Clarks Landing Yacht Club “Fish’n for the Cause” Raises $15,000

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Clarks Landing Yacht Club “Fish’n for the Cause” raises $15,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®,
Wave of support inspires company’s sponsorship of 2018 St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer

POINT PLEASANT, N.J. (Jan. 2, 2017) – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® and Lunch Break Soup Kitchen were the beneficiaries of the sixth annual fishing tournament, “Fish’n for the Cause” hosted by The Clarks Landing Yacht Club between May to November 2017. The event raised more than $9,000 through the tournament for children fighting cancer and other life-threatening diseases, and an additional $6,000 was donated by Clarks Landing’s Wedding Banquet Hall. Alongside this incredible $15,000 donation to St. Jude, food is donated to Lunch Break Soup Kitchen in Red Bank, NJ.

Inspired by the wave of support for St. Jude during the tournament, Clarks Landing Marina announced it will once again be the presenting sponsor of this year’s Jersey Shore St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer on Saturday, Sept. 22, along the Seaside Heights Boardwalk. Thanks to generous donors like Clarks Landing Yacht Club, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

“We greatly appreciate the commitment Clarks Landing has made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which is dedicated to finding cures for childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases,” said Laura Wallenstein of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “Because of their fighting spirits and generosity, the advances made at St. Jude are helping to save children everywhere.”

Since Fish’n for the Cause began in 2012, Clarks Landing has raised more than $75,000 in charitable donations – most of which has supported cancer research and treatment. Special thanks to the following tournament sponsors: R. Kremer and Son Marine Contractors, Salty Dog, The Fisherman, Boatshopper.com, Nottingham Insurance, Sysco, Ahern Printing and Graphics, R. Popovitch Builders, Travelers Commerical Ocean Marine Insurance, and Ocean First Bank.

For more information, visit clarkslanding.com or email Melissa Byrd at melissa.byrd@stjude.org.

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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80 percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent, and we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook (facebook.com/stjude) and following us on Twitter (@stjude).