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VERSUS
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CRUSH Golf & Barbecue Festival
The Golf Tournament portion of our 2009 CRUSH GOLF & BBQ FESTIVAL has officially sold out! Advance tickets to the BBQ Festival are now available at H2, The Sandy Butler, Bistro 41, The Sandy Parrot, Sweet Melissa's, Artistic Deli, Rumrunners, The Joint and of course, The Edison. Get your tickets early. At ONLY $25 per person, this 7-Chef Extravaganza is destined to be THE event of the summer!
On Saturday, June 27th, CRUSH is planning an outrageous day of golf, cocktails and BBQ with a portion of the proceeds to benefit Blessings in a Backpack. The Edison Restaurant on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers will be hosting the extravaganza with golfers battling it out on the Fort Myers Country Club course. The four-man scramble, shotgun start tournament will begin at 12:30. The Edison will kick off the party early with live music, multiple bars and guest chefs including Harold Balink, Todd Johnson…. The plans are being drawn up now and all the details will be spelled out in the June edition of CRUSH. The cost for the tournament is $320 per team / $80 per player. Hole sponsorships are also available for $100. Sign-up will begin May 1st and the tournament will be limited to 18 teams. Call John for more details at 239.292.7659.
Blessings in a Backpack was started in 2005, in Louisville, Kentucky. Founder Stan Curtis felt that by providing nourishment to less fortunate children within the public schools system, he could remove one of the obstacles in their path to learning. Blessings in a Backpack has now grown to service over 50 schools across the U.S. The program provides, through a “network of volunteers and school officials” a backpack filled with nonperishable, easy to prepare foods for underprivileged children to take home for the weekend. Items such as peanut butter, macaroni and cheese, rice, pasta, and dry cereal are provided through donations from private citizens and discounts from supermarkets. All students served are recipients of the national Free and Reduced Meal/Lunch program and enrolled in K-5 in Title 1 public schools. Most of these children are from single parent families or families classified as “working poor” who are employed but do not earn a substantial income. A donation of only $80 feeds one child in the program for a full school year and is tax deductible. “Better test scores, improved reading skills, positive behavior, improved health and increased attendance” have all been attributed to this worthy program.
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