The second-annual Provident Financial Management Golf Classic benefitting the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy will take place Monday, March 9th at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks. Last year's inaugural event was tremendously successful, attracting nearly 100 participants and raising $220,000 for "bench to bedside" pediatric cancer research at the Bogart labs at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
Registration opens at 9:00AM with a continental breakfast and putting contest, followed by a shotgun start at 11:00AM. The event includes a complimentary barbeque lunch on the 9th hole, and an evening dinner and cocktail party at the Sherwood clubhouse. Attendees may also support the Bogart Foundation in the silent and live auctions by bidding on exciting lots. Highlights from last year's auctions included tickets to a Hannah Montana taping with a meet-and-greet, a week-long stay at an Exclusive Resorts location, and guitars signed by musicians Sheryl Crow, Neil Diamond, Hannah Montana, and Jimmie Vaughn. Sponsors include Grosvenor Park, City National Bank, Latham & Watkins, Ziffren Brittenham LLP, Gilbert Krupin, and RSM McGladrey. Individual tickets start at $2,500 and additional sponsorship opportunities are available by calling 323.330.0519 or emailing info@bogartfoundation.org.
This year's Provident Financial Management Golf Classic presents golfers with a rare opportunity to enjoy one of the world's top-rated golf courses. The Sherwood Country club is home to a championship 7,052 yard, par-72 champion golf course designed by golfing legend Jack Nicklaus. Each of the 18 holes affords breathtaking views of the Santa Monica Mountains, and lush landscaping with 1,800 mature oak trees, waterfalls, jasmine and rose bushes. The course also hosts the annual PGA Tour sanctioned Tiger Woods Foundation/Chevron World Challenge Tournament. The Sherwood Country Club is located at 320 West Stafford Road, Thousand Oaks, California. For directions, club specifics, and course information, please call the club at (805) 496-3036 or visit www.sherwoodcc.com.
"The Provident Financial Management Golf Classic is an exciting opportunity to enjoy a spectacular golf course, and spend a day with fellow corporate executives, clients, and friends," comments Ivan Axelrod, Chief Operating Officer of Provident Financial Management. "It also supports a great cause. There is no better way to help our children than by supporting the work being done by the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program."
The Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program conducts leukemia and cancer research for infants, children, and adolescents at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, while Nordoff-Robins Music Therapy provides and promotes the skilled use of music with individuals, groups and communities who are challenged by disability, illness or injustice. In the first year alone, the Annual Provident Financial Management Golf Classic raised over $220,000. Funds raised by Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program enable the foundation to receive more support for its research and care, resulting in 8 to 10 dollars in research grants for every dollar raised.
About the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program:
The Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program's primary purpose is the financial support of the Bogart Labs at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Bogart is dedicated to continue its support for those programs and projects that are on the cutting edge of "bench to bedside" research. Bogart funds the diagnosis, treatment, care and cure of leukemia, cancer and AIDS by funding on a research development grant basis. This funding enables the foundation to secure more substantial support from other funding sources.
Named in memory of Neil Bogart, the late record and film executive who died of lymphoma at the age of 39, The Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program was founded in 1984. Looking to celebrate his life, friends, family and colleagues linked efforts with the beginnings of a pediatric program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager and Neil's widow Joyce Bogart Trabulus cited as an inspiration his love of children and his resolve that one person could make a difference. Today, Bogart, which supported one small laboratory, now supports several research programs whose impact is felt across the world.
The exciting research that goes into the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program is a result of the unique combination of the leadership, talent and ideas of the researchers and clinicians; the research funding from Bogart; the facilities, staff and patients of the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA); and the Children's Oncology Group (COG).
An idea begins in the mind of a researcher and is funded by seed grants from Bogart. As the research shows promise, more traditional funding sources are available to expand the research. Because of the relationship between the Labs and CHLA, research jumps at the earliest stage from the bench to bedside of a child, where it is needed most. Through the COG, medical professionals at 120 member facilities around the world have access to this research and are able to cross reference their patients and treatments with the latest protocols.
www.bogartfoundation.org
About Provident Financial Management:
Provident Financial Management specializes in managing the financial affairs of a diverse group of clients, including members of the music, motion picture, television and sports industries, as well as some of the most successful high net-worth professionals and executives in the business community. Established over twenty-five years ago with offices in Los Angeles, Woodland Hills and San Francisco, Provident has become a leader in various business management practices including specialized domestic and international tax planning, tour and live engagement accounting, royalty, participation and publishing administration and strategic industry financial and business planning. Provident Financial Management is part of RSM McGladrey one of the largest and most prominent accounting firms in the world.
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