The Ann Liguori Foundation is a 501c3 public charity and our mission is to raise funds and awareness for organizations who work in the field of cancer prevention, research and cancer care-related charities, both locally and nationally, specifically directed to help people on the East End of Long Island.
After hosting and organizing an annual celebrity charity golf event in The Hamptons every year for 14 years which raised over 1.5 million dollars for the American Cancer Society, Ann Liguori wanted to help even more people on Long Island and in particular, the East End of Long Island where she lives.
So three years ago she put together the Ann Liguori Foundation
One of the innovative programs that the Ann Liguori Foundation brought to Long Island for the first time this past year is ‘Healthy Children, Healthy Futures,’ teaching young people about good nutrition and fitness as a cancer preventative.
The Ann Liguori Foundation funded this award-winning nutritional education program at the Southampton Intermediate School this past year. The initiative brought Jill Jayne, rock and roll nutritionist, to the Southampton Intermediate School for an assembly for the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders, and through her multi-media, musical and interactive presentation, Jill shared her expertise and taught the students how to work through advertising clutter and mixed messages, to choose the most nutritional foods. She had students dancing on the stage and enthused about learning the basics of good nutrition. A teacher there expressed that in the 30 years that he has taught at the school, it was the best assembly he had ever seen! Jill and several other nutritionists trained several PE and Health Teachers at the school, who then incorporated the curriculum in their class rooms. The students produced videos about good nutrition and showed them to the rest of the school, created posters which they hung throughout the school and on April 17, 2010, five of the students shared what they learned on Ann's Saturday morning Radio show on WPPB 88.3FM. This radio show can be heard by clicking here: http://www.annliguori.com/radiodownloads.php
The Ann Liguori Foundation continues to support the American Cancer Society and sends children with cancer to Camp Adventure every August on Shelter Island.
Camp Adventure is a free, fun-filled, week-long sleep away camp for children with cancer and their siblings, ages 6 to 18 -- a place where kids can just be kids. Set in the beautiful shores of Shelter Island, New York, Camp Adventure 2010 will be held from August 14-20th.
For more information on the 'Healthy Children, Healthy Futures' program, email BJ Carter, the National Projects Director of the program at bcarter803@AOL.COM.
Click here to download registration form to attend the 2010 Ann Liguori Foundation Outback Steakhouse Dinner Dance at Duck Walk Vineyard in Water Mill on Saturday, July 17, 2010, starting at 6.30pm:
Click here to download registration form to play in the 2010 Ann Liguori Foundation Charity Club Classic at the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, NY on Monday, September 27, 2010:
Click here to see sponsorship opportunities and to download sponsor registration forms for both the July 17 Dinner at Duck Walk Vineyard and for the September 27 charity golf outing at Maidstone Club:
Thanks to all of you who participated in the 2009 Annual Ann Liguori Charity Golf Classic at the Maidstone Club and the 2009 Outback Steakhouse Ann Liguori Foundation Dinner Dance at Duck Walk Vineyards in Water Mill.
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