By NewsLine Staff
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On June 3 and 4, the seventh annual MixedRITA tennis tournament took place at Sawgrass Country Club. In addition to hosting 144 matches over two days, the event raised $84,700 for breast and prostate cancer research and additional care in Jacksonville. Over the past seven years, more than $340,000 has been raised by this tennis tournament.
This year’s fundraising will focus on supporting Baptist MD Anderson through the purchase of the UroNav, which is the next generation of prostate care using image-guided biopsy technology.
And it’s not just patients on the First Coast who won — tournament winners included Jill Saig and PJ Politan, Violet and Rob Deen, Sherri Ouchi and Darren Odendaal, Charlotte and Stephen Bates, Tina Bobango and Zach Waters, Sarah Huffman and Mike Alden, Jen and John Werba, and Tina and Rick Townsend.
Visit the-rita-foundation.org/mixed-rita/ for more information on the MixedRITA tennis tournament or to make a donation.
Photo courtesy Sherill Herzfeld
