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Come join us Saturday August 16th, 2008 at Performance Harley Davidson in Syracuse for the second annual MDA Ride for Life. Join riders from all over the region and help raise money for a great cause. The ride begins at 11 AM with registration starting at 9 AM and will finish at the Syracuse Inner Harbor at the Hottest Chicken Wing Festival. Pre-Registration is available at the link below. Put on your best leathers and polish up your chrome, we’ll see you there!

MDA Ride for Life Info & Registration

Continued Smiles,
Matt

We’re still talleying numbers but in the meantime have a look at all the great photos of the day!

Irish Open Pics

For 32 years the Thomas Dwyer family of Rochester has successfully coordinated one of the longest consecutively run golf tournaments played in western New York. This year the tournament chairs have decided to award the benefits of the Irish Open to Two Smiles One Hope Foundation. The tournament will take place on August 4th, 2008 at Brookwoods Country Club, formerly Ontario Golf Club. The price per player is $125.00 and the format is a 4 man scramble. Contact Patrick Dwyer at murph_brah@yahoo.com for more info. Here’s to another successful year and many to come.

Continued Smiles,
Matt

What an amazing success. Saturday, June 28th we hosted the innaugural “Teeing Off For The Twins” Golf Tournament. Aspirations where high going into the event with the field of 140 golfers being completely sold out three weeks prior to the event, however, the end result blew away anyone’s expectations. The tournament went off without a hitch thanks to impeccable planning on behalf of Reagan Goodnough and EventSmith of Atlanta. Golfers, friends and families from all over he Northeast and Midwest decended on Baldwinsville to join in on the festivities making it one of the premiere charity golf events of the year. Co-creators and best friends, Stephen Goodnough and Ron Bellomio acted as Masters of Ceremonies awarding the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and last place finishes as well as longest drive, closest to the pin, and skins awards. Local music act “Mike and Stan” brought their diverse set of blues and classic rock tunes to keep the party moving well into the evening. After a moving speech by Two Smiles President, Alison Willis, the evening was capped off with the awarding of our grand prize, a 50” plasma television. The end result of the event was a staggering sum of monies raised in order to fund translational research for a treatment or cure of DMD.

As a result of this event we’ve raised over $20,000.00 for the cause and informed hundreds of people about our mission in hopes that they may continue to spread the word. We will change this disease.

Thank you so much to our beloved friends and family for taking the time and making this day so spectacular. With you at our side there is nothing we won’t accomplish.

Tee Off Pics

Continued Smiles,
Matt

On Saturday, June 7th, the Syracuse Ultimate Frisbee League hosted it’s annual Cazenovia Ultimatefrisbee Tournament. The C.U.T. brought in teams from all over the Northeast and Canada and was a great venue for spreading the word about our fight. The events organizer, Darren Kupinsky, approached me with an idea for raising funds via a high speed frisbee toss. The event raised money for the foundation and got our information into the hands of young people from all over the region. A great result with little effort, thank you Syracuse Ultimate. We look forward to beating this years 76 MPH throw next year!

Continued smiles,
Matt

As of Monday, June 9th, our inaugural “Tee Off For The Twins” Golf tournament and clambake is completly SOLD OUT.

On Saturday, June 28th, 140 golfers will take to the greens at Foxfire Golf Club in Baldwinsville, New York. Prizes include a hole in one opportunity for a brand new 2008 Saab 9-3 Convertible. The golfers will be joined in the afternoon by added patrons of our 1st annual clambake where they’ll all have a chance to win a 50″ plasma television as well as various other prizes. Music will be provided by local talent “Mike and Stan” and the party will continue until 9PM.

A special thanks to all who are involved in this tremendous first effort. We have set the bar for local charity golf tournaments in Central New York. Here’s to a successful first year.

Continued smiles,
Matt

This past weekend, Alison’s cousin Julia Embury held the inaugural “Mr. Livonia Pageant” at her school to benefit Two Smiles One Hope. All tolled, she helped raise close to $1000 and had a great time doing it. Julia hopes to continue the pageant in years to come and we look forward to supporting her in what ever capacity needed. Check out her work at the link below. Great job Julia!

1st Annual Mr. Livonia

Continued Smiles
Matt