Golf Tourney To Raise Funds For Lyme Disease Research

Golf Tourney To Raise Funds For Lyme Disease Research

Tee off and support the fight against Lyme disease on Oct. 10 for Lyme Research Alliance’s (LRA) second annual golf tournament at the highly rated and exclusive Stanwich Club. Proceeds from the tournament will again go to LRA to help fund research and ultimately find a cure for Lyme and other debilitating tick-borne diseases. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported recently that 300,000 Americans are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year, and the true count is actually probably much higher,” said Peter Wild, LRA’s executive director. “Last year’s tournament at Stanwich helped us raise over $90,000 to support LRA’s mission to search out and support the most promising research to develop better diagnostic tests, treatments and ultimately a cure.” Read more.