Clint Hurdle will be honored at annual Birdies for Blessings golf tourney, Thursday, Sept. 24 at Inverness
By Mark Samuelson
The annual Birdies for Blessings Golf Tournament, scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24, at Inverness Golf Club, will feature former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle as master of ceremonies. The tournament is a major fundraiser for the Prestige Miracles Foundation, supporting Denver area families that are battling life threatening illnesses, particularly those involving children.
Becky Kenny, left, 2009 chair of Birdies for Blessings tournament at Inverness, is joined by Leeann Iacino and Jack O’Connor, principals in RE/MAX Professionals. RE/MAX agents are major supporters of the event.
Hurdle, who took the Rockies to a National League championship in 2007, has a 7-year-old daughter with Prader-Willi syndrome, a complex genetic disorder that can have lifelong effects. Major supporters of Prestige Miracles Foundation include agents with RE/MAX Professionals, who launched the charity in 2000 on behalf of one agent’s daughter who waged a successful battle with childhood leukemia. The Childrens Hospital Foundation remains a principal beneficiary of the PMF and of Birdies for Blessings, along with individual families needing financial or other support, often identified by agents and their contacts in the community.
Players can register for $250, to include range balls, a hole-in-one competition, and a benefit dinner following at Inverness Hotel’s Columbine Room, where guests can bid on sports memorabilia and other silent auction items. For the first time this year, the dinner also includes a public auction of some priority items, including a foursome at the very exclusive Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia. Auctioneer will be RE/MAX agent Jim Romano, one of the organizations founders. Dinner tickets exclusive of the tournament are available for $50.
“This is an exceptionally fun tournament to play in, but also one with a lot of heart and a lot of positive effects on the community,” said Becky Kenny, Managing Broker of RE/MAX Professionals’ Castle Pines office, 2009 Birdies event chair. She noted that Prestige Miracles Foundation maintains an exceptionally low ratio of overhead costs, well below 10%, and that 100% of its financial support is spent within the Denver Metropolitan Area.
WHERE: Check-in for the tournament at Inverness Golf Club
PRICE: Hole sponsorships $250, special dinner sponsors ($2500 to $250), auction items welcomed
WHEN: Thurs. Sept. 24, Register 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
PHONE: 303-570-9190 WEB: www.prestigemiraclesfoundation.org
Tags: Becky Kenny, Birdies for Blessings, Centennial golf, Children's Hospital, Denver golf, Douglas County golf, Greenwood Village golf, Highlands Ranch golf, Inverness Golf Club, Prader-Willis syndrome, Prestige Miracles Foundation, PWS, RE/MAX Professionals
