The fifth Annual Golf Ball

"Iron" your suits for The Golf Ball, a golf-themed creative black-tie gala presented by the Par Fore the Cure Golf Classic and benefiting the Jimmy Fund. Enjoy a sit-down dinner, drinks, inspirational speakers, entertainment, VIP reception, raffles (a trip to the Doral Resort & Spa) an exciting silent auction, all to support brain tumor research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. So join us for this evening of fun and philanthropy.

The majority of costs for this event have been covered by corporate partnerships, cash donations, and in-kind food contributions; therefore, nearly all proceeds from the evening will go directly to the Jimmy Fund.

Sponsors:
EMD Serono
The Harvard Club
Fuddruckers
SACKS Exhibets
5s Public Relations
Bacardi USA

When: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 6:30 p.m

Online registration is now underway. Click HERE to register.

Click HERE to make an online donation.

For Memorial or honorary gifts: Send us a note HERE and let us know your donation is in their name.

Where: Harvard Hall at the exclusive and historic HARVARD CLUB  on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston.

Dress: Creative Black Tie/Cocktail Attire. Working toward a golf theme in your attire is  encouraged.

PRICING STRUCTURE

Grand Slam Package $1,750.00 (A $250 Savings)
Table for 10 at the Golf Ball, 10 Tickets to the VIP Reception Prior to the Golf Ball, Foursome at the June 19 Golf Tournament

Masters Package $1,400.00 (A $100 Savings)
Table for 10 at the Golf Ball, 10 Tickets to the VIP reception

Foursome Package $1,000 (A $100 Savings)
Four tickets to the Golf Ball, Four tickets to the VIP Reception, Foursome at the June 19 Golf Tournament

Ace VIP Package $150.00
One ticket to the Golf Ball, One Tickets to the VIP Reception

Ace Package $100.00
One ticket to the Golf Ball

All Golf Ball ticket purchases include a complimentary pass to the clambake that follows the Par Fore the Cure Golf Classic on Saturday, June 19.

Please send us a note HERE for a registration/information invitation packet. When you register by check, please make check payable to Par Fore the Cure or Jimmy Fund and return to:

Par Fore the Cure
The Golf Ball
22 Maverick Street
Marblehead, MA 01945

Room Accommodations
The Harvard Club is pleased to offer a special hotel rate for Golf Ball attendees. To receive the special rate of $195.00 per room, guests must register by March 6, 2010. Please visit the HARVARD CLUB  Web site, or call the front desk directly at 617-536-1260.
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Evening's Schedule

6:30 Cocktail Hour (Silent Auction Opens)
8:00 Dinner
9:00 Speakers/Premier of our new video

• Guest Emcee Darcie Fisher
  Darcie Fisher, former Health Watch reporter at WLVI-TV WB56 and staunch Jimmy Fund supporter
• Larry, III and Judith Theriault
  Larry and Judith, 17-year-old brain tumor survivors, were diagnosed with neurofibromatosis at 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 years old respectively.
• Malini Balakrishnan Mayerhauser
  Malini is a 36-year-old mother of two sons, 7 and 4. She was diagnosed in March 2007 with stage 3 anaplastic astrocytoma. After her craniotomy, radiation, chemotherapy, and experimental brain cancer medication study, her tumor has been “dormant” or stable since January 2008. 
• TBD
  
  

Directions

• Harvard Club
  374 Commonwealth Avenue

• PARKING:
  Available in the Club's own lot, located directly behind the Main Club at 415 Newbury Street.
  
  DIRECTIONS:
  From Route 93 (North of Boston)
  Follow Route 93 South towards Boston. Take the right exit that reads Storrow Drive/Cambridge. Next, take the left exit for Storrow Drive and follow it West along the Charles River. Watch for the Kenmore Square/Fenway Exit. Take the exit, staying to the Kenmore Square side (your right side). When you come to the first set of lights off the exit, go straight, and at the second set of lights turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue. The Harvard Club will be on your right, just before the second set of lights (just before the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Comm. Ave.). Parking is located in the back of the Club, at 415 Newbury Street. To get to the parking lot, turn right onto Mass. Ave. and continue one block to the set of lights. At that set of lights turn right, and the lot will be on your right hand side about 100 yards down.
  
  From Route 93 (South of Boston)
  Follow all of the signs for Storrow Drive. Take the Storrow Drive Exit and follow West along the Charles River. Watch for the Kenmore Square/Fenway Exit. Take the exit, staying to the Kenmore Square side (your right side). When you come to the first set of lights off the exit, go straight, and at the second set of lights turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue. The Harvard Club will be on your right, just before the second set of lights (just before the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Comm. Ave.). Parking is located in the back of the Club, at 415 Newbury Street. To get to the parking lot, turn right onto Mass. Ave. and continue one block to the set of lights. At that set of lights turn right, and the lot will be on your right hand side about 100 yards down.
  
  From the Mass Pike
  Take the Prudential/Copley Square Exit off the Mass. Pike. Once on the exit follow the Prudential signs (bear left). When you get off the exit stay in the right lane and take a right at the first set of lights. Bear right at the fork and continue on road that runs between The Back Bay Hilton and The Sheraton Boston. At the next set of lights you will cross over Boylston Street (passing to the right of the fire station) and take a left onto Newbury Street. Follow Newbury Street to Massachusetts Avenue. At this intersection, go straight across Mass. Ave (be careful not to re-enter the Mass. Pike) to the Newbury Street extension. Our parking lot will be down about 100 yards on your right hand side. There is an entrance into the Club from the parking lot.
  
  From Logan Airport
  Take the Sumner Tunnel into Boston. At the end of the tunnel, take the Storrow Drive exit into a second tunnel. Follow Storrow Drive West along the Charles River. Watch for the Kenmore Square/Fenway Exit. Take the exit, staying to the Kenmore Square side (your right side). When you come to the first set of lights off the exit, go straight, and at the second set of lights turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue. The Harvard Club will be on your right, just before the second set of lights (just before the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Comm. Ave.). Parking is located in the back of the Club, at 415 Newbury Street. To get to the parking lot, turn right onto Mass. Ave. and continue one block to the set of lights. At that set of lights turn right, and the lot will be on your right hand side about 100 yards down.
  
  From Route 2 (West of Boston)
  Follow Route 2 towards Boston. Go past the Alewife subway stop and continue following Route 2 into Soldiers Field Parkway. Continue on Storrow Drive and follow along the Charles River, until you see the exit for the Fenway/Kenmore Square. Take the exit, staying to the Kenmore Square side (your right side). When you come to the first set of lights off the exit go straight, at the second set of lights turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue. The Harvard Club will be on your right just before the second set of lights (just before the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Comm. Ave.). Parking is located in the back of the Club, at 415 Newbury Street. To get to the parking lot, turn right onto Mass. Ave. and continue one block to the set of lights. At that set of lights turn right, and the lot will be on your right side about 100 yards down.