Brackets are Here!

We have the brackets for the Men's & Co-ed's game available now! We are so excited because we officially have 12 men's teams & 4 co-ed's teams. To put this into perspective, we had 11 teams total last year!

• Click here for the Men's Bracket
• Click here for the Co-Ed's Bracket

Here is some basic info about the tournament:

• First Men's game starts at 9am
• First Co-Ed's game starts at 10:30am
• $5 minimum donation at the gate (Players, Under 18 & Volunteers free)
• Bojangles & Owen's Bagel & Deli are catering (all proceeds will benefit TLPF!), so please bring cash to purchase any food & drinks throughout the day
• Tournament is at Renaissance Park Athletic Complex at 1200 W Tyvola Road, Charlotte NC

Thanks again to all of you for helping us get closer to our fundraising goal of $50,000 in 2008! We'll see you Saturday!

Coming Soon!

We are only days away from our softball tournament, & we wanted to let all of you softball players know that the brackets will be announced SOON! (as early as today)

Please check back here or on our website often to see if the brackets have been posted. We will also contact all of our teams via email.

We are so excited about the tournament this year - it's already bigger & better than our first one - & that is thanks to all of our supporters' hard work!

THANK YOU!

It's Not Too Late!

We are still accepting teams for the May 3, 2008 softball tournament!

Please send us an email to sign up today! Registrations will be accepted thru April 29, 2008.

Don't miss out on this great event! We are still in need of both men's & co-ed's teams. You can check out our website for more details.

We hope to see you there!

Luke, The Radio Star!

The interview with Allen went really well yesterday! Luke did a great job talking to Allen about what life has been like for him since his aneurysm was first diagnosed. Luke also talked about the lifestyle changes he has had to make and what he misses most. Allen also focused on all the May 3rd tournament details to help us reach more people!

Tune in to 95.1 or 104.7 on April 20th & 27th from 6am-7am to hear the interview! You don't want to miss it!

Luke, we're proud of you! Allen, THANK YOU!

Hitting the airwaves!

We are so excited to announce that WBT, our Official Media Sponsor of the May 3rd softball tournament fundraiser, is now airing 30 second promos about the tournament on their radio station! They are helping us reach so many people with the information about our fundraiser!

We also have some other exciting radio news! A local Charlotte radio DJ, Allen, from Kiss 95.1 is conducting an interview with Luke & the Foundation today! The interview will air on April 20th & 27th from 6am-7am. Kiss 95.1 will air it on one of those dates, & 104.7 will air it on the other Sunday.

It's early for many of you in the Charlotte area, but maybe while you're sipping your coffee you'll remember to tune your radio to 95.1 or 104.7 & listen in!

The interview itself will be approximately 30 minutes long & will give us a chance to discuss the tournament, Luke & the Foundation in length. You don't want to miss it! Allen interviewed us last year & really helped us educate people on why we do what we do! Thanks again, Allen!

Matters of the Heart

We recently found this video that was done by the Methodist Hospital & the Kahle family after Tyler Kahle died from an undiagnosed thoracic aortic dissection at the young age of 19.

Luke Pier was fortunate because of his family's persistance that the doctors run more tests than just a basic electrocardiogram (EKG) & blood pressure test - that all came back normal. The insistence that more tests be run is what found Luke's aortic aneurysm, so this story really hit home for us.

• CLICK HERE to view the video about Tyler Kahle's story. It is approximately 20 minutes long, but it will really shed some light on aortic dissection and the importance of being diagnosed as early as possible.


• You can also CLICK HERE to read more about this story & the genetic studies Tyler's death prompted.


• In addition to the video & the Methodist Hospital website, here is a compilation of Pulitzer Prize-winning articles by two Wall Street Journal writers titled "Deadly Discrepancy: New Light on Aortic Aneurysms".

We encourage you to educate yourself on the signs & symptoms or aortic dissection!