Danny Joe Memorial Golf Tournament to exceed $100,000 in donations

Since 1998, the Danny Joe Memorial Golf Tournament has supported Children’s Cancer Connection, and this year, with its 15th anniversary, the tournament will have donated over $100,000 to benefit Children’s Cancer Connection.

The tournament is held in memory of Danny Joe Cornish, son of Billie and Kelly Cornish, who passed away from cancer at the young age of five. Danny created the logo which is used for Camp Heart Connection, a program of Children’s Cancer Connection, which provides two week-long summer camps for children affected by childhood cancer. Danny and his siblings have had the opportunity to attend Camp Heart Connection, and the Cornish family continues to support the Camp year after year with the success of their family-organized golf tournament.

“Children’s Cancer Connection gave us a positive way to channel our grieving by participating in fundraisers and by volunteering,” said Billie Cornish, one of the golf tournaments’ organizers. “Focusing our energy on the tournament made us feel like we were doing something that mattered. It’s been really great for our family. We’re doing something to make the childhood cancer journey a little bit easier for other families and honoring Danny at the same time.”

This year, the annual tournament will be held on Friday, June 10, at the Oskaloosa Golf Club in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The tournament includes 18 holes of golf, breakfast, lunch, great raffle prizes, fun camaraderie and post-tournament activities. For more information about the Danny Joe Memorial Golf Tournament, please visit: http://www.childrenscancerconnection.org/.