Golf Cart, Trips, Special Event Tickets & More Offered to Raise Funds for EWGA Foundation Programs
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., October 24, 2008 The EWGA Foundation has launched its annual online auction to help ‘pay it forward’. A wide array of “stay & play” golf getaways, unique event tickets, golf related items and more await bidders in this online auction which runs for just 10 days, ending at 5 pm on Sunday, November 2. Click on the auction button on the EWGA website at www.ewga.com, or copy and paste the following link http://ewgafoundation.cmarket.com .
Choose from a Club Car Golf Cart valued at over $7,700 to tickets for the 2009 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Bid on a chance to play in the Pro-Am at the 2009 LPGA Corning Classic or a three day package of instruction and golf at the ANNIKA Academy at Ginn Reunion Resort. From a Broadway theatre package to a Margaritaville Frozen Drink Machine, premium seats for a WNBA game, priceless Solheim Cup memorabilia, and a Scotty Cameron putter with a year’s supply of Titleist NXT golf balls, the EWGA Foundation online auction offers something for everyone, plus easy-to-use online tools to track your favorite items and watch the bidding action.
“This online auction is open to everyone – EWGA members and non-members alike, worldwide -and offers fabulous items to engage people in supporting our cause,” says Sandy Cross, president of the EWGA Foundation Board of Directors. “Our golf education initiatives and leadership development programs benefit women of all ages. Programs such as our Women On Par™ scholarship and Drive for Dreams initiatives demonstrate our on-going commitment to ‘pay it forward’ and help more women pursue their dreams and achieve their goals.”
The EWGA Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization, a separate legal entity 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. Initiatives include the development of a golf education curriculum, Drive for Dreams outreach program to ‘give the gift of golf’, ‘Women on Par™’ scholarship to provide financial assistance to nontraditional female students, and the annual “EWGA at the U.S. Women’s Open” charity event to benefit LPGA-USGA Girls Golf.
Since its founding in 1991, the EWGA has touched the lives of more than 85,000 women by providing opportunities to learn, play, and enjoy the game of golf for business and for life. This not-for-profit association delivers a wide range of golf, social and networking activities to nearly 20,000 members at over 125 local chapters throughout the United States and international chapters in Canada and France. The EWGA is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. For more information about the association and its membership, visit www.ewga.com
Contact:
Angie Niehoff
Niehoff Marketing Associates
561-868-0297
niehoff@bellsouth.net
