Welcome to our Fundraising Page for Pancreatic Cancer Canada in Honor of Doug
In 2021 we tragically lost Doug Thoman to Pancreatic cancer. Doug was part of the Bento Family since 2004 and made a huge impact on the business, from its humble beginnings in Toronto, rapid growth phase, and maturity into the large North American business it is today. He was a smart, funny, and often “nerdy” guy that was great to work with and a pleasure to be around. We miss him everyday, but his memory lives on with his wife Karin, two boys Jack and Ben, his friends, acquaintances and of course the Bento Family.
Known to many as DT (or the Thomanator) we wanted to find a way to come together every year to honour Doug’s memory and to celebrate the great times we were fortunate enough to spend with him. As a result, last year with the support of the Snowfox Group, we held the first DT Cup golf event. Members of Bento, Snowfox, YO! and Taiko all entered a team and we competed in a virtual tournament in Canada, US and the UK. It was a huge success, raising money for Pancreatic caner research!
Last year saw the second renewal (and first where we could all get together) of the 'Doug Thoman Cup' as Teams from Taiko, Snowfox JFE, YO! and Bento participated over 2 days in North Middlesex playing Golf to take home the DT Cup
The tournament was eventually won by Team YO! led by Group CEO Richard Hodgson and his stellar team who narrowly pipped a very valiant Team Bento led by Glenn Brown. The tournament was played in a fantastic spirit which I'm sure Doug would have really enjoyed and would have made him proud.
This year the third annual renewal of the DT Cup see's us head to LA, California as our Teams once again lock horns to compete for the DT Cup shortly after the IDDBA in Anaheim.
Our aim this year is to raise $10,000 (Canadian) for Pancreatic Research and if we do Glenn Brown, Keith Jackson, Dave Jones and Andrew Siu from Team Bento will dye our hair purple for one week, the support ribbon colour. There is also a promise from Group CEO Richard Hodgson that he was also go Purple for a week alongside a number of the competitors in this years DT Cup which includes Roger Green, David Hampton, Will Human, Derek Lewis, Kevin Alvares, Dan Grantham, Matt Connelly, Michael Hudson, Isaac Lianching and Paul Yi
All donations and contributions are hugely appreciated by Pancreatic Research and Doug' family, let's hit $10k and make sure we turn our a number of our Team Purple for a week!
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