June 22, 2018 at 4:22 p.m.
Vander Bloemen looking to hit $500,000 raised for Alzheimer's disease research
Vander Bloemen looking to hit $500,000 raised for Alzheimer's disease research
As with the past four events, this year's golf event will take place at the Town & Country Club in St. Paul, Minn., Vander Bloemen announced in a press release.
All proceeds will be directed to Mayo Clinic's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, the release notes.
The event, held in honor of Vander Bloemen's mother, Liz, has to date raised $400,000 for Alzheimer's disease. After watching his mother suffer from the disease, Vander Bloemen decided to take action and do something to support Alzheimer's research. He first held the event in July 2014. Liz Vander Bloemen passed away in September 2014, after 6 years valiantly battling the disease.
Vander Bloemen has witnessed the toll that Alzheimer's disease takes on both those suffering and their loved ones. In hosting the golf event, he hopes to both bring awareness to the disease and make a difference in the efforts to find a cure or preventative measures, the release explains.
Mayo Clinic's Alzheimer's Center, jointly based in Jacksonville, Fla. and Rochester, Minn., is a leader in working toward preventing, delaying and ultimately curing Alzheimer's disease, as well as other forms of dementia.
Vander Bloemen has had the pleasure over the past four years of delivering a $100,000 check each year to the director of the center, Dr. Ronald C. Petersen, totaling $400,000.
"It's a great way to honor a great mom," Vander Bloemen said in the press release. When asked about what he misses most about his mom, he said, "Everything-I miss everything about her."
As in previous years, the event is partnered with the Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation (SRNSCF), the charitable arm of North Star Resource Group.
The SRNSCF will match every dollar up to $50,000.
The event will begin with lunch at 11 a.m. on July 16, followed by tee off and an auction dinner to follow in the evening.
All proceeds from the auction will also benefit the cause.
More information, including information on how to make a donation, can be found at http://www.northstarfinancial.com/foundation.
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