***Benifit Bass Tournament***

ED F. · Post by **ED F.** » Wed Aug 29, 2001 3:19 am

Long Island Bassmasters
Proudly host......
"The Baby Gary Stadler
Benefit Bass Tournament"
Sunday, September 16,2001
Lake Ronkonkoma Launch Site
7:00 AM – 3:00 PM

On February 11, 2001, Baby Gary was born to Gary and Maria Stadler of Lake Ronkonkoma. Unfortunately, Baby Gary was born with a very rare Chromosonal disorder call Campomelic Dysplasia. As one of only 32 documented cases in the world, Baby Gary's chances of seeing his first birthday are slim at best. Gary's parents have taken leave from their employment to stay at home and try to provide around the clock care for their son. The limits of their health insurance and the additional allotment provided for the family by the insurance company were exceeded long ago and the family is trying to get by on medicaid.
Long Island Bassmasters with its long standing ties to the Lake Ronkonkoma community is trying to do its part and raise money for the family by hosting this benefit tournament. You can lend your assistance by participating in this event. The entry fee is $50 per boat with half of all proceeds going to the Stadler family.

For Information contact:
·Brendan Cucinello @ (631) 474 - 8407
·Dave Deleo @ (631) 585 – 5828
·Mark Capozola @ (631) 878 – 9474
·Tim Carini @ (631) 395 – 2896

GREGGY · Post by **GREGGY** » Thu Sep 06, 2001 1:12 am

ED is this an open tournament or is it only for LIB. members?

Rob Cosban · Post by **Rob Cosban** » Thu Sep 06, 2001 3:13 pm

Greg, It is an open tournament. Hope to see you there.
Rob.

ED F. · Post by **ED F.** » Thu Sep 06, 2001 5:31 pm

Sorry Guys! It is absolutely an OPEN tournament! Please do us a favor, (only because it is such short notice) tell everyone you come in contact with about this event! We are obviously trying to get as many boats as we can to show up! As well as local news, radio stations, and newspapers! It is for a very worthy cause! See you there! Thanks!

Dave Delio · Post by **Dave Delio** » Wed Sep 19, 2001 7:31 pm

I Just Wanted to thank everyone for making the Gary Stadler Benefit tournament a great success...I think we all needed alittle down time to relax from a misserable week..It shows at a time of need friends stick together,as we all did.Thanks again.

JoeM · Post by **JoeM** » Thu Sep 20, 2001 12:16 am

Sounds like the Ronkonkoma tournament for the young Ronkonkoma infant came together like we knew it would. Kudos to all who participated. JoeM