Does It Seem Like WPFT Is Changing?

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Added: Thu. Aug 20, 2009 3:57pm
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As many of you know, the last several months have been very difficult for my family and me. Caring for my husband Seymour was a full time occupation. But, I was honored that I had the opportunity to be with my best friend up and until the very end. There is not a day that goes by when I do not miss him.

Throughout the time I was caring for Seymour, much has been happening with Women Playing For T.I.M.E. We held our first co-ed golf tournament at Bella Collina; we launched a beautiful new website and social community; we’re evaluating an opportunity to host a Pink Dragon Boat Team at Walt Disney World, and we’re getting ready for our annual signature golfing event at Lake Nona, where Annika Sorenstam will be our keynote speaker.

There is a lot happening!  I sometimes feel overwhelmed by all the new ideas, fresh faces, and new event venues that are being contemplated. Will all of these ideas work and become successful? I don’t know the answer to those questions. But I hope the answer will be “Yes”! We need to continue our fight to raise funds and help find a cure for cancer.

Is WPFT changing? I guess we are. Cancer is global. And we know that cancer does not discriminate. And so it would seem that WPFT should adapt and evolve.  We’re doing this now, for example, having created this new Community. We are sharing our knowledge and resources around the world about this deadly disease and how people can help us to raise awareness and funding that will help find a cure.

But here is what is not changing. WPFT has a strong foundation upon which it was built.  Our mission is to partner with M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando to defeat cancer and provide help and support to women and their families in Central Florida. In our seventeen-year history, we have raised  nearly $8 million dollars. We have shown what women in a small community can do when they stamp their feet and demand to be heard!

As an organization, Women Playing For T.I.M.E. should always evolve. But we will never steer away from our mission to raise funds to find a cure for cancer.  And we must always remember and never lose sight of the love and compassion of our dear co-founder Sheila Solomon.

Love To All,

EL