BLAKE GIVES BACK GOLF OUTING

Monday, July 24, 2023

Thank you to everyone who supported the Inaugural BGB Golf Outing! It was a tremendous success and we could not have done it without you.

To read all about the event and see pictures, please CLICK HERE.

PICKLEBALL OPEN

Thank you to all who joined us for the inaugural BGB Pickleball Open at the Huntington Valley Country Club on Saturday, May 20, 2023. It was a day filled with fun, laughs, and pickleball.

Thank you to our amazing Event Chair Scott Buck and the incredible committee: Scott and Alicia Buck, Luciana and Marc Ammatoro, Molly and Tim Costigan, Julie and Mark Desmond, Kate and Dan Murray, Kim and Sean Seese, and Lorann and Buzz Wood.

Many thanks to the Young Family (Blue Patrons), and our Gold Patrons: the Dorsey Family, the Lottier Family, the Matthews Family, the McCusker Family, and the O’Connor Family.

It was such a special evening and we are forever grateful for all of the love and support. THANK YOU!

To see photos from the event, please CLICK HERE.

For 2023, Blake Gives Back will focus on providing an elevator for Triest Hall, where Blake volunteered as a student at La Salle. Triest Hall is a residential home for eight adult men with intellectual challenges. Although run by the Catholic Brothers of Charity, it is non-denominational.

Some of the residents have called Triest Hall their home for more than 25 years and are now in their 60s. Some have arrived in more recent years. They come from mostly small families, having lives at home to mid-age as an “only child” living with aging parents, many of whom are now deceased.

Triest Hall is enhanced by the many volunteers who have been welcomed into the Triest Hall family.

Triest Hall now faces the challenges of aging which affect mobility. The goal at Triest Hall is to maintain optimal functioning for as long as possible for our residents. The home is an old, large, and gracious home from the 1930s affording plenty of space but the downside of lots of stairs.

Perhaps most critical is the need to connect the first floor (where four bedrooms are located along with the kitchen, dining room, TV room, and other common areas) with the lower level (where five additional bedrooms, laundry, and the multipurpose exercise-TV-game space is located).

Blake Gives Back aims to raise funds to replace a perilously dangerous circular stair with a small shaftless residential elevator which will allow the residents to move between floors, maintain their activity levels, and ensure their safety in ambulation.

We look forward to you joining us on July 24, 2023 for the golf outing to help fund this important cause. If you would like to make a more immediate impact, please CLICK HERE to make a donation. Thank you for your support!