The Nancie Glanzrock Classic

The heavens are blessed by the addition of a new angel on a day befitting of the introduction – All Saints Day.  Our dear angel, Nancie Glanzrock, has left us to join the choir of angels who last night ushered her peacefully from this world to the next.  There will be a Celebration of her life this Sunday, November 6, at 4:00 p.m. at Desert Cross Lutheran Church, located at 8600 S. McClintock (Warner and McClintock) in Tempe, AZ.  Immediately following the celebratory service, there will be a reception at the church.  True to Nancie’s spirit, butterflies will be released at sunset.  While Nancie had many loves of her life, butterflies and sunsets were among her favorites. In honor of her soaring spirit, last night the heavens lit up with a magnificent sunset.  You can thank Nancie for the spectacular energy that filled the sky!

Nancie has left an indelible imprint on the heart of every person she has met.  She spent a lifetime making a difference in the world and to countless people in her many communities.  On Sunday, we want to celebrate her life, recount our special memories and honor her zest for life. Please join us with a light heart and a bright spirit to celebrate her life and legacy.  Nancie loved bright, bold, jewel-toned colors.  Please join us in wearing something bold and bright to reflect her brilliant spirit.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Nancie Glanzrock Foundation.  Dave, Nancie and some friends created this Foundation to honor Nancie while also supporting and empowering those affected by cancer.  The Foundation’s purpose is to help both the cancer fighter and the supporting caregivers by providing support and resources to help them through the arduous battle that accompanies cancer. Please send donations to: The Nancie Glanzrock Foundation, P.O. Box 2928, Scottsdale, AZ 85252-2928

For those of you who live outside of Arizona, we will have another celebration in Dallas.  Once we have the date determined, we’ll send out another announcement.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday.

David, Betty, Joan, Cati, Val and Kim
The Nancie Glanzrock Classic Committee

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The excitement was buzzing!!  After two months of planning The Nancie Glanzrock Classic, we were finally at the place of putting the finishing touches on the event – it was the eve of the tournament.

The committee met at committee chair Kim Tarnopolski’s house for a celebratory barbecue and to hammer out all the last minute details, package all goodies for distribution to the golfers and lunch attendees, check our lists twice (there are a lot of type A personalities on this committee, so we did not have a shortage of detailed lists!) and enjoy each other’s company as we looked forward to the culmination of our planning.

The alarm went off at 3:30 a.m. on Saturday morning and it can only be compared to the firing of the starting gun at the starting line kicking off a monumental race.  We were off and running!

We arrived at the Foothills Golf Course in the dark and started unloading vehicles.  One team set up registration tables, breakfast table, a space for the Alphabiotic Body Balancing Process to help tune up the golfers before they hit the links.  Another team got to work on the silent auction tables and another readied the golf carts and yet another team placed the hole sponsor signs on each of the 18 holes.  Thankfully, we had placed our Starbucks order the prior evening, so Dave showed up delivering our favorite drinks.  The energy was flowing and the excitement was building!  By the time the golfers arrived, we were ready to kick off a day of fun and camaraderie – a day of hope, remembrance and celebration.

As the golfers arrived, it was such a treat to watch everyone meet and greet – an early morning gathering and everyone was in a great mood!  Every golfer received a golf bag (donated by Jimmy Johns) filled with goodies, including the “Support & Empower” purple and pink wrist band that we created for this event.  We also included a crisp, new $2 bill in each bag, with the following message stapled to it:

Together we can change the world,
With one good deed at a time.

Take this $2 bill and pay it forward,
Or keep it as a reminder to be kind.

Thank you for coming out to play.
Good karma is sure to fill your day.

We also had an amazing, professional program, created by Shelly Jackson and printed by International Minute Press.  Click on the word Program to view it.

The golf carts lined up in front of the Foothills club house with 96 golfers ready to take to the course.  As they hit the trail to their designated holes, we snapped photos of each team.  The fun was flowing and some competitiveness was starting to show.  We had a handful of female golfers, all of whom are competitive, and the bets started to flow as to who would make longest drive!

As the golfers took to the course, the committee members who were not golfing set up the club house for lunch, finalized the silent auction area and set up the registration for lunch.  The tables for lunch were beautiful!  The centerpiece of flowers was accented by a generous donation from Solise of a large bottle of hand wash with sunscreen for each lunch attendee.  The silent auction tables were filled with 50 fabulous items and packages that ultimately created a bidding frenzy! The display was gorgeous and so professionally set up and managed – that level of perfection came from hours of planning, preparation and love! A separate table was set up that was overflowing with raffle prizes.

When we finished setting up, we took to the course and started snapping photos of the golfers and our amazing golf sponsors signs donated by International Minute Press.  We expected the donation of the signs to simply include the sponsor’s logo.   However, much to our delight, Jim Breyer at International Minute Press created an artful sign in full color of a golf course, sunny, cloud-filled blue skies and placed the sponsor in the center of the sign.  We had many happy sponsors when they saw the signs on the holes!  Fortunately, we were able to take photos of the sponsors with their signs, so be sure to check out our photos, which were delightfully displayed in a slide show (click on the words “slide show” and you can view the presentation) prepared by committee chair Kim Tarnopolski!

Dave set up a slide show of photos that we displayed on a projector screen in the club house.   We were able to take photos throughout the day and update the slide show and share the fun with the all the attendees during lunch.

The golfers started to straggle in around noon.  These men and women were troopers! Golfing with great attitudes in Arizona in July heat.  They didn’t complain – they came to make a difference and they succeeded!  They were, however, grateful to come into the air conditioning and find some cold beverages to enjoy with lunch.

Raffle prizes flowed and it was adorable to have the children of the committee members zipping through the club house to hand out the prizes to the lucky winners!  Thanks to Alex and Jack!

While everyone was a winner in our eyes, we had some big winners of the day.  To see the winners of the tournament and their beaming photos, click here.

The moment of the day, however, was reserved for the lady of the hour.  Nancie Glanzrock was able to join us for the luncheon.  Nancie took the microphone and the room was silent.  Nancie shared her love with the room and extended her heartfelt thank you for the overwhelming generosity shared by all in attendance, and those who were unable to attend but sent their well wishes from afar.  Nancie has spent a lifetime giving to others and she acknowledged that it was an adjustment to be on the receiving end.  Her words landed with each attendee and I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house.  When she finished her heartfelt words of gratitude, she received a standing ovation from the entire club house.  It was a remarkable moment that will be in our hearts forever.

Our title sponsor, Joe Polish, president of Piranha Marketing and co-creator of www.ILoveMarketing.com also shared a few words.  He told us a story about a friend of his who was diagnosed with cancer.  This was a man who lived a very healthy life and was surrounded by amazing people who loved and supported him.  After some time had passed, his friend returned to the doctor to discover the cancer was gone.  The explanation – he was surrounded by so much love and amazing support that it ultimately defeated the cancer.  Joe compared his friend’s good fortune to the amazing love and support that the community who was present in that room was sharing with Nancie.  It’s the love and support of our communities, made up of friends, family, businesses, and strangers, that makes all the difference in the world in the lives of others.   He encouraged everyone to continue making a difference and acknowledged them for showing up and making a difference in Nancie’s life.  His message was a continuation of the “pay it forward” theme that was a common thread through the fabric of the day.

Dave Glanzrock concluded the event with another powerful presentation.   Dave spoke from the heart and his message was heard by everyone in the room.  His love for his mom is a driving force in all he does.  He acknowledged her for being a champion of her own health. She monitored her health over the years and when she noticed something wasn’t right, she made it a priority to seek medical attention and address her concerns.  Dave encouraged everyone to be proactive with their health, monitor it and don’t settle for unsatisfactory responses from their doctors.  This level of vigilance may be the difference between life and death.  He gave a heart-felt acknowledgement to everyone in the room for their overwhelming generosity and selfless willingness to make a difference in their community.  While his words eloquently articulated his message, it was the message that was felt by the room.  It was a perfect ending to a perfect day.

I would be remiss if I didn’t share a few words about the amazing committee members who put this event together.  An event of this caliber generally requires a small army and lots of time to plan.  We had 6 members (and 3 spouses) and 2 months.

Betty Fahey provided a well-spring of inspiration and encouragement with each e-mail she sent!  She worked tirelessly researching fundraising options, assisting with the bracelets, finding donors and sponsors, helping create the program and coordinate the fulfillment of the sponsorship packages.  While this barely scratches the surface of her involvement, when you consider the wonders of the day, I can assure you that Betty had her hands in it.  Her husband Tom helped support her and he helped the day of the event.

Val Long was always a beacon of light and energy as we roared down the turnpike to create this event.   She also worked tirelessly to assist with obtaining donations and sponsors.  She was our printing champion and coordinated all of our printing with International Minute Press, including the creation of the fabulous banner that you can see on the first page of the photo slide show.  She was there to meet any need the committee threw at her and we could not have pulled off this event without her dedication to keeping all the balls in the air!

Cati Piorkowski was tasked with creating the silent auction component of the tournament.  Based on the professionalism of the auction, you would never know that Cati has never created a silent auction before this event!  She made more phone calls and met with countless people who have put on events to tap them for their wisdom, insight and operational prowess.  She spent countless hours creating, designing and implementing.  And, as a result, the auction was a huge success and flawlessly executed!  She had the wonderful support of her husband Marty, who also MC’d our raffle and helped with set up and tear down.  And we can’t leave out her son, Jack, who gave us moral support and was an excellent raffle prize runner.

Dave Glanzrock was the go-to guy for more roles than I can count.  He designed the Nancie Glanzrock Classic blog, set up Twitter and the Facebook Fanpage.  He researched every aspect of the technology that we utilized to launch this endeavor.  He coordinated the out-of-state contingency (the Glanzrocks’ friends and family located out of state) and kept them updated on all of our efforts and created ways to ensure they could be involved with the fundraiser.  He obtained sponsorships and donations and was an official runner to pick up donations.  He coordinated volunteer efforts.  He basically did anything we asked him to do and he did it without complaining.  And while this appeared to be his full-time job, he never slacked on his top priority – taking care of his mom.

Joan Jakel – that’s me.  I’m the official scribe.  I helped create the content for the blog and Facebook and the communication outreach to all of you.  I joined the efforts of my co-committee members in reaching out to find donations and sponsors and lent a hand where a hand was needed.

Kim Tarnopolski.  I saved our committee chair for last.  The saying goes – saved the best for last.  I saved the hardest worker for last.  Kim approached all of us committee members about two months ago and asked if we would join forces with her to create a fundraising event to help Nancie.  Of course, we all said yes. We didn’t know what we were going to create or how, but we knew this group would figure it out!  Kim was our tireless, fearless leader.  She spearheaded this fundraiser and she coordinated every last detail.  She created spreadsheets and checklists and handled the accounting.  She found and coordinated efforts with the Foothills Golf Course to host the tournament.  She obtained sponsors, donations, press coverage, gift bag goodies, the list goes on.  Everything she did for 2 months contained a Nancie Glanzrock component and you couldn’t be around her without donating something to this event!  She was a dynamo and outworked all of us combined – and trust me, that’s saying something!  This event was such a success because of the Kim’s leadership.  Her husband Rich helped along the way, supported her, perhaps tolerated her on some days, and was a huge help on the day of the event.  Alex, Kim’s daughter, was also a contributor and she had a blast running out the raffle prizes to the winners.

A final thanks to all of you!  None of this would have mattered without you and your involvement.  Thank you for making a difference!  And please, keep paying it forward and making a difference in your community and in the world!

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Today is the day of The Nancie Glanzrock Classic. After months of planning and hard work by our amazing team of volunteers, we are expecting one hundred golfers, and one hundred and thirty lunch attendees. We are very excited to see everyone this morning! Thank you to everyone who has helped to make this day possible!

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Lung cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer in the United State in men AND women.  The Mayo Clinic has a very easy to follow list of risk factors in lung cancer.  To read up on Lung Cancer and how you and your loved ones can reduce the risk of developing lung cancer, please click HERE.

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Our complete list of auction items is now available for you to review. We have some tremendous items available for you to bid on, to view the complete list, click HERE.

For those of you wishing to bid on an item, but are out of town or are otherwise unable to attend the luncheon, fret not! You can still bid on items!

Simply click HERE and E-Mail us with your name, phone number, address, the item number, and your minimum and maximum bid no later than 12:00 AM Saturday Morning PST. We will notify you of a winning bid Saturday afternoon.

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Registration for The Nancie Glanzrock Classic is now closed. We are still taking donations online and stay tuned for information about our auction!

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Time is running out to register to play or join us for lunch at The Nancie Glanzrock Classic! All golf and lunch registrations must be in by July 4th! Register today by clicking HERE.

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Please join us in extending a HUGE THANKS to our title sponsor – ILoveMarketing.com, co-founded by marketing GENIUS Joe Polish. We are thrilled to have your involvement in The Nancie Glanzrock Classic!!!

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Dr. LaBaer of the Arizona State University Biodesign Institute was named a Health Care Hero finalist today by the Arizona Business Journal. Dr. LaBaer has been working on identifying cancer markers, or “genetic fingerprints” or cancer to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of different kinds of cancers. Better diagnosis and testing can lead to earlier detection for cancer, better treatment options, and a higher survival rate. You can read how Arizona State University and Dr. LaBaer are leading the fight against cancer by clicking HERE.

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Taking a slight deviation from the plan of informing everyone about how to reduce their own personal risk factors of certain commonly diagnosed cancers, it is important to to address one of the hot topic news items of the last week: The link between cell phones and cancer.

The World Health Organization (WHO) came out with a study stating that there is a possible link between the radiation emitted from cell phones and brain cancer.  According to CNN and the WHO, cell phones have now been classified as having the same carcinogenic properties as exhaust fumes, however the jury is still out.  It is not the one time use of a cell phone for people to be concerned about, rather long term exposure over a number of years.  As cell phones have only become wide spread over the last decade, the jury is still out as to what the long term effects can be.  However, the study conducted by CNN shows that people who regularly use cell phones over the course of a 10 year period had twice the cases of specific types of brain cancer compared to those who do not use them regularly.

Once again, it is all about lowering your own personal risk factors; use an ear piece, do not hold the phone directly to your ear, be mindful of how many bars you have (the lower the bars, the more energy the phone uses, the higher the radiation).  There is no conclusive evidence about cell phone effects on children, however, conclusions are being made that since that their cells are developing faster, and they are not fully mature, there could be an increased risk.

To read more please see these articles:

WHO: Cell Phone use can increase possible cancer risk

What the WHO cell phone announcement means for you

How far should you sleep from your cell phone?

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