COMMUNITY FUNDRAISERS
Individual Golfer/Dinner Guest
COMMITTEE
Evan B. Levine
Event Chair
Joshua A. Levine
Event Chair
Hank Alpert
Bruce Belsky
Douglas Braun
Howard Gershowitz
Matthew Gluck
Michael Gorin
Stephen Halperin
Bruce Janvey
Amanda Levine
Louise Levine
Michael Miness
George Neuman
Jeffrey Rosenberg
Steven Schloss
Andrew Smith
About the Carl S. Levine ALS Golf Classic
The ALS Golf Classic will be a fun-filled day benefiting a great and worthy cause. Proceeds from the Classic will benefit the research budger of The ALS Association Greater New York Chapter.
What is The ALS Association Greater New York Chapter?
Carl S. Levine, a father and a respected friend and colleague to so many throughout the community, passed away on September 13, 2006 after a two year battle with ALS. Carl, who practiced law for 33 years and served as an Associate Judge in the Village of Old Westbury, New York, was best known for his unconditional loyalty to friends, clients and family as well as his wonderfully witty sense of humor. He had an irrepressible willingness to risk his own welfare for the benefit and trust of those whom he loved.
An article written about the 2008 Carl S. Levine Golf Classic to benefit ALS:
When Carl S. Levine passed away on September 13, 2006 after a two year battle with ALS, he left behind his wife, Louise Levine, and three children, Evan, Joshua and Amanda. Carl, who practiced law for 33 years and served as an Associate Judge in the Village of Old Westbury, NY, was best known for his unconditional loyalty to friends, clients and family as well as his wonderfully witty sense of humor. Like many families of People with ALS (PALS), they wondered what they could do to help raise awareness of the disease and support research.
“We’ve seen what ALS can do and it’s terrible,” said Joshua Levine. “We wanted to raise money for a good cause and contribute to the search for a cure.”
Friends suggested a golf event. After passing the idea around to a few people, the feedback they received was positive enough to start planning.
“I had been to charity golf outings before,” said Joshua Levine. “And I thought sure, why not?”
What began as a simple idea has now grown into the Inaugural Carl S. Levine Golf Classic to Benefit ALS Research. The outing will be held at the North Hempstead Country Club on Long Island on August 4, 2008. Registration and Brunch will be at 10:30 AM, Shotgun Start at 12:00 PM and at 5:30 PM will be cocktails followed by an Awards Dinner. The family hopes to raise about $100,000 for the cause.
Carl S. Levine, an attorney by trade, had been a golfer himself. “Not a very good one,” joked his son.
So while Carl’s impact on the game of golf may not have been significant, this memorial outing will certainly be a success, especially since the whole family is pitching in to help. Joshua’s twin sister, Amanda, and brother, Evan, are both heavily involved, as well as their mother, Louise.
“It’s been an incredible amount of work,” admits Joshua. “On that day it’ll be a massive relief and hopefully we’ll have hit our fundraising goal.”
The event should draw approximately 120 golfers with room for an additional 100 guests to join the awards dinner and auction. Auction items include everything from sporting event tickets and free gym workouts to cases of wine and an aerial tour of Manhattan.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a fatal neuromuscular disease that attacks the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. As these cells or motor neurons die, the muscles they control become weak and then nonfunctional. As the disease progresses, people with ALS become paralyzed, while their minds usually remain unaffected and aware of their bodies' deterioration. ALS become known as Lou Gehrig's Disease when the New York Yankee great died of it in 1941.
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What is The ALS Association Greater New York Chapter?
The ALS Association is the only national not-for-profit voluntary health organization dedicated solely to the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease. The mission of The ALS Association is to lead the fight to cure and treat ALS through global cutting-edge research, and to empower people with Lou Gehrig's disease and their families to live fuller lives by providing them with compassionate care and support. For additional information about The ALS Association Greater New York Chapter, please click www.als-ny.org or call (800) 672-8857.