The 18th Annual Dystonia & Parkinson Golf Invitational

21 July 2010--The Foundation celebrated their 15th Anniversary at the 18th Annual Dystonia & Parkinson Golf Invitational at the beautiful Century Country Club, located in Purchase, NY. Starting the day off with a golf tournament with 195 golfers and ending the evening with a fabulous cocktail hour, dinner and auction for 205 guests. NBC's Anchor & Reporter, DeMarco Morgan, graciously emceed the event and auctioneer Jamie Niven helped raise $210,000 solely with the auction. With the help of generous contributors and guests this event has raised $1.3 million for dystonia & Parkinson's disease research.

Above: New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was busy on the day of the Golf Invitational, but still had the chance to speak attendees with this message...

Above: (Right to left) The Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation’s Treasurer & Vice President Tom Strauss and Founder & President Bonnie Strauss thank NBC’s, Anchor & Reporter, DeMarco Morgan (left) for his participation in the Foundation’s annual golf tournament and gala dinner, held in Purchase, NY on Monday, June 21, 2010. 

Above: Event Chairs Stuart Davies and Ed McBride (right to left) are pictured with Mark Standish (left), President & Co-CEO of RBC Capital Markets and Board Member of The Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation.

Above: The generous group of supporters included (left to right) Fran Ehrlich, Fran Klingenstein, David Freedberg, Karen Freedberg and Board Member, Felice Axelrod.