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The Divine 9 Open has raised nearly $1 million for LLS in 6 years. The money raised funds the world's best blood cancer researchers.
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Please join our Executive Committee for the 7th Divine 9 Open - June 29, 2010
Since the founding of the Divine 9 six years ago, we have accomplished some pretty humbling things.
This year, we will cross the one million dollar mark in money raised to fund blood cancer research. Through the Leukemia & Lymphoma society, we are funding the best researchers across the globe.
Nearly 100 local companies in the Philadelphia community have supported our cause, hundreds of amateur and professional golfers… Continue
This year, we will cross the one million dollar mark in money raised to fund blood cancer research. Through the Leukemia & Lymphoma society, we are funding the best researchers across the globe.
Nearly 100 local companies in the Philadelphia community have supported our cause, hundreds of amateur and professional golfers… Continue
Posted by Jeff Dittus on October 12, 2009 at 9:00am
Many thanks for having the Ryder Cup Finals at the Divine 9 Open - What a 10 year anniversary
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Many of you know that I started a charity golf event called the Divine 9 in honor of my father. Morty D gave me the opportunity to learn the game of golf. It is his good doing that led me to having a double eagle and hole in one while walking on the sacred grounds of bagger vance and Kiawa’s ocean course.
My dad died way too young of lymphoma. As a boy, his only goal in golf was to shoot his own age. Its been 10 years this May since I buried him with his Divine 9 wood, for which my wife n… Continue
Many of you know that I started a charity golf event called the Divine 9 in honor of my father. Morty D gave me the opportunity to learn the game of golf. It is his good doing that led me to having a double eagle and hole in one while walking on the sacred grounds of bagger vance and Kiawa’s ocean course.
My dad died way too young of lymphoma. As a boy, his only goal in golf was to shoot his own age. Its been 10 years this May since I buried him with his Divine 9 wood, for which my wife n… Continue
Posted by Jeff Dittus on July 30, 2009 at 8:30pm
The sixth annual Divine 9 Open will be held on July 28th, 2009 at White Manor Country Club, Malvern, Pa
The sixth annual Divine 9 Open will be held on July 28th, 2009 at White Manor Country Club, Malvern, Pa
Dear Friends and Divine 9 Supporters,
In an ordinary year, you would have all received an invitation to the Divine 9 already and we would be having the event again in September. But 2009 is not an ordinary year. Given the very difficult economic environment coupled with our struggle with mother nature, we have decided to change the event date to July 28th, 2009, and honor our most dedicated… Continue
Dear Friends and Divine 9 Supporters,
In an ordinary year, you would have all received an invitation to the Divine 9 already and we would be having the event again in September. But 2009 is not an ordinary year. Given the very difficult economic environment coupled with our struggle with mother nature, we have decided to change the event date to July 28th, 2009, and honor our most dedicated… Continue
Posted by Jeff Dittus on July 15, 2009 at 7:30pm
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I was on this site and found out abiout the divine nine and am interested in Learning more about what it is this organization actually does and How someone can help. I am in Alabama and I have been trying to help our Local Chapter with The Team In Training. I am not sure what I might do to help. I have multiple Myeloma and expect to begin Chemotherapy soon. I am 47 and I was diagnosed when I was 40 with the Indolent or what is sometimes called Smouldering Myeloma. The Lukemia and Lymphoma Societ… Continue
Posted by GARY lEAGUE on May 23, 2009 at 12:35pm
PENNSYLVANIA MISSION DAY Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Save the Date!
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s
PENNSYLVANIA MISSION DAY
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Please join us in Harrisburg to voice support for the passage of legislation to expand patient access to clinical trials throughout Pennsylvania!
For more information, please contact:
Kim Hughes
(937) 667-1940
kim.hughes@lls.org
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s
PENNSYLVANIA MISSION DAY
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Please join us in Harrisburg to voice support for the passage of legislation to expand patient access to clinical trials throughout Pennsylvania!
For more information, please contact:
Kim Hughes
(937) 667-1940
kim.hughes@lls.org
Posted by Jeff Dittus on February 17, 2009 at 9:29pm
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The Region's Premier Celebrity Pro-Am Team Championship Benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
The Story of the Divine 9 Open
The Divine 9 Open has been established to celebrate life, golf and a man who loved them both . . .
In the Fall of 1998, Morton Dittus, was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. By Easter of the following year, six months after beginning treatments, he was in remission. His hair had grown back and we were talking about playing golf again. Unfortunately, two weeks later things unexpectedly took a turn for the worse and I never got the chance to really say my goodbyes.
If given the chance, I would have thanked my father for his greatest gift of all: teaching me to play golf when I was young and supporting my habit while I obtained an education. Through this wonderful game, my father instilled in me values that remain core to my personal ethos – respect, humility and integrity.
Always a talented athlete, Mort began playing golf in his mid-thirties and maintained a 20 handicap for the rest of his life. He had an uncanny ability to hit his 7 and 9 wood onto the green from almost anywhere. Since his Divine Nine wood brought him so much pleasure, I promised I would bury him with it. When the burial day came unexpectedly, I kept my promise and laid his trusty 9 wood next to him. We prayed that it would keep him safe and in good standing with the golf gods for all eternity.
In loving memory of my father and to help all the people that have been affected by leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, I partnered with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to host the First Annual Divine 9 Open in 2004. The goal of the founders was and continues to be raising money to support research to find cures for these devastating blood cancers and to raise awareness for orphan diseases. Our hope is that this research will ultimately prevent other sons and daughters from losing a loved one too early and certainly not before they are able to watch them shoot their own age.
Jeff Dittus
Founder
President of Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of LLS.org
Team in Training has Raised $1 Billion in its 20 Year History
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Since the founding of the Divine 9 six years ago, we have accomplished some pretty humbling things.
This year, we will cross the one million dollar mark in money raised to fund blood cancer research. Through the Leukemia & Lymphoma society, we are…
Since the founding of the Divine 9 six years ago, we have accomplished some pretty humbling things.
This year, we will cross the one million dollar mark in money raised to fund blood cancer research. Through the Leukemia & Lymphoma society, we are…
The Drive for $1 million. Join us at the 7th Annual Divine 9 Open - June 29, 2010 at White Manor C.C. Malvern, Pennsylvania
June 29, 2010 from 8am to 10pm
Join us on June 29th at White Manor C.C. in Malvern PA. Our goal of raising $1 million will be exceeded and celebrated. After our sixth event this year, we reached the $950,000 mark.
Also this week, the AT&T National & Tiger Woods will be held down…
7th Annual Divine 9 Open - June 29, 2010 at White Manor C.C. Malvern, Pennsylvania
June 29, 2010 from 8am to 10pm
Join us on June 29th at White Manor C.C. in Malvern PA. Our drive to $1 million will celebrated. Also this week, the AT&T National & Tiger Woods will be held down the street at Aronomink Golf Club.
The 5th Annual Divine 9 Open - Hosted by Ken Adelberger, Featuring - Matt O'Donnell, WPVI-TV News Anchor - Gerald Henderson, NBA Veteran - Preston Elliott, 93.3 WMMR - Lou Tilley, CN8 Sports
- Brian Propp, Former Flyer
6th Annual Divine 9 Open - July 28th 2009 at White Manor CC
July 28, 2009 from 12pm to 8pm
6th Annual Divine 9 Open Golf Tournament benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Our goal to is reach $1 million raised for blood cancer research and patient services in this, our sixth year.
I was on this site and found out abiout the divine nine and am interested in Learning more about what it is this organization actually does and How someone can help. I am in Alabama and I have been trying to help our Local Chapter with The Team In T…
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