The Gateway Tour will be running a Pro-Am Golf Tournament to benefit Sharing Down Syndrome on Monday, Feb. 23rd. The tournament will take place at the Wigwam Golf Resort in Phoenix, with a shotgun start at 1 pm.
Charlie Yandel, Executive Director of Gateway Tour, said, “One of the ways we aspire to serve the communities in which we play is by running Pro-Am tournaments to raise funds for charities.” He went on to urge support for Sharing Down Syndrome through corporate foursome reservations and/or individual sponsorship.
To support the 2009 Pro-Am Golf Tournament to benefit Sharing Down Syndrome:
Corporate foursome including hole sponsorship, $1300
Per person cost, $300
Individual hole sponsor cost, $250
Involvement in the event includes: green fees, lunch, and Tee package (6 golf balls, shirt & hat). All proceeds go to benefit Sharing, a non-profit group of volunteers.
Gina Johnson, founder and president, of Sharing Down Syndrome, a 501(C)(3) charitable non-profit, loves her job. And she doesn’t even get paid. Nobody at Sharing Down Syndrome gets paid. The purpose of the organization is to help families and individuals who have babies with/or love someone born with Down syndrome, and they’re more than glad to do it. Representatives of the group provide parent support in many ways, but one way they make a difference is through new parent welcome folders delivered to all genetic clinics and birthing hospitals providing needed facts and contact information for support to new parents. Gina Johnson mentioned one of her favorite aspects of working with the organization, “…when babies are born and they call, a parent to parent contact goes and smooches on the cute babies. We provide support when they need it.”
The Gateway Tour is a developmental golf tour for professional golfers with aspirations to play the PGA Tour. The company operates in West Palm Beach, Florida, Dallas, Texas, & Phoenix. Currently in their 8th year of operations, Gateway Tour plans to run 75 professional tournaments in 2009. In addition to serving the needs of their professional players, they also aspire to serve the communities they play in by running Pro-Am Tournaments that raise needed funds for local charities.