20th Annual Gene Filippis Memorial Golf Benefit

June 7, 2004 marked the 20th Annual Gene Filippis Memorial Golf Benefit. The outing is a fundraising effort to benefit two non-profit organizations. This year's beneficiaries are the Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame and Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan.

Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM) will use all donated funds for renovation and expansion of the hospital's existing facilities, as well as a new Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Center in Novi. This recovery center focuses on benchmarking "best practices" in global spinal cord recovery methods and provides highly specialized, expert teams for aggressive rehabilitation of spinal cord injury patients. RIM treats more spinal cord injury patients than any hospital in Michigan and is considered one of the premiere treatment facilities in the world. The new Spinal Cord Recovery Center will be the first of its kind in the U.S.

The Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame's stated mission is to honor Michigan's athletes with disabilities who have demonstrated achievement in sports and are positive role models in the community, as well as to educate the public about sports for the disabled.

We would like to thank all of the sponsors for this year's golf benefit for their support. We look forward to another great event next year!

• Alcos
• American Prosthetic
  Components
• Becker Orthopedic
• Bird & Cronin
• BSN-Jobst
• Camp Healthcare
• Cardinal Health
• College Park Industries
• Cook, Goetz, Rogers &
  Lukey
• DeGroff Orthopedics
• H&H Wholesale
• Hollister
• Home Care Products
• Invacare
• Jerome-Duncan Ford
• K&B Mounting
• Lake Court Medical
  Supplies
• Lason
• Marketplace Corporate
  Promotions
• Medical Mutual of Ohio
• Medco Health Solutions
• Mentor Urology
• Nestle
• National City Bank
• Nova Ortho Med
• O&P Enterprises
• Ohio Willow Wood
• Ossur
• Otto Bock
• Plante & Moran, PLLC
• Potter, DeAgostino,
  Campbell & O'Dea
• Pride Mobility
• Respironics
• Roche Diagnostics
• Space Care Interiors
• Specialized Medical
• Spinal Technology
• Sunrise Medical
• Townsend Design
• U.S. Rehab
• VGM Associates