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2023 Driving for a Cure
On Monday, May 15th 2023 we held our 8th Annual Driving for a Cure Golf Tournament at Dominion Valley Country Club in Haymarket, VA.
We couldn’t have asked for a better weather day and we are so thankful to each and every one of our Sponsors, Golfers, Donors, and Volunteers who joined us once again for this fundraiser event to make a difference for families who know what it’s like to watch their child fight cancer!
Special Thank You once again to this year’s Tournament Sponsor Chick-fil-A of Haymarket & VA Gateway!
Congratulations to our Top Teams and Contest Winners:
1st Place Team: Gary Thomey, Patrick Winslow, Mike Winslow, Jeff Winslow, Teddy Greene
2nd Place Team: Scott Walker, Josh Walker, Charles McCormick, Kevin Kuzma
3rd Place Team: TC Robinson, JR Deering, Dale Tyson, and Sam Hollen
Hackers’ Award Team: Jacob Green, Travis Green, Kam Franklin, Casey Ruland
Super Putt Contest Winner: Travis Green
Longest Drive Male: JR Deering
Longest Drive Female: Marie Leibson
Closest to the Pin: Cody Omohundro
Pictures are up, we hope you enjoy all the pics from our 8th Annual Driving for a Cure Golf Tournament! Special thank you to our friends at Love Wedding & Events for donating a super amazing photo booth for all to enjoy! They will ALSO be making an appearance at our 2023 Family Day (see below) and we are so grateful to have their support!
Last but certainly NOT least – at our Driving for a Cure end of tournament banquet this year, we announced an exciting way for our golfers and Driving for a Cure event to directly support our upcoming Family Day for our local families with a child who has fought or is fighting cancer.
We have a limited number of supporter spots left and would love if you would consider making a 100% tax-deductible donation to help us make sure this is an incredible event!
Your $100 donation is so greatly appreciated! In doing so you will receive a small sign on the putt-putt golf course that families will read throughout the day as they play. We will reach out to you once all spots are filled to get the information you’d like for us to include on the signage.
Click the image above or click HERE to support our 2023 Family Day!
Be sure to follow us on social media @alexsarmyccf (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)!
Thank you as always for your support!
Photo booth pictures courtesy of Love & Wedding Events
Driving for a Cure 2023 Sponsor Packet & Save the Date
PHS Bucket-A-Thon 2023
GHS Bucket-A-Thon 2023
BHS Bucket-a-Thon and Gold Out 2023
Thank you to our Bucket-a-Thon Partner Battlefield Basketball for hosting their 2nd Bucket-a-Thon event AND Gold Out this past weekend!!
The Battlefield Bobcats raised a whopping $17,186.00 towards their basketball program and equally supporting our Green & Gold Athletic Spirit Scholarships!
Learn more about hosting your own Bucket-a-Thon event here.
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 2022
- Sept. 1 (Thursday) – Help Alex’s Army turn Haymarket & Grizzly Sports Complex GOLD! Please use these links for more information and to sign up: Haymarket / Grizzly Sports Complex in Bristow; New this year – bring your pup to our meeting location at Cookies & Cream in Haymarket at 6:30 pm and purchase Childhood Cancer Awareness Ribbon pup treats from our friends at Woof Bakery who will be on site! A portion of all dog biscuit sales benefit Alex’s Army and if you are interested you & your pup can help us turn Haymarket GOLD!
- Sept. 4 (Sunday) – Loudoun United FC Childhood Cancer Awareness Game! For Families – Our friends at Team Mathias has FREE tickets (in limited quantities), let us know or contact them directly for more info; Tickets can also be purchased online here Childhood Cancer Awareness Night – Loudoun United FC
- Sept. 6 (Tuesday) – Town Meeting Haymarket, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Declaration & local organization spotlight Alex’s Army
- Sept. 10 (Saturday) – Alex’s Army Bowl Games for Childhood Cancer Awareness @ Grizzly Sports Complex Local childhood cancer families, we would LOVE for you to join us as the Gainesville Grizzlies Youth Football players, Cheerleaders, Coaches, & Referees all GO GOLD for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month! Families who have ever been impacted by any form of childhood cancer are welcome to join us for the days fun and be an Honorary Team Captain participating in the Coin Toss prior to a game OR meet the Youth Cheerleaders at the event. There are opportunities also to share your story to spread awareness at the event! For more information, email us at info@alexsarmyccf.org!
- Sept. 21-25 (Wednesday – Sunday) – CureFest Washington, DC
- Sept. 30 (Friday) – Battlefield High School GOLD OUT Football Game
- All Month Long
- Woof Bakery Fundraiser for Alex’s Army (for more information and ordering info visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/207742230509600/?ref=share
- Help us make a difference in the fight against childhood cancer! Make a donation in any amount through our website September 1-30 and receive a Gold Ribbon Bow (these are the same bows that are hung in Haymarket and at Grizzly field that you can proudly display all year long on your mailbox, front porch, or wherever you choose to show your support for children and families impacted by childhood cancer!
Golf Tournament 2022
Thank you as always to all who took part in our 7th Annual Driving for a Cure Golf Tournament! We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day in July to play 18 holes fundraising to support our mission. Thank you to our 2022 Tournament Sponsor Chick-fil-A and to all our sponsors who supported this years event and to all who continue to support our mission every year! Thank you to Piedmont Golf Club for hosting a wonderful event this year and to all our amazing volunteers who spent the day making the tournament a success once again! Please enjoy pictures from this years’ event – stay tuned for information about our 2023 Tournament!
2022 Driving for a Cure Golf Registration Open!
Thank You for your support – Awareness Event 2022
On Sunday, May 15th, our Foundation attempted 1 more time to break an Official Guinness World Records title as part of our Childhood Cancer Awareness & Support event and wow – what a day it was!
While unfortunately, we did NOT break the Official Guinness World Record for Most people performing push-ups Sunday…we did something very special and I believe I can speak for all who were a part of it…they will not soon forget the day.
Once again, we came close with roughly 1,100 people in attendance – we just were not close enough to break that darn record. It would be easy to get discouraged as really getting 2,000 people together for an actual Guinness World Record attempt honoring families impacted by childhood
cancers and the honored heroes of our community – should not be that hard. But when you have the opportunity to be part of an event like this, when we have the opportunity to host an event like this – it’s truly not about the record at all. It’s so much more. Like some have said, breaking the record would have been icing on the cake – but the
cake was pretty darn good!
The skies opened up and the sun shone brightly down all day so that the flyover from our friends the Glory Hounds could happen not just once but several times – one of which created the shape of a heart over all of the honored families, our honored heroes, and all in attendance!
We had over 20 families participate from our area join us both in the ceremony and others amongst the crowd on the field who were celebrated and honored by all who were there.
We filled our last minute goal for Stewards which was a gift as that alone seemed to be an uphill battle that came in the last week of preparations for the event! Thank you to Park Valley Church and all who came to join us at the last minute to fill this need! You are truly amazing and we are so thankful.
The Tug-of-War teams from Battlefield (aka Champions of the Field????), Gainesville, Brentsville, and Patriot all really had a blast and we had a blast watching and cheering them all along! Thank you again to our friends at Sweet Julia Grace for lending us the rope from their Adult Field Day the day prior!
Huge Congrats to team Battlefield and to all the participating teams – which reminds us to ask – did the losing teams really get in that dunk tank???
Below are the winners of our Event Raffles:
- Winner of the Insignia TV goes to MaryBeth Michel!
- Winner of $250 Smoothie King Gift Card goes to Susan Wallace!
- Winner of A Year of Chick-fil-A (52 meal cards) goes to Bridie Sheehan!
- Winner of A Year of Chick-fil-A KIDS (52 kids meal cards) goes to Danica Davis!
All winners will be contacted via email to claim their prizes!!!
Congrats all!
Thank you to all our amazing sponsors and supporters of this event. We truly could not do what we do without your support and we are so thankful.
Thank you to all our volunteers, our planning team, to our Guinness World Record Adjucator who was awesome – to our Minion, Cavman, and Chick-fil-A Cow who ALL 3 joined in doing push-ups!
Finally, thank you to Scott Sikes Photography for capturing pictures from the entire day!
Below are just a few, but you can see all pictures here:
Full Photo Gallery courtesy of Scott Sikes
As mentioned at the event every dollar raised from this event will be allocated towards our 2022 Research Fund. If you’d like to make a donation, Donate
We do have some leftover EVENT specific apparel, get yours before midnight June 17th, go to Temporary Merchandise Shop!
Thank you again to everyone who contributed to making this event wonderful in every way!
Remember – no matter what it is you are going through, you are never alone, you are loved, and you have an ARMY behind you every step of the way!
It takes an ARMY to fight childhood cancer….
Together we are Alex’s Army!