Where the Golf Classic Started –
Inspiring Millions Since 1995

As parents, we do whatever we can to support, nurture and encourage our children. For Jim and Marilyn Opp that was certainly true.

When their daughter, Terri, developed heart issues at a young age, they sought care, treatment and answers to the heart disease that plagued their daughter throughout childhood and into adulthood. They encouraged Terri to approach her challenges with a positive, can-do attitude, and she did. Despite numerous surgeries and treatments, Terri eventually was listed on the transplant list for a new heart. A heart which did not come in time to save Terri’s life.

Even though a transplant wasn’t meant to be for Terri, she was able to be a tissue and eye donor, offering hope and healing to someone else.

For more than twenty-four years, Jim and Marilyn, along with their family and friends, old and new, have been steadfast in their determination to create a world where no one need wait for a life-saving organ transplant. Through sharing Terri’s story and the facts about organ donation, they have helped increase awareness and encouraged countless individuals to check the box. Since that time, millions of people have registered their decision and checked the box to save lives.

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