| About
TABC |
In
October 1993, TABC founder Maureen Rankine
gathered a group of 15 friends at Roosevelt
Island Racquet Club in New York City to
host the first Tennis Marathon; in honor
of Breast Cancer Awareness month. The
evening raised $250, which was donated
to SHARE, a self-help organization for
women with breast and ovarian cancer.
Twelve years later, TABC is still going
strong.
TABC is the only tennis organization specially
formed to expand awareness of breast cancer
and raise funds to find a a cure!
TABC is a 501 (C) (3) organization formed
in 1996 that puts breast cancer awareness
at Centre Court, educating people about
the disease and raising funds.
Through tennis and sporting events TABC
provides a means of raising funds which
have benefited several organizations
Tennis can have a huge impact on the quality
of life of breast cancer survivors, family
members and friends. Tennis can help survivors
regain their strength through conditioning,
and bring together all those affected
by the disease and put their minds at
ease for a while.
Tennis is a game that brings out the best
in all of us and TABC provides a way to
give back through the sport that has given
us so much.
Some
TABC events include: |
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Annual
Celebrity Tennis, Golf & Fashion
Show, Bausch & Lomb Championships,
Amelia Island Plantation, Florida
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Annual
Pro-Celebrity Tennis Challenge, Pilot
Penn Tennis, New Haven, Connecticut
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Annual
"Up on the Roof" Pro-Celebrity
Tennis Exhibition and Party, US Open,
Sports Club/LA, New York City
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Annual
TABC Challenge, Roosevelt Island Racquet
Club, New York City
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"Ace
for a Cure" Pro-Celebrity Tennis
Exhibition & Brunch, Chase
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Championships,
Madison Square Garden, New York City,
2000-2001
Since 1996 TABC has raised funds in
support of breast cancer education,
early detection, and research. Proceeds
from TABC events have been donated
to several different organizations
equally committed to finding a cure,
including:
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Strang-Cornell
Breast Center, New York Presbyterian
Hospital: TABC Breast Cancer Research
Fund
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SHARE
(Self-Help Organization for Women
with Breast or Ovarian Cancer)
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University
of Florida Cancer Center at Shands
Hospital
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Breast
Cancer Research Foundation
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Carol
M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research
Fund
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American
Cancer Society
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Tennis Against Breast
Cancer is Maureen's way of making a difference
through the sport that has given her so
much.
Why not make
it your way, too? Join our team! Together
we can make a difference! |
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| Team TABC |
| Founder |
Maureen Rankine |
rankine@tennisabc.org |
| Web Management |
Jason Lee |
jasonlee@berkeley.edu |
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| Past Honorary Board members and Committee members: |
Jack Winter
David Dinkins
Elizabeth Vargas
M.J. Fernandez
Patrick McEnroe
Gloria Steinem
Billie Jean King
Victoria Rowell
Debi Jackson
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Tom Buchbinder
Kim Rankine
Patricia Chin
Phil Rankine
John Friedberg
Rexy Legaspi
Lara Schneider
Tona Chavez
Jeffery Stern
Barbara Best
Peter Mandeau
Steven Immergut
Corinne Hilbert
Diane Buchman |
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A
professional tennis instructor for more
than fifteen years, Mo has seen firsthand
how playing tennis can impact the quality
of life of breast cancer survivors. Playing
tennis helps them regain their strength
through conditioning. It also helps their
families and friends to put their minds
at ease for a while and have a good time.
Tennis is simply a great way for all those
affected to get back "in the swing
of things" and return to leading a
healthy and enjoyable lifestyle.
Having seen this positive impact, Mo decided
to create Tennis Against Breast Cancer (TABC),
which puts breast cancer awareness on center
court, educating people about the disease
and raising funds to help find a cure.
For over a decade TABC has held events to
achieve these goals. In addition to the
Annual TABC Challenge, TABC has held Pro-Ams
and fundraisers throughout the country.
Joining breast cancer survivors and advocates
at the events are top professional players,
as well as TV and motion picture celebrities,
other professional athletes and political
figures.
Tennis Against Breast Cancer is Mo's way
of making a difference through the sport
that has given her so much. Why not make
it your way too. Join our team. Together
we can make a difference. |
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