Virtual EVSP Kirk Gibson Golf Classic 2021 Announced

Kirk Gibson 2021 Golf Classic Announcement

We are pleased to announce that in 2021 we plan to hold the virtual EVSP Kirk Gibson Golf Classic once more. This year we raised over $135,000 with over 200 golfers across the United States and Canada.

If you have participated in this year’s event, you will receive a notification early next year with further details and when sign ups are available. If you did not partake in this year’s virtual outing, you can email golf@kirkgibsonfoundation.org to be placed on our mailing list.

You can see some highlights from this year’s Virtual EVSP Kirk Gibson Golf Classic here.

Why EVSP!? Because it’s Everybody Vs. Parkinson’s! Funds raised at the EVSP Kirk Gibson Golf Classic go to support the fight against Parkinson’s Disease.

Detroit News Holiday Cheer for Charity 2020!

holiday cheer for charity logo

The Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s is participating in the 2020 Detroit News Holiday Cheer for Charity program! You can vote for the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s from November 18th through December 2nd – you can vote once per day! The Top 5 charities move on to the final round beginning December 9th and compete for the top prize of $20,000. You can vote here and read more about the program here!

Thank you for your support – any proceeds we raise during this time frame will go to fight Parkinson’s Disease.

Detroit Free Press / TCF Bank Marathon Charity Partner Challenge

Detroit Free Press and TCF Bank Marathon Charity Partner Challenge infographic.

Since the Detroit Free Press / TCF Bank Marathon has gone virtual the marathon planning team has come up with some great unique ways to keep us all connected through everyone’s training! From September 21st through October 19th you can log all of your training miles via the Kilter Rewards app and earn points on their leaderboard to make the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s the #1 team! The winning team gets a $1,000 grand prize donation.

We have a great team so far with some of our charity runners and their friends & families that are keeping up their activity in support as well! That’s right – you don’t have to be registered for the race to participate in this fun challenge. There are also individual prizes as well.

You can sign up and get more details here: https://www.kilterrewards.com/events/detroit-free-press-tcf-bank-marathon-charity-partner-challenge

This event is free to participate – make sure you choose the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s when you join the Detroit Marathon challenge!

Virtual 2020 Kirk Gibson Golf Classic Recap

From August 14-17, more than 200 golfers across the U.S. and Canada played a round of golf to support the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s in the first Virtual Kirk Gibson Golf Classic. Golfers tracked their scores through the 18 Birdies app, and Team Reynolds took first place coming in at 16-under. Team Gibson was tied for second at 11-under.

Over $135,000 was raised to go towards programs for Parkinson’s patients and research grants. Part of those funds came from our online auction which had some great items including a chance to Golf With Gibby, a tour of the New York Stock Exchange, an autographed Clayton Kershaw jersey, and more.

The golf weekend was wrapped up with a Zoom Q&A with Kirk Gibson, our Golf tournament winners, and a few of our participants that were chosen via random lottery. We had some great questions about life, baseball and MSU football.

While we look forward to gathering again in person in 2021, we have had a lot of interest in continuing our Virtual Kirk Gibson Golf Classic next year. If you’d like to be included in future notifications regarding the virtual and/or in-person events, please email us at golf@kirkgibsonfoundation.org.

We thank you for your continued support.

Kirk Gibson & The Kirk Gibson Golf Classic Planning Team