Lucien Piccard Watch and ‘Ladies Day at Pebble Beach’ Top Golf Education Fundraiser
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., October 11, 2006 ï?¾ With the bidding ending on Sunday, October 15, the online auction for the Executive Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) Foundation has entered its final days at a heated pace. Leading bid-getters include a five-night Pebble Beach golf package, a Lucien Piccard Ladies "Fairways" watch plus other "stay & play" golf getaways, sports memorabilia, golf related items and more at www.ewgafoundation.cmarket.com
The online auction is raising funds for the EWGA Foundation’s golf education and leadership development programs. Curriculum developed and funded through the foundation benefited over 2150 women who participated in EWGA education sessions in 2006, the first full year for the program.
"This online auction helps us continue to fund golf education initiatives and leadership development programs to benefit women of all ages," says Karen Furtado, president of the EWGA Foundation Board of Directors. "Anyone can bid on these fabulous items and their contributions will be helping others, too."
"Ladies Day at Pebble Beach", donated by JC Golf and Spa Tours is a $7000 package for two on Jan 6-10, 2007 that includes ocean view accommodations and rounds of golf at Spyglass, Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach and the Pebble Beach Par 3. Other auction items include 2007 tickets to the Solheim Cup, Ritz Carlton Golf Getaways, packages to the Cayman Islands and Kiawah Island, jewelry, an autographed NHL jersey, NASCAR Brickyard 400 Experience to Natural Golf DVDs and an Hole-In-One Pilates Golfer Clinic for 10.
The EWGA Foundation is a 501© (3) not-for-profit organization formed in 2003 and supported by the Executive Women’s Golf Association. Its mission is to develop premier golf education and leadership development programs for women of all ages.
The EWGA Foundation and EWGA Chapters throughout the country annual contribute more than $500,000 to a wide range of national and local charities including LPGA-USGA Girls Golf, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and numerous others.
Since the EWGA was started in 1991, more than 80,000 women have benefited from membership in the organization which is dedicated to providing opportunities for women to learn, play and enjoy the game of golf for business and for life. The EWGA is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and has 120 chapters throughout the US. For more information see www.ewga.com.
Contact:
Angie Niehoff
Niehoff Marketing Associates
561-868-0297
niehoff@bellsouth.net
