- November 22, 2024
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Joan Seidel, Katy Dunn, Martha Gayle and Elaine Dabney
Photo by Lesley DwyerElaine Dabney takes a swing.
Photo by Lesley DwyerMary Golia and Debbie Lynch
Photo by Lesley DwyerPink desserts for breast cancer awareness.
Photo by Lesley DwyerBarbara Botein, Joanie Spalter and Barbara Schwartz
Photo by Lesley DwyerValeria Morello, Amy Prize, Jim Richard and Becky Thomas
Photo by Lesley DwyerBunny Skirboll, Hannah Weinberg, Anita Cohen and Gwen Watson
Photo by Lesley DwyerThe golfers fill their plates from the buffet.
Photo by Lesley DwyerBunny Skirboll and Terry O'Hara
Photo by Lesley DwyerPaula Norwood, Suellen Kaeb and Barbara Botein
Photo by Lesley DwyerDebbie Rand and Kathy Bernstein
Photo by Lesley DwyerMarge Heller, Barbara Botein and Judy Brostron
Photo by Lesley DwyerPam Snauwaert, Kerrii Anderson, Katie Moulton and Karen Shearer
Photo by Lesley DwyerThe golfers eat lunch in the Harbourside Ballroom after being on the course all morning.
Photo by Lesley DwyerJan Henry dresses as a cow girl for Go for the Cure.
Photo by Lesley DwyerThe greens were a little rosier than usual at the Longboat Key Club on Tuesday. About 150 golfers wore just under that many shades of pink to Go for the Cure. The annual golf day raises money for Breast Health Sarasota Inc.
While the tournament has been around much longer, it only started benefiting Breast Health in 2013. After this year’s donation, the Women’s Golf Association will have donated over $500,000 to the organization.
Both the 18-hole and 9-hole leagues organize, fundraise and play together. Paula Norwood chaired on behalf of the 18-holers and Barbara Botein on behalf of the Key Niners. Back in the day, even the husbands joined in.
“Then, everybody would volunteer,” Bunny Skirboll said. “I remember my husband coming and blowing up balloons.”
This year’s tables were set up with flutes of pink lemonade and pink pool noodles shaped as breast cancer ribbons. But decorations were the icing on the cake. The women outdid themselves fundraising nearly $100,000, and the silent auction was set to put them over the top.
“We had a lot of donations from people outside the club. Friends and family contribute. We begged, no, solicited.” Co-chair Barbara Botein said. “It’s a charity that lots of people support because almost every lady in here has been affected by breast cancer in some way.”
