The November All-In Poker Tournament, presented by New York Life, helped to raise over $10,000 for BBBSLI. 100 tournament players came down to a final table of ten around midnight, including Board Member Dan Greenberg. Congratulations to Jeff Pinsky for taking third place. Craig Sanders left with second place, and first place winner Keith Lavitt left with the Grand Prize trip to Las Vegas!

Thank you to all sponsors: Presenting Sponsor New York Life and Table Sponsors- American Land Services, Center for Wealth Preservation, CHIPS Technology Group, Mark Grossman, Iron Cove Partners, The Merrick Madmen, One Source Document Management, Steve Madden, The Whitmore Group, Ltd., and MSW Travel Group for donating the grand prize.

Mark Cox, Chief Development Officer of BBBSLI, along with William Whicher, President’s Council member for BBBSLI, and Michael Mone, BBBSLI supporter, ran the ING NYC Marathon on November 6th for charity, benefiting the mentoring program of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island.

Together, they raised $33,000 in support of mentoring.

“The NYC Marathon was one of the greatest challenges and accomplishments of my lifetime,” said Mark Cox. “I am proud to have crossed the finish line in support of our agency’s mission as well as have done it with both William and Michael. They are dedicated to the mission of BBBSLI and their efforts were tremendous.”

Mark Cox completed the marathon in 05:06:15, William Whicher in 04:04:07 and Michael Mone in 04:20:40.