Date: 09/09/2024

 "Congratulations to Jon Jeffery and Garek Henry (Deeds) on the championship! The tournament was a ton of fun, so thanks to everyone who participated.

Thank you all so much for either coming out or supporting this event and the FIRST  with donations! We truly appreciate it and are beyond blessed to have each and every one of you be a part of this incredible event! We are so appreciative of the Goff family and everything they did to help out this year, and all the competition they brought to the tournament. 

Next up, the amount raised. Last year's event raised over $15,000 and I don't have a total amount as of yet for this year, but I am almost certain that we hit over $20,000!!! We don't have any words for that except for just a huge thank you, again and again and again. 

I probably said this to a lot of you on Saturday, but for as important and beneficial the money raised is, I really hope we raised some awareness for the Ichthyosis community. I know we definitely did that to at least one person when I looked at the donation envelope that had "$25 from Park Guy". He stopped by, asked questions, and left hearing of a condition that he knew nothing about before. 

We truly hope that everyone who attended was able to interact and meet someone affected with Icthyosis. The attached picture has 4 (Annie and Theo Goff, Randy Krall and Logan Schlitt) of the 6 total people that are affected and attended the event (Sorry Ellie and Julia, we will get you in it next year!). Sam and I's main goal for this event and I believe the Goff's as well is for everyone to be able to talk to and ask questions to those who are actually affected and gain a better understanding of what their day to day lives are like, and on top of that get to know them as just another person with an incredible personality and some funny stories along the way. 

If you did not attend but still donated, we hope you can make it next year! We want to make this as large as possible and continue to raise awareness and advocate for the Ichthyosis community! Spread the word!"