Almost time! One week from now, many of us will gather in Dexter to Celebrate, Give and Remember throughout the weekend of June 3-4. We are excited and confident this will be one of our best events to date. Here are some things to plan for and look forward to!
The banquet is shaping up to be a great night as usual. Brian Holman is a pro and has one heck of a message.  Shawn Green is amazing in his own right and if you got to read the article in The Daily Statesman, you already understand Shawn “gets itâ€! The Live! Auction will have items in it including a Sheryl Crow signed guitar, a hood panel from Dale Jr’s 88 Car, items from John Daly, Bubba Watson, Ian Poulter, John Cena, and several others. The BUZZ will follow and close out the night of fun with some of your favorite Rock N Roll songs.
Our golf event is full! 86 teams of four have signed up. We thank those of you who pre-registered and choose to make things easier on our volunteers. If you have not paid up front, please get there early so we are not waiting on you to get through the line before teeing off. If you are using one of our carts, they will be down near the driving range and we ask that you take them back to where you got them from when the event is over so we can have them ready for the next round! There will be NO MULLIGANS this year and hopefully this will speed up play.
There will be plenty of fun, however, with the following holes worth noting:
- 3-Ladie’s Long Drive
- 4-Birdies for Breast Cancer-buy a PINK Ball and hit from the Red tees/keep the ball!
- 6-Closest to the PIN
- 8-Beta Sigma Jello Shots/Watering Hole
- 9-Men’s Long Drive
- Clubhouse-Golf Cart Raffle!!!! Cart is beautiful and will be given away Saturday night/Need Not Be Present to Win! You can also get tickets by stopping in at Allen Christian!
- 11-Closest to the Pin-2nd Shot
- 14-Closest to the Pin/Team Photo/Keith Urban Signed Guitar raffle-Need Not Be Present to Win
- 17th HOLE-Famous Montgomery Bank sponsored hole/Vegas Theme/Elvis may even be there!
- 18-Long Putt
- Silent Auction will be going on throughout the day and prizes will be given out after dinner.
This is going to be a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing everyone in Dexter. Here is to a safe, fun time together raising money for a worthy cause.
If you think of any questions, please call or email! And remember: Hit You A Good One!
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Posted: August 15, 2011 by David Robinson
First Ever Ben Kruse Charity Crappie Tournament
September 10th marks the first ever Ben Kruse Charity Crappie Tournament with all proceeds going to 18 FORE Life! Dain Bess and Bruce Christian have led the way in working to organize this event at Lake Wappapello. The tournament entry fee is $100 per two man team/boat. Start time is 7:00AM and ends promptly at 2:00PM, with Redman Creek as the weigh in! Chicken wings will be furnished and Loins will be on sale for $25. The Raffles are amazing and include a Cajun Fish Fryer and a Cajun Grill (1 for $5 and 3 for $10). All participants can look forward to getting a T-shirt and having a chance at some great auction items. All proceeds go to 18 FORE Life/area families fighting cancer. Contact Bruce Christian at 624-4505 for more information and check out the entry fee included in this announcement!
Click here to download the registration form.
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Posted: June 10, 2011 by Scott Kruse
2011 Golf Event Recap
Friday night once again was electric. Â The Elk’s Lodge is a great teammate and the food was incredible. Â The late Vaughn Wright gave the Invocation through a video he made for us as a gift last year. What an inspiration and such a timeless prayer.
Shawn Green’s testimony hit home as the Bernie native gave us a recap of his battle with this horrible disease. Â NO doubt this hero is surrounded by some great people who have helped make him the man he is today, capable of kicking cancer in the pants. Brian Holman followed and amazed the audience with a lifetime of adversity, success, loss, and playing the game of life like your hair was on fire! Â The Auction was awesome this year, raising $11,110!!!! Â Gary Rhine, thank you very much for this idea. Â Also thanks to Mark Robertson for filling in as Gary beats cancer. Â The BUZZ took over from there and everyone seemed to have a fun night hanging, dancing, and singing along!
We just wish to thank everyone who plays a part in putting this on. Â Our team of volunteers, sponsors, and participants is deep into the hundreds and we appreciate all of you.
First glance at a total looks to be somewhere around $114,000.00 with more coming in! Â We do have to pay a few bills, and then the love offerings will be heading for their homes!
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Posted: June 8, 2011 by David Robinson
18 FORE Life biggest ever
Article posted on the Daily Statesman summarizing our 2011 banquet held Friday night:
http://www.dailystatesman.com/story/1734096.html
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Posted: May 27, 2011 by David Robinson
18 FORE Life Roundup!
Almost time! One week from now, many of us will gather in Dexter to Celebrate, Give and Remember throughout the weekend of June 3-4. We are excited and confident this will be one of our best events to date. Here are some things to plan for and look forward to!
The banquet is shaping up to be a great night as usual. Brian Holman is a pro and has one heck of a message.  Shawn Green is amazing in his own right and if you got to read the article in The Daily Statesman, you already understand Shawn “gets itâ€! The Live! Auction will have items in it including a Sheryl Crow signed guitar, a hood panel from Dale Jr’s 88 Car, items from John Daly, Bubba Watson, Ian Poulter, John Cena, and several others. The BUZZ will follow and close out the night of fun with some of your favorite Rock N Roll songs.
Our golf event is full! 86 teams of four have signed up. We thank those of you who pre-registered and choose to make things easier on our volunteers. If you have not paid up front, please get there early so we are not waiting on you to get through the line before teeing off. If you are using one of our carts, they will be down near the driving range and we ask that you take them back to where you got them from when the event is over so we can have them ready for the next round! There will be NO MULLIGANS this year and hopefully this will speed up play.
There will be plenty of fun, however, with the following holes worth noting:
This is going to be a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing everyone in Dexter. Here is to a safe, fun time together raising money for a worthy cause.
If you think of any questions, please call or email! And remember: Hit You A Good One!
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Posted: April 15, 2011 by Scott Kruse
Great Contributions!
We want to recognize a couple of contributions made to 18 FORE Life recently. We think that both of these are great examples of simple ideas that help tremendously in our fundraising efforts. Remember, it ALL counts.
We wish to thank coaches Melissa Hahn and Kara Lummukka, the players, their parents and the entire community for getting behind this event. Next year, the Dig P!NK game will be held at the Bearcat Event Center and is sure to grow and grow!
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Posted: April 2, 2011 by David Robinson
Ten Pins for Ben & Dig Pink Photos
We’ve posted photos on Flickr from Ten Pins for Ben and the Dig Pink fundraisers.
Click here for Ten Pins for Ben photos here.
Click here for Dig Pink Photos here.
Enjoy!
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Posted: March 2, 2011 by Scott Kruse
2011 Charity Golf Event Banquet Lineup
At this time, we would like to announce former Major League Baseball Pitcher Brian Holman as our guest speaker. You can view this YouTube video to learn more about Brian’s incredible baseball story. Add in a personal cancer story and you will know we are going to be in for a night of motivation, inspiration, courage, and hope…just as we have all come to expect and appreciate.
After a successful Major League Baseball career with the Montreal Expos, Cincinnati Reds, and Mariners, Brian was forced to retire due to an arm injury. Brian began his business career in 1995 and is currently the Managing Director of the Kansas City, KS office of Ronald Blue and Co. He is involved with many non-profit and philanthropic organizations and is a highly repected motivational speaker. We look forward to having Brian as our guest at Friday night’s banquet and also seeing him on the golf course Saturday morning.
Shawn Green
Our love offering recipient guest and speaker is none other than former Bernie resident Shawn Green. You will remember Shawn as one of “The Twins” from the Bernie Mule’s basketball teams of the early 1990’s. A chronic headache led him to the worst headache of his life. He and his wife went to the ER and an MRI was done. Shawn was diagnosed with a large cancerous brain tumor.  A major surgery, loads of chemo and radiation, and a positive attitude has allowed him to experience the biggest victory of his young life.
Shawn, who now lives in the Chicago area with his wife, has battled and beaten brain cancer. His drive and enthusiasm for life matches what you will remember of him on the basketball court back in the day.
We’re incredibly excited about this year’s banquet! This is so much more than a golf tournament and we will prove it to you in June.
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Posted: January 23, 2011 by David Robinson
2011 Ten Pins for Ben
In our first 4 years, we have sent in over $26,000.00 to St. Jude. This year we’ll add to that total and should be more fun than ever.
Start getting your 5 person bowling team together and join us for a great time supporting the greatest hospital in the world.
More details coming soon.
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Posted: January 7, 2011 by 18 FORE Life
Becky Dennington Inspires with the Fight and with the Pen
The following was written by Cory Blocker, a great supporter of 18 FORE Life and a friend of Becky Dennington.
Becky lives in Bernie, MO where she married her best friend, Kelley. They have two children together. Becky is a nail technician and owns Tips to Toes in Bernie. Becky is an 18 FORE Life love offering recipient. Her book “Me and the Ugly C†will be launched Oct 1, 2011 just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month! LazyDay Publishing has graciously offered to donate 100% of their profit to 18 FORE Life Charity. We ask the 18 Fore Life family to support LazyDay Publishing authors as this act of kindness is just simply amazing!. LazyDay Publishing launches eBooks through various websites such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble and All Romance/Omnilit
Please visit Becky’s blog at http://deepthoughtsbybeck.blogspot.com and on Twitter – @BeckyDennington
Also, please visit and give your support to LazyDay Publishing at http://lazydaypub.com and follow them on Twitter – @LazyDayPub
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Posted: December 10, 2010 by David Robinson
Year End Donations
After hearing several news stories on charity rip-offs, we thought this would be a great time to remind you of the benefits of making contributions to 18 FORE Life. Unlike other charities with extreme overhead and CEO six-figure salaries, our money is used to help families YOU know battle and fight cancer. We have no overhead other than stamps and we certainly have no paid help. The money we raise isn’t sent off and we are not limited in anyway when it comes to helping out people in need. Finally, as a 501-c3 organization, your donation is tax-deductible!
As 2010 comes to a close, we are within a few thousand dollars of giving away $100,000.00 in love offerings. It is still hard to believe a grass roots organization can accomplish something like this year after year. Then again, knowing the people who support what we do and being from a community as generous as ours, none of this should continue to surprise us.
What a great time of year. We wish you a very Merry Christmas season and when it comes to 2011, the plan is coming together for another incredible weekend of events on June 3-4. Mark your calendar and know that we sincerely appreciate and cherish your friendship and support.
Cheers!
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18 FORE Life
705 Laurie Circle
Dexter, MO 63841
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