Thru the Lens: Diversified Project Management, Inc. held its 18th annual MS Golf Classic tournament at the Hopkinton Country Club

Diversified Project Management, Inc. (DPM) held its 18th annual MS Golf Classic tournament at the Hopkinton Country Club. "I'm ecstatic to announce that this past tournament has pushed DPM's combined contribution to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater New England Chapter to almost $600,000.00," said Bob Keeley, president of DPM and member of the MS chapter's board of trustees. "This is DPM's largest annual donation, as a result of the tournament and we are proud to continue to support the mission to end the devastating effects of MS." The sellout tournament was held September 12th. The funds collected from 144 golfers, dinner attendees, sponsorships, sale of raffle tickets, mulligans and the live auction raised $75,000. Cranshaw Construction's team, led by Matt Cataldo, netted the lowest score. The foursome was rounded out by James Koloski, RDK Engineers, Biff Broderick, Peabody Office and Keith Davignon, Vision 3 Architects and finished with an impressive score of 57. The Closest-to-the-Pin was won by The Walsh Companies' Bill Walsh with 11 inches and the longest drives went to Cheryl Gielow of Donahue & Associates and Brian Gubbins of Shawmut Design and Construction. "The Greater New England Chapter serves over 19,000 families in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont who are affected by this unpredictable disease," said Keeley. "We support the National MS Society because they drive research for a cure and they address the challenges of each person affected by MS." "Thanks to the money raised by firms like DPM, there are drugs available today that didn't exist before 1993, and, we'll keep on raising money until the day when no one else has to hear their doctor say, 'you have multiple sclerosis'," said Nancy Dlugoenski, development manager of the N.E. chapter of the National MS Society. Pictured (from left) are: Ronald Cleaves, chief administrative officer, Eastern Insurance Group, LLC; Barbara Heinemann, chief information officer, Eastern Bank; Bob Keeley, president, Diversified Project Management; and Tom Dunn, SVP, director of general services, Eastern Bank. Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body can stop people from moving forward in their lives. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, but teenagers and young children can also have MS; and, there are more than twice as many women as men diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S., and 2.1 million worldwide. Diversified Project Management, located in Newton, MA, Hartford and Stamford, CT, is an independent owner's representative consulting company that specializes in programming, project management, construction administration, FF&E coordination and move-planning services for corporate, education, healthcare, manufacturing and biotech client's construction, renovation and relocation projects.