Our mission: To award financial assistance as well as provide emotional support to individuals from the Chicagoland area who experience hardships due to cancer or a cancer-related illness.
We're fighting cancer... one family at a time.
Now celebrating its 15th year, the BTB Foundation - Beat Tom and Bill Charity Golf Outing, Dinner and Auction has raised over $885,000 to help local families battling cancer and several cancer-related charities.
Our annual outing was started in 2002 to raise funds for a lifelong friend’s wife who was undergoing breast cancer treatment. That inaugural year we raised $3,000 with 30 friends in attendance. Since then, the outing has kept growing; last year we saw record crowds of over 300 golfers on the course and over 500 people for dinner, raising over $135,000 in net proceeds.
Tom and Bill Latourette, along with a host of friends, family and volunteers, want to continue helping local families and cancer patients. Our outing brings together complete strangers and turns them into lifelong friends.
Our annual outing was started in 2002 to raise funds for a lifelong friend’s wife who was undergoing breast cancer treatment. That inaugural year we raised $3,000 with 30 friends in attendance. Since then, the outing has kept growing; last year we saw record crowds of over 300 golfers on the course and over 500 people for dinner, raising over $135,000 in net proceeds.
Tom and Bill Latourette, along with a host of friends, family and volunteers, want to continue helping local families and cancer patients. Our outing brings together complete strangers and turns them into lifelong friends.
We've raised over $695,000 for families fighting cancer!
We've founded and raised over $95,000 for Sally's Studio
An Art Therapy program for cancer patients at Lutheran General Hospital, Sally's Studio began wheeling the weekly "art cart" in February, 2010. Click here for more info
In 2009, we sponsored Sally Gorney-Avila and her family and friends wanted to create a separate charity to directly help cancer patients on an ongoing basis.
Their journey begins with Lutheran General Hospital and their Advanced Center for Care. This program combines Sally's love of art with the strength and tenacity she exhibited while fighting this disease. Their goal is to help make a patient's day a bit brighter as they receive their cancer treatment. The hope of Sally's Studio is that this program will open the door to the art world, provide meditative meditative relaxation, or simply put a smile on each patient's face. It is our way of channeling our love and energy for Sally into a positive force by creating a program to honor her legacy.
Sally's Studio is made possible by The Schneider Family Fund, our BTB Foundation, and other private donations in conjunction with the Brickton Art Center. located at Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL. Sally's Studio is completly free to all patients receiving cancer treatments at Lutheran General Hospital and is intended to promote healing, balance and good vibes
In 2009, we sponsored Sally Gorney-Avila and her family and friends wanted to create a separate charity to directly help cancer patients on an ongoing basis.
Their journey begins with Lutheran General Hospital and their Advanced Center for Care. This program combines Sally's love of art with the strength and tenacity she exhibited while fighting this disease. Their goal is to help make a patient's day a bit brighter as they receive their cancer treatment. The hope of Sally's Studio is that this program will open the door to the art world, provide meditative meditative relaxation, or simply put a smile on each patient's face. It is our way of channeling our love and energy for Sally into a positive force by creating a program to honor her legacy.
Sally's Studio is made possible by The Schneider Family Fund, our BTB Foundation, and other private donations in conjunction with the Brickton Art Center. located at Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL. Sally's Studio is completly free to all patients receiving cancer treatments at Lutheran General Hospital and is intended to promote healing, balance and good vibes
In 9 years, we've raised over $85,000 for the Cancer Care Foundation!
Our affiliation with this tremendous organization goes back 5 years when Bill's mother and father-in-law, George and Lana Nellis were undergoing their cancer struggles.
When one is diagnosed with cancer, countless emotional, physical, and financial worries inevitably result. Yet with the financial burden of medical care, many are unable to receive psychosocial support.
The Cancer Care Foundation is a nonprofit organization that offers free counseling and support services to cancer patients and their loved ones. Their services are most accessible to those who live in north suburban Cook County, although they have clients from all over Chicago land. Please click here for more information on their programs
The goal of The Cancer Care Foundation is to help those who feel as if there is nowhere else to turn. We listen, support and empower
When one is diagnosed with cancer, countless emotional, physical, and financial worries inevitably result. Yet with the financial burden of medical care, many are unable to receive psychosocial support.
The Cancer Care Foundation is a nonprofit organization that offers free counseling and support services to cancer patients and their loved ones. Their services are most accessible to those who live in north suburban Cook County, although they have clients from all over Chicago land. Please click here for more information on their programs
The goal of The Cancer Care Foundation is to help those who feel as if there is nowhere else to turn. We listen, support and empower
We've raised almost $12,000 to support the American Cancer Society and Avon's Walk for Breast Cancer
