Newton, MA – Diversified Project Management, Inc. (DPM) held its 17th annual MS Golf Classic tournament at the Hopkinton Country Club, raising over $72,000 to benefit National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
“This past tournament has put DPM’s combined contribution to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater New England Chapter over $549,000.00,” said Bob Keeley, President of Diversified Project Management and member of the MS Chapter’s Board of Trustees. “This is DPM’s largest annual donation, as a result of the tournament and we are proud to continue to support the mission to end the devastating effects of MS.”
The sellout tournament was held September 13th. The funds collected from 144 golfers, dinner attendees, sponsorships, sale of raffle tickets, live auction and mulligans raised over $71,000.
The team from Wakefield Moving and Storage netted the lowest score at an impressive fifty eight. The team was led by Wakefield’s Executive Vice President, Bill Burns and joined by Randy Davekos, Jeff Murry and Tim Diskin. The Closest-to-the-Pin was awarded to Mike Phillips at 4’8 ½ inches and the Longest Drive was awarded to Bill Sayles from TRG Builders.
“The Greater New England Chapter serves over 19,000 families in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont who are affected by this unpredictable disease,” added Mr. Keeley. “We support the National MS Society because they drive research for a cure, and they address the challenges of each person affected by MS.”
“Thanks to money raised by firms like DPM, there are drugs available today that didn’t exist before 1993,” said Nancy Dlugoenski, Development Manager of the Greater New England Chapter of the National MS Society. “And, we’ll keep on raising money until the day when no one else has to hear their doctor say, ‘you have multiple sclerosis’.”
Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body can stop people from moving forward in their lives. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, but teenagers and young children can also have MS; and, there are more than twice as many women as men diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S., and 2.1 million worldwide. Join the movement to create a world free of MS at www.MSnewengland.org.