Pine - Fall 2015 - (Page 4)
COVER
LINKS
FEATURED
Q&A
CONNECTIONS
SPOTLIGHT
INVESTMENT IN SUCCESS
Swinging for Scholarships with Christopher's Cup
When their friend Christopher
want to find a way to give back
Freeman, '01 BS, was diagnosed
to students and acknowledge
with Hodgkin lymphoma as a
our friend."
student, Landen Lunsway, '00
On Nov. 7, the 7th Annual
BS, Paul Peterson, '00 BS, Jake
Christopher's Cup Golf Tournament
White, '01 BS, Wes Pudwill, '00
will be held at Orange Tree Golf Club
BA, Erik Rasmussen (attended)
in Scottsdale, Ariz. Sponsorships
and George Yogurtian, '01 BS,
are currently available to help reach
didn't realize how much it would
this year's event goal of $15,000
impact their lives or
and total annual fundDownload a
the lives of others.
raising milestone
registration/
After Christopher
of $25,000.
sponsor form
passed away in 2003,
As a student,
for this year's
they established
Freeman was a
tournament.
the Christopher G.
Gold Axe Award winFreeman Tribute
ner, founding father of
Learn more
Scholarship. Each
Delta Tau Delta fraterabout the
year, the group hosts
nity, and local president
Christopher G.
a fundraiser to supof the Association of
Freeman
Tribute
port gifts for students
University Residence
Scholarship and its Halls (now Residence
whose lives have been
impact on students Hall Association),
impacted by cancer.
on the group's
What began as
representing NAU on
Facebook page.
casual barbecues and
campus as well as at
bowling outings has
national events. Today,
since grown into Christopher's Cup, his legacy lives on with a new genan annual golf tournament that
eration of Lumberjacks.
raised nearly $10,000 last year.
"We've been persistent with this,
"I've been able to stay connected and though we've struggled along
and give back to the university in a
the way, it's grown to be something
very personal and meaningful way, so much bigger," Lunsway says.
and the NAU Foundation staff has
"It's powerful to know that after a
helped us craft what we wanted
lot of work and energy, it's grown
to do," Peterson says. "We came
into something much larger than
to them with an idea and said we
we could have imagined."
To receive information about setting up a scholarship, email the
NAU Foundation at advancement@nau.edu or call 928-523-2012.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pine - Fall 2015
Links: Alumni Board & President
Links: Homecoming Parade / Yellow Bikes
Links: Christopher's Cup
NAU Campaign
Featured: Raising Arizona
Q&A - Dr. Harry Wolf
Connections
Remembered
Spotlight - Athletics Hall of Fame
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