Jennifer Wilks Foundation » Events http://blog.jenniferwilks.org Fighting Childhood Cancer Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:03:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 1st Annual Charity Poker Tournament http://blog.jenniferwilks.org/events/1st-annual-charity-poker-tournament/ http://blog.jenniferwilks.org/events/1st-annual-charity-poker-tournament/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:59:12 +0000 admin http://blog.jenniferwilks.org/?p=798 Please join us for our 1st Annual Charity Poker Tournament to benefit ‘The Jennifer Wilks Foundation’.
Date: Sunday July 25th at 2:00pm
Location: Third Base – (Downtown location)
1717 West 6th Street
Building 2, Suite 210R
Austin, TX 78703
GRAND PRIZE: $1,000 toward entry into any 2011 WSOP Event plus 4 hotel accomodations plus
SECOND PRIZE: Flat Screen Television
Lots of other great prizes!


Enter now with a $30.00 suggested donation, with 2nd chance donations available for up to two hours.
Advance registration will give you $5K extra start!
Register and donate via the form below.

]]> http://blog.jenniferwilks.org/events/1st-annual-charity-poker-tournament/feed/ 0 Golf Tournament 2010-a SUCCESS! http://blog.jenniferwilks.org/events/golf-tournament-2010/ http://blog.jenniferwilks.org/events/golf-tournament-2010/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:56:58 +0000 admin http://blog.jenniferwilks.org/?p=736 Thank you all for supporting the Jennifer Wilks Foundation’s Golf Tournament held on April 23, 2010. Because of your help and support we raised $27,823 this YEAR! On behalf of the JWF we cannot thank you enough for making this tournament a great success. Together, we help to support the children and families at the new Dell Children’s Hospital and the charities that kept a smile on Jennifer’s face.

Thanks to your assistance, we will be able to continue doing the following:
 
· Bring meals 3 times a month to Dell Children’s Hospital
· Grant Arturo’s “Make A Wish” to Disney World
· Continue as the main sponsor of the teenage youth group at Dell Children’s Hospital “The Hungry Bunch”
· Support the Leukemia Lymphoma Society
· Support the His Grace Foundation
· Put on the Christmas Eve Party at Dell Children’s Hospital

I hope you had a great day playing golf and I hope that you will come back next year. We will be setting next year’s golf date soon and we will keep you updated

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Mary and I understand firsthand how special this is for the child, sibling, and for the parents.

So please look over the Donor Levels and together let’s put a smile on the kids faces this Christmas.
Stockings

Christmas Party 2007

]]> http://blog.jenniferwilks.org/events/christmas-donations-for-the-children/feed/ 0 Our Very First Tournament! http://blog.jenniferwilks.org/events/our-very-first-tournament/ http://blog.jenniferwilks.org/events/our-very-first-tournament/#comments Mon, 22 May 2006 07:02:26 +0000 admin http://blog.jenniferwilks.org/?p=506 Well, Mary and I would like to thank all those at helped out, played and sponsored the 1st Annual FIGHTING CHILDHOOD CANCER golf tournament in memory of Jennifer Wilks on May 15, 2006.

Because of YOU we raised just over $16,500….. WOW!!!! This money will go straight to the 5 charities that helped put a smile on Jennifer face during her battle with leukemia. Those charities are: His Grace Foundation, Make a Wish, American Cancer Society, Candlelighters (Any Baby Can) and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

We had 88 golfers that played and we had a clear and beautiful weather all day. We will soon have pictures on this site of all the golfers and the fun that they had.

We would like to thank Advance Auto Parts, FLOOR KING, RG TATE & Associates, and AT&T for being the main sponsors of the event. THANKS!

We also had 15 hole sponsors that help make the event a special day. THANKS AGAIN!

We are looking forward to next year and it will be BIGGER and BETTER. So get READY everyone and tell your friends.

Here’s an update on the family. Mary is back to work part time and is doing OK. Timmy is out of school and home for the summer. He is going to take some summer classes at ACC and work full time. Elaine is working 2 part time jobs (just like her Dad growing up) and is driving. School is out this week and she is looking forward to summer and working at camp. That’s 3 jobs!!!! That’s my girl! We all have our good day and bad days. We just have to think of the great times that we all had together as a family.

Thanks and God Bless
Tim

note: the above entry is a copy originally posted on our ‘Caring Bridge’ website.

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