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Alto-Shaam Golf Outing Raises $135,000

oodservice equipment manufacturer team of researchers committed to curing in the state of Wisconsin.
FAlto-Shaam is donating $135,000 blood cancer, specifically non-Hodgkin’s “Our family takes pride in follow-
to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s lymphoma.” ing Jerry’s steps, and it’s an honor to
Wisconsin chapter following its ninth Since the event began, Alto-Shaam know how Jerry’s legacy for innovation
annual Jerry Maahs Memorial Golf has raised more than $620,000 for cancer continues by funding these researchers,”
Outing, which was held on Saturday, research. Each golf outing includes a said Steve Maahs, Alto-Shaam’s chief
Aug. 12, at the Ironwood Golf Course dollar-for-dollar corporate match for the operating officer and president – and
in Sussex, Wis. Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The Jerry’s son. “It’s been fulfilling to support
Each year, the event brings together Jerry Maahs Memorial Golf Outing re- a team dedicated to curing non-Hodgkin’s
employees and partners to memorialize mains the largest third-party fundraiser lymphoma.”
Alto-Shaam founder Jerry Maahs, who
passed away from non-Hodgkin’s lym-
phoma in 2006. The company started
the annual golf outing to support the
search for a cure for this blood cancer.
Alto-Shaam’s donation supports a
research grant honoring Maahs. The
grant supports a portfolio of research
dedicated to advancing treatments for
the disease.
“The success of this event says a lot
about Alto-Shaam, the employees, the
corporate leadership, its vendors and
business partners, and the man who
Jerry Maahs was,” said Karen Ropel,
development director of the Leukemia
& Lymphoma Society’s Wisconsin chap-
ter. “This contribution is supporting a

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