All proceeds benefit the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund
The annual Bowl for Ronnie Celebrity Bowling Party on November 14th raised over $70,000 for the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund. The event officially sold out in advance and featured host Eddie Trunk with Vinny Appice, members of Warrant, Gilby Clarke, Cinderella’s Fred Coury, and many others.
The first-place celebrity team includes Trunk, Matt Duncan, Jerry Dixon, and Scott Courtwright. Second place was tied between the celebrity team of Marty O’Brien, Marc Ferrari, Brian Tichy, Regina Banali, Howie Simon, and Clarke and Richie Kotzen, Julie Lage, Zack Ward, Abby Gennett, Brett Scallions, and Phil Buckman. Third place went to Tim “Ripper” Owens, Stoney Curtis, Doug Burgess, Dann Koker, and Scotty Ludwig.
The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund was formed in memory of the legendary rock singer Ronnie James Dio, who lost his life to gastric cancer in 2010. A privately funded 501(c)(3) charity organization dedicated to cancer prevention, research and education, the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund has already raised over $2 million in its history. Monies raised have been committed to the cancer research work of the T. J. Martell Foundation for Cancer, AIDS and Leukemia Research, the gastric cancer research unit of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where Ronnie was treated for gastric cancer during the last six months of his life, and other cancer research projects. Since 2016, the Dio Cancer Fund has committed funds to support the research of Dr. David Wong and his team at the UCLA School of Dentistry in developing a simple, non-invasive saliva test for the early detection of cancer, which is in keeping with the Fund’s mission of cancer prevention, research and education.
