Weekley and others, mostly little kids, holed about a 10-yard shot in a chipping challenge at the Travelers "Fan Zone." Each hole-in-one results in a $100 donation from Travelers to the Hole In The Wall Gang Camp charity, started some 25 years ago by Paul Newman.
The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, founded by the late Paul Newman, is just one of the charities sponsored by the Travelers Championship.
Bubba Watson proved to the world and himself that he finally got his emotions on the golf course under control during last year's Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn. Last June, the long-hitting lefty from Bagdad, Fla., won his first-ever PGA Tour event by defeating Corey Pavin and Scott Verplank in a two-hole playoff. The relief of finally getting his maiden win allowed Watson to release those emotions in a proper context, as he dedicated the victory to his parents, specifically his father who was battling cancer.
The Travelers Championship opening ceremonies took place on the first tee at the TPC River Highlands. Tim Beneski spoke about The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp. His four sons attend the camp each summer. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the tournament honorary chairman, also spoke. Beneski hit the ceremonial opening tee shot right down the first fairway.
WEST SUFFIELD -- As soon as Tim and Cara Beneski heard the news on Sept. 26, 2008, they called their sons to "The Island," their king size bed that is haven for family time. "We told them Paul Newman had passed away," Cara said. "They were hysterical, so upset."
Eight-year-old Lily Restivo summoned the courage Sunday to tell her heartwarming story to about 300 people gathered at an annual fundraising event to benefit Paul Newman's summer camp for sick children.
AngelRide gets its name from its inspiration: Angela "Angel" Uihlein. Angel, now 20, was diagnosed with leukemia at 12 years of age and survived due to a life-saving bone marrow transplant.
Local teen Troy "TJ" Bond Jr. became one of the youngest in his karate style to earn his 3rd degree black belt last weekend and will be participating in an annual charity bike ride for his second year in a row this weekend.
NEW HAVEN -- As a youngster undergoing treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Kimberly Babicz experienced magic attending the Hole in the Wall Gang camp for two weeks over two summers.
Travelers Championship Media Day with Timothy Benesky, Chris Berman, Tim Callahan, Chris Dadlez, Nathan Grube, Patrick Kinney, Ray Shedd, and Bubba Watson
The Bombacis plan to donate the festival’s proceeds to several charities based in Connecticut, including the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, founded by Paul Newman for children with cancer, and the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford.
Even before Paul Newman’s dream of The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp became a reality, Greens Farms Academy (GFA) students were hard at work raising seed money to create this haven for children with cancer, sickle cell anemia and other life-threatening illnesses. Twenty-five years and $200,000 later, GFA students once again are gearing up for their annual Paul Newman Hole in the Wall Bike-a-thon scheduled to take place on Friday, May 13 in Greens Farms.
Big billowy clouds pushed across blue skies as a breeze drifted off the lake. Children were laughing and singing. Some were fishing off the dock and along the shore. It was another perfect summer day at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, Conn., in 1989.
For the past three years Arthur Wilkins has participated in AngelRide, raising money to support The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp's Hospital Outreach Program. This program helps bring the spirit of the Camp to hospitalized children in Connecticut and throughout the northeast.
In 1996, when she was 4 years old, Catherine MacLean learned she had aplastic anemia. For seven years, she lived from hospital visit to hospital visit, one transfusion to the next. It wasn't until the summer of 2002 that her world suddenly included what was possible beyond the walls of her illness. She was 11.
There was an emotional moment at Westport’s Greens Farms Academy today as Ro Jeanne Floyd (r) of Woodstock, Conn. thanked students for their support of the Paul Newman-founded Hole in the Wall Gang Camp which has benefited her daughter Jasmin (l, dark sweater). Jasmin, 17, who was diagnosed at age 5 with a rare genetic disorder that affected bone development, attended the camp over a nine-year period until she was 15. The Floyds were on hand as middle school students announced details of the 25th annual GFA bike-a-thon fund-raiser on May 13 in support of the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. GFA students have raised more than $200,000 for the camp since the fund-raiser began in 1988.
During the last few years, fourth grade teacher Donna Quitadamo at Nelson Place Elementary School has been working with her students and parents about reaching out to others. Her class led the way in working with “The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.” This organization was created by Paul Newman and his friends in 1988. The camp is located in the state of Connecticut and has served as a non-profit residential summer camp and year-round center for children coping with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
While most children have the ability to explore the different disciplines of riding and enjoy many aspects of horsemanship at summer camp, some cannot enjoy every component of the camp experience.
Founded by actor Paul Newman in 1988, this camp in the Connecticut countryside hosts more than 1,000 sick children every summer, and serves approximately 15,000 children a year total through its weekend and hospital outreach programs. More than half of these children come from low-income families. Campers are given the opportunity to perform typical camp activities like swimming, hiking, boating, and fishing — all of which are designed to include every camper regardless of his or her illness (there is even a pool designed specifically for children with sickle cell anemia).
The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp was founded by the legendary actor Paul Newman as a place where children with life-threatening illnesses can discover that they, too, can make their mark in the world. Campers do everything from hot-air balloon riding to horseback riding to swimming. If your child is physically disabled consider the famed Hole in the Wall Camp as an excellent choice for them this summer.
