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Bruce Edwards Foundation
In April 2004, Bruce Edwards, longtime friend and caddy for PGA Tour golfer Tom Watson, died from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. In the last months of his life, Bruce continued to work on the Tour and became the subject of the best-selling book Caddy for Life which detailed his career and his struggle with ALS.
The author of Caddy for Life, John Feinstein, and Hall of Fame golfer Tom Watson joined forces in 2005 to create The Bruce Edwards Foundation for ALS Research, which provides funds to medical research facilities dedicated to slowing the progression of and finding a cure for ALS. This Foundation fulfills a promise made to Bruce by Tom to continue to fight to find a cure for this fatal disease.
The cornerstone of the Foundation is the Bruce Edwards Celebrity Classic, an annual day of golf, including live and silent auctions of one-of-a-kind items and sports memorabilia. The first four events have raised more than $2.5 million, all of which has gone to fund critical ALS research. The fourth annual Bruce Edwards Celebrity Classic was held on June 30, 2008 at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, MD.
Click here for more information on the 2009 tournament, to be played Monday, September 28th at the Galloway National Golf Club near Atlantic City, NJ.
15th Annual BB&T Classic Basketball Tournament,
Benefiting the Children’s Charities Foundation
With an acute need to raise money for disadvantaged and at-risk children and youth of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, the Children’s Charities Foundation was founded in 1994 by a group of Washington-area business and professional leaders. The Foundation has distributed nearly $7 million to charities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area including the District of Columbia; Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland; Fairfax and Arlington Counties in Virginia; and the City of Alexandria, Virginia.
These funds are essential to maintain and support public and private programs and services for children in need. The Children’s Charities Foundation, which raises most of its funds from an annual basketball tournament, the BB&T Classic Basketball Tournament, featuring college and university teams and from a gala dinner, funds non-profit organizations that support disadvantaged and at-risk children by strengthening their health and welfare, supporting strong and cohesive families, and assisting educational and recreational programs.
The BB&T Classic Basketball Tournament is a Washington, DC-based basketball tournament that has been held annually since 1995, when it was known as the Franklin National Bank Classic. Organized in large part by author and journalist John Feinstein, the 15th annual classic will be staged at the Verizon Center on Sunday, December 6, 2009, and will once again be a large contributor to the Children’s Charities Foundation cause.
Bruce Edwards Foundation
In April 2004, Bruce Edwards, longtime friend and caddy for PGA Tour golfer Tom Watson, died from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. In the last months of his life, Bruce continued to work on the Tour and became the subject of the best-selling book Caddy for Life which detailed his career and his struggle with ALS.
The author of Caddy for Life, John Feinstein, and Hall of Fame golfer Tom Watson joined forces in 2005 to create The Bruce Edwards Foundation for ALS Research, which provides funds to medical research facilities dedicated to slowing the progression of and finding a cure for ALS. This Foundation fulfills a promise made to Bruce by Tom to continue to fight to find a cure for this fatal disease.
The cornerstone of the Foundation is the Bruce Edwards Celebrity Classic, an annual day of golf, including live and silent auctions of one-of-a-kind items and sports memorabilia. The first four events have raised more than $2.5 million, all of which has gone to fund critical ALS research. The fourth annual Bruce Edwards Celebrity Classic was held on June 30, 2008 at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, MD.
Click here for more information on the 2009 tournament, to be played Monday, September 28th at the Galloway National Golf Club near Atlantic City, NJ.
15th Annual BB&T Classic Basketball Tournament,
Benefiting the Children’s Charities Foundation
These funds are essential to maintain and support public and private programs and services for children in need. The Children’s Charities Foundation, which raises most of its funds from an annual basketball tournament, the BB&T Classic Basketball Tournament, featuring college and university teams and from a gala dinner, funds non-profit organizations that support disadvantaged and at-risk children by strengthening their health and welfare, supporting strong and cohesive families, and assisting educational and recreational programs.
The BB&T Classic Basketball Tournament is a Washington, DC-based basketball tournament that has been held annually since 1995, when it was known as the Franklin National Bank Classic. Organized in large part by author and journalist John Feinstein, the 15th annual classic will be staged at the Verizon Center on Sunday, December 6, 2009, and will once again be a large contributor to the Children’s Charities Foundation cause.
BIO
John Feinstein is one of the nation’s most successful and prolific sports authors who has written 24 books to date. His most recent work Are You Kidding Me? , written with Rocco Mediate, was released on May 18, 2009, and is presently on the shelf at bookstores everywhere. In addition, he is an award-winning columnist and regular contributor in both radio and television.
His works include the two top best-selling non-fiction sports books in history. In 1995, he published the all-time best seller A Good Walk Spoiled, a year inside life on the PGA Tour as told through seventeen players on the PGA Tour. Just behind that in sales is A Season on the Brink, which chronicled a year in the life of the Indiana basketball team and its enigmatic coach, Bob Knight. The book's chart-topping success was also adapted to film with an ESPN production of a made-for TV movie of the same title.
Feinstein's books take his readers into places they would not normally be allowed to go. A Season on the Brink looked into the Indiana locker room, team practice sessions, Knight's office, on the team bus and airplanes as Feinstein traveled with the team. In intricate detail, Feinstein vividly depicted life inside a championship college basketball team, a style which has become a trademark for nearly all of his books.
Perhaps one of his most poignant books, Caddy for Life, the Bruce Edwards Story was released in 2004. In that book Feinstein writes about the life and final days of Tom Watson's caddy, Bruce Edwards, who had been diagnosed with ALS, also known as the deadly Lou Gehrig's disease. Early on, the book was identified as a great candidate to be adapted to film, and Feinstein’s long-time friend Terry Hanson led that effort on John’s behalf. They engaged the prestigious William Morris Agency and commissioned a screenplay in conjunction with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's production company, Live Planet. The script was optioned by Disney, who considered either ABC or ESPN for air and the body of work presently is still in development.
John Feinstein is a 1977 graduate of Duke University and spent 11 years as a sports and political reporter with The Washington Post. He has also contributed to Sports Illustrated, The National Sports Daily, ESPN, CBS Sports and Golf Digest. Presently he appears regularly on-air at The Golf Channel and National Public radio and writes for The Washington Post, Golf Digest and The Sporting News. He resides in Potomac, MD, and Shelter Island, NY.
His works include the two top best-selling non-fiction sports books in history. In 1995, he published the all-time best seller A Good Walk Spoiled, a year inside life on the PGA Tour as told through seventeen players on the PGA Tour. Just behind that in sales is A Season on the Brink, which chronicled a year in the life of the Indiana basketball team and its enigmatic coach, Bob Knight. The book's chart-topping success was also adapted to film with an ESPN production of a made-for TV movie of the same title.
Feinstein's books take his readers into places they would not normally be allowed to go. A Season on the Brink looked into the Indiana locker room, team practice sessions, Knight's office, on the team bus and airplanes as Feinstein traveled with the team. In intricate detail, Feinstein vividly depicted life inside a championship college basketball team, a style which has become a trademark for nearly all of his books.
Perhaps one of his most poignant books, Caddy for Life, the Bruce Edwards Story was released in 2004. In that book Feinstein writes about the life and final days of Tom Watson's caddy, Bruce Edwards, who had been diagnosed with ALS, also known as the deadly Lou Gehrig's disease. Early on, the book was identified as a great candidate to be adapted to film, and Feinstein’s long-time friend Terry Hanson led that effort on John’s behalf. They engaged the prestigious William Morris Agency and commissioned a screenplay in conjunction with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's production company, Live Planet. The script was optioned by Disney, who considered either ABC or ESPN for air and the body of work presently is still in development.
John Feinstein is a 1977 graduate of Duke University and spent 11 years as a sports and political reporter with The Washington Post. He has also contributed to Sports Illustrated, The National Sports Daily, ESPN, CBS Sports and Golf Digest. Presently he appears regularly on-air at The Golf Channel and National Public radio and writes for The Washington Post, Golf Digest and The Sporting News. He resides in Potomac, MD, and Shelter Island, NY.