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Lynn Sage Cancer sports event June 17
2019-04-16
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The Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation ( LSCRF ) will host the annual Play for the Cure Game Day, featuring a women's round-robin tennis competition, 18-hole golf experience and card games including canasta, mahjong and bridge.
The event will be held Monday, June 17, at Exmoor Country Club, 700 Vine Avenue, Highland Park. All proceeds will benefit breast-cancer research and educational programs at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University through LSCRF.
Registration will begin at 9 a.m., with tennis starting at 10 a.m., and card games and golf at 1 p.m. Lunch will be served at 12 p.m. and the day will conclude with cocktails and dinner at 5 p.m.
Tennis sponsorships are available from the Grand Slam Sponsor ( $2,500 ) to the Ace Sponsor ( $1,000 ), with both sponsorship levels including lunch; a women's singles ticket is $300 for one player and includes lunch. For more information regarding tickets and sponsorships, call 312-694-1465 or email Kristen Wuerl at kristen.wuerl@nm.org . |
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