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Karen's Hope
8th Annual  
Karen's Hope Ataxia Benefit  
June 15, 2009  


The Karen's Hope Ataxia Benefit is a charity golf tournament, silent auction and dinner to benefit the Bob Allison Ataxia Research Center (BAARC) at the University of Minnesota, an affiliate of the Minnesota Medical Foundation.

    Karen Frigstad and her family.
    Karen Frigstad and her family.

 
  • We would like to thank all participants, donors and volunteers who helped make this year's event another huge success. We raised $32,600 in addition to a generous $30,000 donation from our Guardian Angel, Connie Bakken. Our eight year total is now over $400,000 for ataxia research.
  • Pictures from this year's event can be found here. The list of silent auction items with the winning bid amounts is available here.
  • Registration brochures for this year's event have been mailed. If you have never received one or if you would like to receive future mailings, let us know. You may also download the brochure here.
  • BAARC has awarded research grants to three individuals.
  • Karen and Todd are featured in an article from the Star Tribune about the 25th anniversary of the Taste of Minnesota: Read the excerpt.
  • Karen is featured on the University of Minnesota Ataxia Center's web site: http://www.ataxiacenter.umn.edu/ataxia/oneperson/home.html
  • If you would like to receive future mailings and registration forms or would like more information about our benefit, just send us an email.