WE ARE FULL!!!!!!

The 10th Annual High 5 Classic date has been set.  This year’s tournament will be held on Saturday, August 26, 2023 at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester, MN and we are looking for your support.  

The High 5 Foundation is a non-profit foundation in Rochester, MN. For more than 10 years, the High 5 Foundation has devoted its energy to passionately helping young individuals and their families who are struggling with medical conditions. This tournament’s proceeds will be going childhood cancer and also the youth of Rochester who can’t pay for sports equipment. 

Cancer in children can occur anywhere in the body, including the blood and lymph node systems, brain and spinal cord (central nervous system; CNS), kidneys, and other organs and tissues.

Cancer begins when healthy cells change and grow out of control. In most types of cancer, these cells form a mass called a tumor. A tumor can be cancerous or benign. A cancerous tumor is malignant, meaning it can grow and spread to other parts of the body. A benign tumor means the tumor can grow but will not spread to distant parts of the body.

In leukemia, a cancer of the blood that starts in the bone marrow, these abnormal cells very rarely form a solid tumor. Instead these cells crowd out other types of cells in the bone marrow. This prevents the production of:

• Normal red blood cells. Cells that carry oxygen to tissues.

• White blood cells. Cells that fight infection.

• Platelets. The part of the blood needed for clotting.

Most of the time, there is no known cause for childhood cancers. Childhood cancers may behave very differently from adult cancers, even when they start in the same part of the body.