Tournament Sponsor – Chick-fil-A of Haymarket & VA Gateway!

Congratulations to our Top Teams and Contest Winners:
1st Place Team: Mike Delaney, Beth Foster, Katelynn Waclawski, & Patrick Delaney
2nd Place Team: Thomas Perry, Daniel Loman, Brian Burnett, & Chris Harold
3rd Place Team: Larry Chang, Bob Jones, Rich Raiford, August McCarthy
Hackers’ Award Team: Josh Hubbard, Ryan Sekely, Connor Ward, & Taylor Hunt
Super Putt Contest Winner: Jack Smoot
$2500 Putting Contest: Josh Walker
Longest Drive Male: Cooper Cramp
Longest Drive Female: Katelynn Waclawski
Closest to the Pin: William Croson (3’ 5”)

We hope you enjoy all the pics from our 10th Annual Driving for a Cure Golf Tournament!

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Green & Gold Athletic Spirit Scholarship

Congratulations 2025 Scholarship Recipients

CONGRATULATIONS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Please join us in an Alex’s Army SHOUT OUT and HUGE CONGRATS to our 2025 Green & Gold Athletic Spirit Scholarship Recipients:

Kendall Lebowitz (Haymarket, VA)
Lana Zito (Brunswick, MD)
Samuel Dunton (Alexandria, VA)
Lucia Smith (Alexandria, VA)
Jamie Kerr (Inwood, WV)
Lucas Khelawan (Bowie, MD)
Jacob Phelps (Laurel, MD)
Emma Krestan (Alexandria, VA)

We are always beyond honored to have the ability to award these scholarships to such inspirational athletes who are overcomers when it comes to fighting cancer.  Our 2025 Scholarship Recipients inspired us through their thoughtful essays and recommendation letters.  We are truly in awe of each of them.  Each of these recipients embodies strength, determination, love for their respective sports and life itself, we are honored to be able to be a small part of each of their journeys.

We were able to award a total of $11,500 through this year’s scholarships!  Thank you to all who support our mission and who continue to be a part of Alex’s Army so that together we can make a difference in the lives of children (and athletes) whose lives are forever changed by a childhood cancer diagnosis!

From all of us at Alex’s Army – Congratulations again Kendall, Lana, Samuel, Lucia, Jamie, Lucas, Jacob, and Emma – we wish each of you all the very best today, tomorrow, and all the days ahead!   

Green & Gold Athletic Spirit Scholarship, Uncategorized

Enrollment for 2025 Green & Gold Athletic Spirit Scholarship

We will be accepting applications for the 2025 scholarships from February 1st through March 15th and will award scholarship recipients in April of this year. Prior to printing the application, please be sure to thoroughly read the application guidelines found on this page to check for qualifications, important submission information, FAQs, and more.

Guidelines

Application

Learn more about the 2 types of scholarships we offer by clicking here.

Hearts of Gold Gala

Hearts of Gold Gala 2024 (that’s a wrap!)

We are so incredibly excited to share with you all that our Hearts of Gold Gala raised a whopping $70,022.40 (and counting)!!!!  We are still collecting final donations but we far exceeded our $60k goal and all in all we are over the moon with your generosity, love, & your support of our foundation and our Hearts of Gold Gala event celebrating 10 years of love!!!

To say the evening was special is an incredible understatement.  We feel so blessed by every moment and by each of you who joined us.  Everything from our Honorary Family Kendall, Michelle, & David sharing a little of their story, to the live auction bidding with professional auctioneer HL Wenger and finishing off the evening with your incredibly generous paddle raise donations and finally dancing!!! 

We had a wonderful time and hope each of you who joined us did as well!!

A huge Congratulations to each of our Hearts of Gold Volunteer Award Recipients.  We thank you for your service, support, and love that you have each poured into making Alex’s Army what it is:  Trish Weinstein, Brett & Tawni Schwemer, Bernadette & Kevin Long, and The Dunham Family!

Thank you again to our event sponsors – Heart of Love Sponsors: Simply Divine Decorating & Staging; to our Heart of Hope Sponsors:  OFW Law, and The Dunham Family; to our Heart of Compassion Sponsors: Calverton Self Storage, Olamar Interiors, Milestone Towers, North Real Estate, Superior Paving; and to all of our family ticket sponsors!

Special Thank You to Pastor Barry of Park Valley Church for sharing a special blessing over dinner, our families, and all impacted by cancer.  Thank you also to LCS Site Services for donating an incredibly luxurious shuttle for our attendees.  Thank you to all our In-Kind Auction Basket and Wine Grab Donors for contributing towards the success of this event!

Thank you to our amazing planning committee, our Founders, all our volunteers, and our speakers for the evening! 

It truly does take an army to fight childhood cancer and we feel as though we have the best army around! 

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Thank You to Karen & Jason Halsall of Karen Halsall Photography for capturing the special moments from this event – to see all the pictures from our Hearts of Gold Gala visit Hearts of Gold Gala Ten Years by Karen A. Halsall Photography LLC (Download PIN 6690)

Childhood Cancer Support Events

Gala Ticket Sales are Open and You are Invited!

Friday November 22nd 2024

6pm – 11 pm
Poplar Springs Manor
Warrenton, Virginia

Black Tie Optional

Ticket Sales are Open and You are Invited!   

Our Hearts of Gold Gala 2024 event will take place Friday, November 22nd at the beautiful Poplar Springs Manor in Warrenton, VA which is the same location we host our annual Couples Retreats for our moms & dads.  We are so excited to celebrate as we look back on the last 10 years of Alex’s Army and fund raise the night away to help launch us into these next 10 years!  Your ticket and/or sponsorship will include cocktails, buffet dinner, dessert, silent and live auction items, a program you won’t want to miss, plus music, dancing, & more!  Our Hearts of Gold Gala only comes around once every 5 years and we do not want you to miss out! 

Sponsor Information:  There are sponsorship levels for all, a few of which include overnight accommodations at the beautiful Poplar Manor Inn & Spa!  Not able to attend?  We would LOVE for you to consider sponsoring one of our local families with an enchanting night out!

More information on sponsorship levels can be found in our sponsor packet here

We also are seeking out in-kind donations for our silent auction, live auction, and our 2024 wine grab!  If you have items you’d like to contribute towards our auction OR if you’d like to donate a bottle or two of wine for our wine grab, use the Contact Us link below.  All donors will be recognized on signage at the Gala event, as always donations can also be indicated as anonymous as well.

For questions or more information on how you can sponsor or support through in-kind donations for our 10-year anniversary Gala event, contact us.

Sponsor Packet

Childhood Cancer Support Events

2024 Summer Bash

This past weekend Alex’s Army hosted our End of Summer Bash & Family Day 2024 and we couldn’t have asked for more perfect weather for our Luau themed party!  We loved seeing all the smiles on everyone’s faces and feel so blessed to be able to host events like these for our fellow childhood cancer families & community.

Special Thank you to Crockett Park & Fauquier County Parks for their efforts in making sure this event was such a success and to Mini’s Mission & the Jeff Gordon Foundation whose grant to Alex’s Army last year helped us put on such an awesome event!  Thank you also to Bruno’s Bounce House, Dream ArT Facepainting & Balloons, Cookies & Cream, Mission BBQ, United Rentals, The Barber Family, to all our awesome volunteers, and special thank you to Karen & Jason Halsall for donating their time and photography talents to help capture such a beautiful event.

(Childhood Cancer Fams – make sure you don’t miss out these and other family events by requesting to join our mailing list by sending us a note through our Contact Us form)

Pictures from this year’s event can be found below thanks to Karen Halsall Photography and on our social pages @alexsarmyccf

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To make a Tax-Deductible donation so that our team can continue hosting events like these for the childhood cancer community, visit here.  Every donation helps and allows us to fulfill our mission to fund research, raise awareness, and to be a source of encouragement and support through faith, hope, and love!