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15th Annual March Madness Pool

4/3/2017

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As crazy as it is to believe, this year marked the 15th edition of our annual March Madness Pool. What started off with 172 brackets in the first year (most of whom were either Peter's friends or Chris' friends) has grown into a nationwide event that still continues to grow each year. This year's pool saw a record number of brackets in both the Original Pool (481) and the Sweet 16 Pool (330). There were participants from an amazing 25 different states and from 74 different towns in Massachusetts. The 15-year run of this event has raised $44,000 for Peter's Foundation, which is truly an incredible number that has allowed the Foundation to greatly impact the lives of many. The pool’s popularity and success are due solely to the kindness of so many of you, be it through entering a bracket or two (or five!), recruiting friends to play, or giving extra donations along the way. So from the bottom of our hearts, an enormous THANK YOU to everyone for making this event such a success!

This year's Original Pool (and its $1,045 1st Place Prize) was won by Peter's Colgate brother John Blaise. The top 9 finishers received prizes, so also earning hefty amounts were Marie Ribadeneyra, Nicholas Woolf, John Morgan, Lynne Devaney, James Noble, Karen Bergin, Michael Devaney, and John Fleming. The Sweet 16 Pool was won by Jay Legendre, who took home the $530 1st Place Prize. Also finishing in the money were Nancy Volel, John Morgan (who completed the rare double of winning money in each pool), Sean Kessler, Van French, and Jon McDonald. Congrats to all of the winnners, and once again, thank you to everyone for making this year's pool the biggest one yet!

For all information on the pool, including how to play next year and a complete history of the pool, go to the pool's permanent homepage at 
http://pfmffundraiser.weebly.com/​.
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5/20/2025 05:50:15 pm

It is amazing how much growth and impact this March Madness pool has had over 15 years.

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