Vince Papale and Eagles Fly for Leukemia Tee Up for a Cure at May 4, 2009 Celebrity...

Vince Papale and Eagles Fly for Leukemia Tee Up for a Cure at May 4, 2009
Celebrity Golf Classic and Auction

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- They're young, brave and
hopeful, battling the cancers that still claim too many of their lives and
leave too many with permanent neurological and other effects. They're the
children in our neighborhoods waiting for a cure.

Teeing up for a cure are former Eagle, Vince Papale, and a host of other
sports personalities who invite golfers to join them, May 4, for the 25th
Eagles Fly for Leukemia Celebrity Golf Classic and Auction at Huntingdon
Valley Country Club, Pa.

The tournament will begin with registration and lunch at 11 a.m., then a
shotgun start at noon. Cocktails are scheduled for 5 p.m. with the awards
dinner and auction following. An all-inclusive ticket for the tournament,
lunch, cocktails and dinner is $500/individual, $2,000/foursome. Dinner only
is $150.

Last year's golf tournament raised more than $50,000, with 100% of the
proceeds staying in the Philadelphia region. Eagles Fly for Leukemia supports
pediatric cancer research at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, St.
Christopher's Hospital for Children and Alfred I. duPont Hospital for
Children. Additionally, the organization works with social workers at these
hospitals and at local Ronald McDonald houses to identify and financially
assist families in need while their children are undergoing treatment.

Leukemia is the most common cancer in kids, accounting for 23% of all cancer
diagnoses among those younger than 15 years old. So far, in 35 years Eagles
Fly for Leukemia has raised $10 million for research and family support
programs. That helped build the first Ronald McDonald house and has helped
dramatically boost the cure rate for childhood leukemia from 10% in 1973, when
the charity started. Today, about 85% of children with leukemia and more than
60% of all children with cancer survive five years or longer.

But according to data from the Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research,
the cure rate for childhood leukemia has stalled since 2004. Not much progress
has been made, because new approaches and new drugs are needed.

Eagles Fly for Leukemia is tackling that issue with the Celebrity Golf Classic
and Auction. For more information, go to http://www.eaglesfly.org/ or contact
the office at efleukemia@aol.com, 800-283-CURE or 610-622-0600.

SOURCE Eagles Fly for Leukemia

Janice Cave, +1-610-642-6551, or Meg Cave, +1-610-952-0184, both for Eagles
Fly for Leukemia