Fund executives seeking a good cause can tee off at Mutual Funds Against Cancer next month. The Expect Miracles Golf Classic will be held June 2 this year and will raise money for the Jimmy Fund. The event is organized by Frank Strauss, a principal with the Beacon Consulting Group.

Play will take place over two courses at the Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth, Massachusetts. So far, Strauss expects that 270 executives from "dozens of financial firms" will take part in the event. Firms already onboard include Fidelity, Salomon Brothers, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Eaton Vance, John Hancock, JPMorgan Chase, and Confluence.

The fundraising goal is $200,000. The Jimmy Fund providers for cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. It holds 150 charity golf tournaments across the country to raise funds.

"It is tremendous for everyone in the industry," Strauss says. "MFAC has turned into the industry event. There used to be a couple of organizations that ran events during the year, but since the economy got tight, there have been fewer opportunities for those of us in the industry to get together. This golf tournament fills that void."

MFAC is also planning its second Expect Miracles International Wine Extravaganza for November. Last year, more than 300 people attended that event.

"People have really embraced the organization," Strauss says. "They want a way to give back to the community and, unfortunately, so many have been touched by cancer, we are unified by the cause."

This is Strauss' first year running MFAC without Steven Katzin, his right hand man for tournament operations. After helping Sandy Strauss successfully overcome leukemia, and spending a decade working to raise money for cancer research, Katzin died last year from multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer of the blood.

"Steve experienced the fate that MFAC is trying to save others from facing," Strauss said. "His death was an unnecessary reminder of the importance of the work we are trying to do."  

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