Run NYC With A Friend: Save $500!

FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY: Team McGraw is making available this special opportunity to run with us in the ING New York City Marathon on November 1, 2009.  RESERVE YOUR GUARANTEED SPOT TODAY for this landmark event and receive $500 off your fundraising minimum by referring a friend to join you in this athletic adventure.

Funds raised benefit the Tug McGraw Foundation and our mission to support quality of life brain tumor research.

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Tug McGraw SURF Scholar heads to MD-PHD Program

The Tug McGraw Foundation board of directors and honorary chairman Tim McGraw would like to congratulate Mayo Clinic’s 2008 Tug McGraw SURF Scholar, Christine Tieu and share with our readers a special note from our friends at Mayo in response to Christine’s acceptance.

"Christine, the Tug McGraw SURF student who worked under Bob Jenkins in the lab and me in the Clinic, has been accepted in the MD-PhD program at Mayo Medical School and will arrive on campus next month. I had Christine meet Jennifer at last year's SNO. They certainly played a big role in launching this young woman's career. Brian Patrick O'Neill, M.D.

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June 1, 2009 - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Join Senior Military for Country United: Advancing medicine from the Frontlines to the Homefront-Symposium Registration Now Open and Gala Tickets Now on Sale

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) and the Tug McGraw Foundation (TMF) today launched Country United: Advancing Medicine from the Frontlines to the Homefront, a two-day event comprised of the Partnership for Military Medicine Symposium and the Country United Gala. The events will take place on November 6 & 7, 2009, in Washington, D.C.

Country music stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will co-chair Country United in support of our nation’s wounded warriors. Symposium registration and Gala tickets are both available at www.countryunited.org. Country United is on Facebook and Twitter and may be found by searching for “Country United.”

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May 21, 2009 - Tim McGraw Steps Up to the Plate with ESPN's John Kruk for the Tug McGraw Foundation

On May 2nd, despite the rain, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, John Kruk, and youth baseball players Stepped Up to the Plate for the Tug McGraw Foundation. Brad Warren of the Warren Brothers and chair of the tournament, described the event as no longer a baseball tournament, but a "swim meet!" Players, coaches,and families, including country singer Keith Anderson helped make lemonade out of lemons by moving the rained out tournament from Nashville's Music City Fields to Franklin's Showtime Sports Academy. There teams barbequed, played games, danced with both Gnash and Ozzie from the Predators and the Nashville Sounds. The teams then took to the indoor field and sat down for a Q&A with Tim, Faith, John Kruk and young brain tumor survivor Miss Mackenzie.

Click here to hear Tim share with ESPN his own experience as a youth athlete in baseball and what he delivered in addition to the game ball in Game 3 of the 08 World Series!