Thanks to all of the volunteers and participants who helped make 2010 Brendan Borek week a success. We look forward to seeing you next August for the 11th annual art show and the 21st annual surf contest. Keep up-to-date with Brendan’s Fund on Facebook. Some of our upcoming events include:

4th Annual High Tides Striper Tournament hosted by CMCo Carpenter’s Union Local 1743 - November 6

8th Annual Cape Fitness Turkey Trot - Thanksgiving Day, November 25

Thank you to all who participated in and donated to our annual Bass Barn Golf Tournament for Brendan’s Fund. It was a beautiful day and our golfers enjoyed a fun day of golf and some friendly competition. There were several prizes given out as well as some great gifts raffled off. A special thank you to Steve and Lisa Sylvester for organizing the event.

A special thank you to all who attended the Brendan’s Fund Anniversary Gala at the Stone Harbor Yacht Club on April 10th. The evening couldn’t have been more perfect. It started with complimentary wine and buttlered hors d’ouerves, followed by a delicious dinner and desert. Shannon Staino, Board member, mom of a childhood cancer survivor and creator of the event, served as emcee. The dinner dance was by any one’s measure a huge success. Thank you to the Stone Harbor Yacht Club and Shannon for all of your efforts.

The 7th Annual Cape Fitness Turkey Trot took place on Thanksgiving morning. A record 220 walkers/ runners participated. It was a beautiful morning to “get fit before  you feast”. In addition to our runners and walkers we had some participants on bikes and on horseback this year. A great time was had by all. A special Thank you to Elise and George Rohana for putting the event together and to all the participants from Lower Cape May Regional.

The 3rd Annual Hugh Tides Striper Tournament took place on November 7, 2009. Mother nature cooperated and the 74 boats that fished the tournament had a wonderful day of fishing. A record 72 fish were weighed in, top honors went to Jim Mcllhinney with a 52.7lbs striper caught on Just Released. Second place went to Mike Cianci on Rajun Cajun with a 49.7lbs fish, Third place went to Quinn Overcash on No Name with a 42.5lbs fish, Fourth went to Sean Singley on Hooked Up ll weighing in at 39.35lbs, and Fifth went to Frank Gregorio on Just Released weighing in at 39.05 lbs.  In the Children’s Category: First place went to Sean Emigholz (9 years) with a 35.95 striper, Second place went to Michael Pikora (12 years) with a 23.7lbs and Third place went to Sydney Unsworth (9 years) with a 23.10lbs striper. A big thank you to all of the anglers and especially Carpenters Local 1743 who organized the event. For additional information about the tournament check out www.hightidesstripertournament.com