2008 Photos

$18,154 donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Milwaukee Affiliate)

Third Annual Racquet for the Cure

The Wisconsin Athletic Club in West Allis hosted the third annual Racquet for the Cure tournament on October 4th. This year the main title sponsor was Tres Locos Mexican Restaurant. Tres Locos provided not only the dinner for the players and volunteers but a monetary donation as well. Thanks to Tres Locos and all of the many sponsors for making this event a huge success. All of the proceeds go to the Milwaukee Affiliate of the Susan G Komen for the Cure for breast cancer. The total raised for this year is $18,154. This makes the grand total for the three years over $43,000!!! This could not be accomplished unless we had a fantastic community of sponsors, players, friends and donors. Thank you for your generosity.

To kick off the event Ben Blint, a personal trainer at the WAC-Waukesha location, rode a stationary bike for 12 hours. Ben called it “The Iron Butt for Cancer”, and helped raise over $3000 for breast cancer. Way to go, Ben! For the week leading up to the tournament, there were over 100 donated items in the silent auction on display at the WAC-West Allis. On Friday there was a fun “Meet and Greet” doubles for men and women with a 50/50 raffle that night. Saturday there were 66 women players who participated in a round robin racquetball tournament with all levels of play, singles and doubles. Players from Wisconsin and Illinois joined the fun. Throughout the day, players and guests supported the cause by purchasing tickets for a chance to win numerous donated raffle items. At the end of the day the silent auction and raffle items were given out to the winners and prizes for first place at the tournament were awarded. Afterwards a local DJ donated her time to play music for the dance that evening. What a great time for a great cause! Thank you Wisconsin Athletic Club management and employees for donating your time to this event.

A gracious thank you goes to everyone for their contributions towards this very worthy cause. The success of the Racquet for the Cure lies in the heart of all of those people and their willingness to make a difference. There is no stopping until there is a cure. We need your help again next year for the Fourth Annual Racquet for the Cure on October 3, 2009. For more information contact Linda Covault at ljcovault@wi.rr.com. Hope to see you there!

The following are the 2008 Racquet for the Cure sponsors. Please thank them with your support by honoring them with your patronage.

TRES LOCOS MEXICAN RESTAURANT—Title Sponsor

New Era Graphics—Court Sponsor
Water Stone Bank—Court Sponsor
West Allis Animal Hospital—Court Sponsor
Chris Rox (Chris Hill-DJ)
Ektelon
Genesis Jewelry & Art Gallery
Jimmy John’s
Melster Pro Shop
Naegele Awning Co
National Sign & Design
Piranha Promotions
Promolux
Wilson
Wisconsin Athletic Club