June 16th is the Todd J. Schwartz Charity Memorial Softball Tournament!
Full Description:
The 5th Annual Charity Softball Tournament and Family Day
will be held on Saturday, June 16th at the site of the Council
on Aging on Nahatan Street from 9:30 am to 4 pm. Admission
proceeds honor the charitable nature of the young man
memorialized by this popular yearly event.
Todd Schwartz was a genuine people magnet. If he met you,
young or old, he remembered you and would do all that he could
to be a good, supportive friend. Todd graduated from WHS in
June 2001 and went on to attend UMass Amherst all while
undergoing chemotherapy. He never let on to his friends how truly
ill he was because he wanted nothing more than to be treated as
Todd – a funny, loving, smart, creative teen.
In November 2002, 19 year-old Todd, the brother of sisters
Laura and Amy and friend to everyone, lost his battle with
rhabdomyosarcoma. After his 2-year battle with cancer, his
friends felt the need to carry on his fight.
Because Todd was an avid Red Sox fan and had been the
patient spokesperson for the Red Sox when they looked to gain
approval for the Red Sox/Dana-Farber License plate, it seemed
only fitting that his friends would organize a softball tournament with the proceeds going to the Jimmy Fund and The Todd J.
Schwartz Memorial Scholarship at WHS.
In the kick-off year of the event, $20,000 was raised in just one
day. Now, 5 years later, the event has an annual goal of over
$50,000! 100% of the proceeds go to giving. Several charitable
causes are funded by the donations – the Jimmy Fund Family
Festival held in July on the campus of the Noble and Greenough
School in Dedham is sponsored solely by this fundraising. The
Family Festival event is a treat for young cancer patients, survivors
and their families (over 1,000 attend) for a day of fun, food and
entertainment. Another cause is the Todd J. Schwartz Memorial
Scholarship, which is bestowed annually to a graduating senior.
Other concerns or families in need are helped by anonymous
donations through the year.
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