DELIVER the DREAM RAISES MORE THAN $15,000 to HELP FAMILIES in CRISIS at the 80S STRIKE BACK!

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DELIVER THE DREAM RAISES MORE THAN $15,000 TO HELP FAMILIES IN CRISIS AT THE 80s STRIKE BACK!

4th Annual Bowling Tournament benefits Deliver the Dream Family Retreat Program

Pompano Beach, Fla. – Deliver the Dream hosted “The 80s Strike Back!” a 1980s themed bowling tournament, on August 8, 2015 at Diamond Strike Lanes in Pompano Beach.

The sold out 80s Strike Back! Tournament hosted 32 teams and included a bowling competition for “Rubik’s Cube” trophies, 1980s trivia, an 80s inspired costume contest, a strike challenge and a silent auction. The silent auction included items such as a Fort Lauderdale Staycation package, a seven day Barbados vacation, a golf foursome at Woodbridge Country Club, restaurant gift cards, and wine packages. The winner of the strike challenge, the first person to bowl three strikes in a row, won a cruise for two to the Bahamas provided by Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line. Winners of the costume contest included a neon-striped “party animal,” an 80s hairband member, and a University of Miami football fan.

Event sponsors included Sports & Promotional Specialties, Protiviti, AirMD, Jet’s Pizza of Pompano Beach, Fred’s Security Services, Dairy Queen of Pompano Beach, Glazer & Associates, P.A., Fanatics, McIntosh, Sawran & Cartaya, P.A., Marrinson Senior Care Residences, The Law Offices of Carner, Newmark, and Cohen, Christopher Ciano, Best Roofing, and Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line.

Planning Committee members include Amanda Arana, Brian Engel, Brooke Ellis, Danielle Vanderlaan, Eric Lachs, Grace Feliciano, Ilona Katrus, Jeff Graceffo, Jonathan Trillos, Kathleen Lowe, Mike Dinnerman, and Monica Baryo.

“We are thrilled to have raised more than $15,000 this year,” said Paul Withrow, Deliver the Dream’s Executive Director. “We are grateful to our incredible sponsors, planning committee, donors, guests and supporters who were all committed to raise money for our families.”

Deliver the Dream is a 501 (c) (3) retreat program that helps families who have a child or a parent living with an illness or crisis such as Cancer, Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis and Sickle Cell. It has served nearly 6,700 family members throughout the Southeast since 2002. These retreats help families enhance coping skills, reduce stress, and cultivate lasting relationships with other families enduring the same diagnosis by combining traditional recreational activities, therapeutic workshops, and peer-to-peer discussion groups. The retreats are provided at no cost to participants.

For more information visit www.DeliverTheDream.org.

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