On July 18, 2013, Baltimore’s 5th Southside Cup Invitational Tennis Tournament was held in honor of Cara Becker at the Woodholme Country Club. The tournament, organized by Jill Becker, Jodi Brodie, Pam Gillin, Elyse Jacob and Karen Philippou, drew 30 local women to participate. Despite record setting heat, with temperatures soaring to 100 degrees and a lightning show, the ladies challenged one another on the courts for more than two hours. There was a fantastic mix of camaraderie and competition….

Last night we had one of our final tastings for Cara’s Cheesebombs, a delicious cheesy and crunchy cracker that is also gluten-free! Inspired by the classic taste of the “Cheez-it” she so enjoyed before her transition to a gluten-free diet, Cara sought out to develop a gluten-free cracker that would “explode” with flavor. To our excitement when we compared Cara’s Cheesebombs to other crackers we learned how they had a great crunch, delicious cheesy taste and our nutritional profile was so much healthier!…

On June 23rd the Woodholme Country Club held a Tennis Pro-Am event to benefit Karma for Cara and it was a GREAT success! The total amount raised was $5,295! Not even the stormy weather could stop everyone from coming out and supporting us! There were 60 players and professionals that participated.

We have so many people to thank including Jodi Brodie and Dara Schnee for organizing the tournament, Claude England who arranged the professional tennis players to come out and play, Woodholme Country Club for hosting our event, the talented and charismatic pro’s that donated their time, all the volunteers working the tables and selling t-shirts, and everyone who came out to play and support us!…

First, thank you to everyone who has been so kind to us for so long. It has been so heartening to read beautiful notes and emails, as well as to speak to so many. It has helped so much.

What has happened so far this year? Back in the spring we had some excitement and heard that Jake had been accepted to UNC. He will be visiting UNC for orientation in July and heading to Chapel Hill as a freshman in August….