FightSMA Chapters: Desiree’s Buddies, New Mexico

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Karin Vallo
P.O. Box 1133
Bernalillo, NM 87004
Phone: 505-897-2SMA (2762)
E-mail: swdesireebuddies@hotmail.com

 

 

 

Past Events:

4th Annual Spinal Muscular Atrophy Golf Classic

September 23, 2010
Santa Ana Golf Club

Tournament will be held at the prestigious Santa Anna Golf Course in Bernalillo, New Mexico on Thursday, September 23, 2010. Discover New Mexico’s finest public championship golfing experience with its twenty-seven enchanting hills and challenging design around three lakes awaiting you at the classic native desert style golf course.

Schedule of Events

Registration 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Shotgun Start 9:00 AM
Post Event Lunch and Awards Completion of tournament

Registration
Click here to register online
Click here to download the registration brochure

Sponsorship Opportunities Available

  • Gold Sponsor $2,500
  • Silver Sponsor $1,500
  • Bronze Sponsor $1,000
  • Team Sponsor $350
  • Single Player Fee $95
  • Longest Drive $300
  • Closest to the Pin $300
  • Driving Range $200
  • Golf Cart Signage $100

Click here to download more information about sponsorships. If you have specific sponsorship questions, please contact Vince Taylor at 505-401-7645 or Karin Vallo at 505-867-5459.

We sincerely thank you for your effort to enhance awareness and funding for SMA research on behalf of ALL suffering from SMA all over the world.

1st Annual Bike Run & BBQ

Date: October 2, 2010
Cost: $10 per person
Time: Meet at 10:00AM. Kick stands up at 10:30AM.
Location: Meet at the Home Depot on 550 in Rio Rancho. BBQ to follow.

For more information, click here for the flier, or contact Josh “Chewy” Smith (505) 717-6907.


1st Annual Bowling Tournament
Saturday, July 10, 2010
10:00 AM
Starlight Lanes, Santa Ana Casino

Click to view the event flier

More pictures are below. Thank you to everyone who came out to support Desiree’s Buddies and the fight to end SMA!

3rd Annual Spinal Muscular Atrophy Golf Classic

August 27, 2009
Isleta Eagle Golf Course
Registraion at 7:30 AM
Shotgun Start at 9:00 AM
Click here to register

This event provided our community a great opportunity to come together play for a treatment and cure and learn about Spinal Muscular Atrophy to help shed light on this silent killer. Thank you to all who came out and played to help us fight this horrific disease.

Check out the radio press for the golf tournament by clicking here.

6th Annual Bingo Night
Date: March 7, 2009

Sponsored by the Lion’s Club of Moriarty. Lots of fun prizes and a raffle for a barbecue grill, tackle box full of tackle, and more!

Maggie, Desiree, and Angelis at the 2nd Annual Desiree's Buddies Golf Tournament
2nd Annual Spinal Muscular Atrophy Golf Classic
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Isleta Eagle Golf Course
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Once again, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Gold Classic in Albuquerque, New Mexico was a great success. Thank you to everyone who came out on a beautiful, sunny day to support the tournament’s second year.

To the left: Maggie, Desiree, and Angelis at the 2nd Annual Desiree’s Buddies Golf Tournament

 

5th Annual Bingo Night
March 8, 2008

Angelis, Maggie, and Desiree at the 1st Annual Desiree's Buddies Golf Tournament

1st Annual Golf Tournament
September 27, 2007

The 1st Annual Spinal Muscular Atrophy Golf Classic in Albuquerque, New Mexico was a great success. More than 100 players came out to Isleta Eagle Golf Course to help fight this horrific disease. The twenty-seven holes of enchanting hills and the challenging course designed around three lakes and the sweeping Rio Grand River was accentuated by the beautiful weather. In the end, Desiree’s Buddies raised more than $12,000 dollars for Spinal Muscular Atrophy research.

A huge “THANK YOU!” goes out to all the volunteers and participants for their hard work and support.

Volunteers for the 1st Annual Desiree's Buddies Golf Tournament Participants of the 1st Annual Desiree's Buddies Golf Tournament

New FightSMA billboards in New Mexico


Spinal Muscular Atrophy Billboards Debut in Albuquerque, New Mexico!

Thanks to the hard work of Desiree’s mom, Erin Weisner, billboards like the one you see here are popping up all over Albuquerque, New Mexico this spring. Six months ago, Erin went to her local office of Lamar Outdoor Advertising and asked for a price quote from the company to put up billboards to inform people about spinal muscular atrophy. She told the sales manager Desiree’s story and invited him to learn about SMA. In the end, Lamar agreed to sell Desiree’s Buddies 20 billboards for the next several months for a small fraction of the normal cost!

Click here to read more about the billboards.

4th Annual Bingo
March 24, 2007
With the goal to increase public awareness of spinal muscular atrophy, Desiree’s Buddies/FightSMA Southwest held another successful Bingo. Guests played for prizes while learning about this terrible disease. Many thanks to the Lion’s Club for being a wonderful partner for the annual Bingo event.

Fiesta De SMA
February 25, 2006
View the Flier!

3rd Annual Bingo Night!!!
March 11, 2006
View the Flier!

Desiree’s Buddies/FightSMA Southwest Board of Directors


Desiree's Buddies/FightSMA Southwest Board of Directors

Desiree and Buddies

Desiree
Desiree
Desiree and Grandma Linda
Desiree and Grandma Linda
Desiree
Desiree
Chris, Desi and Erin
Chris, Desi and Erin
Desiree, Matthew, and Joshua
Desiree, Matthew, and Joshua
Mathew, Sean, Desiree, Zachary, and Joshua
Mathew, Sean, Desiree, Zachary, and Joshua

Sean, Mathew, Erin, Chris, and Desiree, Joshua and Zachary
Sean, Mathew, Erin, Chris, and Desiree
Joshua and Zachary

Angelis and Andrea
Angelis and Andrea
Angelis and her mom Andrea
Angelis and Andrea
Maggie and Desiree
Maggie and Desiree
Maggie
Maggie