Our mission is to create, develop and sustain a fundraiser of national proportion and reputation that embodies the spirit and energy of Jim Valvano. Participants and sponsors will clearly understand the value of their investment and will repeatedly seek annual participation.  The event will provide significant funding to The V Foundation in the ongoing struggle to find a cure for cancer.

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Receive Enterprise Discount While Benefiting the Jimmy V Foundation

Enterprise Rent-a-carEnterprise Rent-a-car has created a discount program that will not only save you money, but will donate proceeds back to The V Foundation as well. Use this new customer ID 53S6114 to receive a 5% discount off of the lowest posted rate at all Enterprise locations in NC.
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The V Foundation to Give 100 Percent of Every Direct Donation to Cancer Research

The V Foundation for Cancer Research officially announced that 100 percent of all new direct cash donations and net proceeds of events contributed to The V Foundation will be used to fund cancer research and related programs.


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2009 Jimmy V Golf Classic Press Coverage

Duke Researchers Receive 'V' Grant

[Durham Herald Sun] The V Foundation for Cancer Research has awarded its 2009 Translational grants to elite researchers across the United States, including two from ... Read the article

Person of the Week: Jimmy V Volunteer

Rex Healthcare Discusses Developments in Cancer Research at The V Foundation’s Scientific Symposium and Exhibition

RALEIGH, NC – Rex Healthcare is proud to participate in The V Foundation's Scientific Symposium and Exhibition on Aug. 15, 2009. ... Read the article

Arnold Palmer Talks Golf at Jimmy V Classic

Centerplate Tees Off Specialty Fare at Jimmy V Foundation Golf ...

Centerplate Tees Off Specialty Fare at Jimmy V Foundation Golf Classic PR Newswire (press release) ... centers and entertainment venues, assisted the Raleigh Convention Center (RCC) in hosting the 16th Annual Jimmy V Celebrity Golf ... Read the article

Jimmy V, NC State: Together again

[WNCN.com] Celebrities and sportspeople alike played practice rounds Saturday to practice for the following day's Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, with a roster of ... Read the article

NC State Welcomes Valvano Charity Tournament to New On-Campus Golf Course

[MyFox8.com] Celebrities and sportspeople gathered on the new golf course Saturday to practice for Sunday's Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic. The tournament is one of the ... Read the article

To One Family, Jimmy V Classic Takes on Special Meaning

More than 11,000 Turn Out For Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic (NBC 17 Raleigh)

More than 11000 people turned out for the 16th annual Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, which was held at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course at the North Carolina... Read the article

Jimmy V Golf Classic 2009 ABC11 Video

This Year's Jimmy V Classic Returns Focus To Research

[The Raleigh Telegram] AUG.09 RALEIGH - Although the Jimmy V Golf Classic hosts a number of events with golf, celebrities, and lots of fun involved, the organizers this year have ... Read the article

Volunteers Make Jimmy V Event Happen Every Year

[The Raleigh Telegram] AUG.09 RALEIGH - Every year, the Jimmy V Golf Classic goes off without a hitch to help ... The celebrities and well-known sports figures may get all of the ... Read the article

NCSU Coach Kay Yow Remembered At Jimmy V Event

[The Raleigh Telegram] AUG.09 RALEIGH - Beloved NC State University women's basketball coach Kay Yow was remembered fondly last week at the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic as her ... Read the article

Actor Dennis Haysbert Proves Popular At Golf Classic

[The Raleigh Telegram] AUG.09 RALEIGH - Actor Dennis Haysbert was a very popular celebrity with the fans at the Jimmy V Golf Classic held last weekend to raise funds for cancer ... Read the article

ACC INSIDER: Jimmy V Classic is Finally Back 'Home'

[StarNewsOnline.com] “It's meaningful on a lot of levels,” said Jim's brother Bob Valvano, who helps run the event as a member of the V Foundation board and is, like Jim, ... Read the article

Arnold Palmer Kicks Off New NCSU Golf Course

[The Raleigh Telegram] Arnold, who designed the course, was the first person to tee off for the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic on Sunday. Organizers said over the weekend, ... Read the article

Bill Goldberg: Tough Wrestler, Great Guy

[The Raleigh Telegram] In Raleigh for the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, which he has participated in for several years, we asked Goldberg if he would ever step into the ring ... Read the article

Mr. Belding Of "Saved By The Bell" Returns To Raleigh

[The Raleigh Telegram] "Simply because I was on a TV show, I have been blessed to be involved as a celebrity in the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic for over ten years," he wrote. ... Read the article

The Jimmy V Celebrity Gala Event In Downtown Raleigh

[The Raleigh Telegram] The event was held as part of the Jimmy V Golf Classic weekend, which is raising money for the Jimmy V Foundation which gives out grants for cancer research. ... Read the article

Chris Corchiani, NCSU Stars Go Bowling For Charity

[The Raleigh Telegram] Other special guests included Sherrie Mazur of The V Foundation, Joe Mazur of ABC 11 News, and R. Gregg, Bowling Editor of the Raleigh Telegram. ... Read the article

Fairway Outdoor Advertising Renews its Commitment to the Jimmy V Foundation

Some of the time sensitive campaigns Fairway is promoting for the foundation include, the Celebrity Golf Classic, Ride for Research and Show your Spirit. ... Read the article



Golf Classic & V Foundation “In the News”

Dennis Hopper Steps Out For Charity
The star was at the Breeders' Cup horse-racing event in support of The V Foundation for Cancer Research on Saturday at Santa Anita Park in Southern California. Hopper has started an experimental treatment at the University of Southern... Read the article

The Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic for Cancer Research - Online Auction
Oct 15, 2009
Browse the The Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic for Cancer Research fundraising auction powered by cMarket and bid on items to help support... Read the article

PEELER: Valvano's Legacy Returns to Campus
GoPack.com
RALEIGH, N.C. - How much would Jim Valvano love the celebrity golf tournament and complementary events that take place this weekend at and around NC State? Read the article

Arnold Palmer Returns to Triangle for The Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic
MyNC.com
After a celebratory grand opening event at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course at NC State University's Centennial Campus, the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic is proud to welcome back golf legend and course designer Arnold Palmer. Read the article

Kroger Renews Commitment to Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic
MyNC.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
By Carolyn Roman, User Submitted, 11 hours, 8 minutes ago (Cary, NC)--- The Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, one of the nation's premier celebrity golf ... Read the article

The V Foundation for Cancer Research Names 2009 Grant Recipients
Funds for Grants Raised Throughout Year at Signature V Events. The V Foundation for Cancer Research Names 2009 Grant ... Read the article

The Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic Goes Pink for Coach Yow
The Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, one of the nation’s premier celebrity golf events, is proud to announce that this year’s golf tournament will include a special tribute for Coach Kay Yow as all volunteers join together to wear pink shirts to remember the life and efforts of the great coach. This year’s annual Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic is scheduled for August 16, 2009 at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course on NC State’s Centennial Campus. ... Read the article

NC State To Host Tribute To Women’s Coach Kay Yow
Wake County
Pack Overcomes Miami In Overtime · V Foundation Begins “Show Your Spirit” Campaign · Wolfpack To Honor Yow With Moment Of Silence At Tonight’s Game · Duke Women Steam Roll Over Georgia Tech · Hockey Team Wears Pink To Honor Teammate’s ...
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New Stanford Diagnostic Test for Rare Leukemia Appears to Give ...
MarketWatch - USA
The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the V Foundation for Cancer Research and the ... Read the article

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Expands Prostate Cancer Education Partnership
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
GSK announced today that it will team with The V Foundation® and Stand Up to Cancer™ to create a major educational initiative focusing on the impact of... Read the article

Jimmy V And The V Foundation
Mike Greenberg shares what the legacy of Jim Valvano and the V Foundation means to him: When you really think about what his life has turned out to mean, in some ways certainly, the name Jimmy V is better known now than it was even when ... Read the article

Dream of a cure, it could happen
CaryNews.com, Cary, NC
I remember where I was 15 years ago when I learned that Jim Valvano had finally lost his fight with cancer. I was on Interstate 40 in between Chapel Hill and Raleigh, coming back from UNC Children's Hospital after visiting my 9-year-old nephew Jacob who was waging his own fight against a rare leukemia. So when I heard on the radio the sad news about Valvano, I cried for him and for so many others who had to battle this horrendous disease. ... Read the article

Dickie V delivers a promise
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
Vitale said it should be called the Night of Champions, and while it annually benefits The V Foundation for Cancer Research, all proceeds from this year's ... Read the article

Rains: Vitale keeps it classy
University Daily Kansan - Lawrence,KS,USA
He is a big supporter of the V Foundation, a cancer research foundation started by Jim Valvano, and now he is trying to raise $1 million at this gala to ... Read the article

V Foundation teams up with NC State
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
The foundation is awarding $1 million to the school and is working with the university to start the Jimmy V and NC State cancer therapeutics training ... Read the article

Hall of Famer Vitale fulfills a promise
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
Still working to fulfill his promise, Vitale has been hosting a gala event to raise funds for the V Foundation for Cancer Research, which was founded in ... Read the article

Valvano's special 'Pack
Glens Falls Post-Star - Glens Falls,NY,USA
It has been 15 years since the creation of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, which Valvano announced in March 1993 during his moving speech on ESPN's ... Read the article

Cancer Recovery, Bubblicious & Senior Night Proposal
By Josh
This season, Hester has returned and the V Foundation Comeback Award finalist has helped Drexel to a 17-11 record while averaging more than seven points per game. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels wasn’t content to simply honor the ... Read the article

Ride of Their Lives: Two Lady Vols coaches get on Harleys to fight cancer
By Mrs_Skeffington
…. during the Jimmy V Classic—named for late NC State coach Jim Valvano —Yow got her name put on a fund we can all only hope will do what the V Foundation for Cancer Research has. The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund became the first ever ... Read the article

Athletics Go Pink
University Daily Kansan - Lawrence, KS, USA
The WBCA, Yow and the V Foundation, another cancer awareness and research program started by former North Caroline State men’s basketball coach Jim Valvano, ... Read the article

Why Certain Ovarian Cancers Develop Resistance To Platinum-based ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
The National Institutes of Health/ National Cancer Institute, Searle Scholars Program, V Foundation, Hartwell Innovation Fund, L&S Milken Foundation, ... Read the article

Dicky V. is back, baby
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
He brings awareness to the fight to stop that sickening disease known as cancer by trumpeting the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. ... Read the article

Inspiration To All
Tampa Tribune - Tampa, FL, USA
Yow's courageous battle has inspired others to increase their efforts to fight cancer, including the Jimmy V Foundation, which is named after Jim Valvano, ... Read the article

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