Greater Lehigh Valley Red Cross to Hold 27th Annual Mid-Summer Charity Golf Tournament on July 27
News Release: June 17, 2009
Contact: Janice Osborne, Director-Communications and Marketing; American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley (610) 865-4400, ext. 262; pager (610) 830-9771

BETHLEHEM, Pa., (June 17, 2009) -- The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley will hold its 27th Annual Mid-Summer Red Cross Charity Golf Tournament on Monday, July 27, at Brookside Country Club in Macungie.

The tournament will begin with registration, continental breakfast and range privileges at 8 a.m., and a shotgun start (scramble format) at 9 a.m. At completion of play, a hot and cold buffet lunch will be served at the club.

Individual player cost is $250. Lunch guests welcomed at $50. Sponsorships are available.

Prizes will be awarded to teams and individuals in various categories. Contest prizes include a new car from Vinart for a hole-in-one; $10,000 for the putting contest; and a four-day, three-night stay at Sandals Grande Ocho Rios Beach & Villa Golf Resort in Jamaica, courtesy of United World Travel Service, for closest to the pin.

Guests can win raffle prizes and bid on silent auction items.

This year's classic sponsors are the Haffner-Trinkle Foundation and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney - The Haddad Group and The Gehman-Yanders Group from the Allentown office.

Proceeds from this long-standing tournament are used to provide local Red Cross disaster relief and lifesaving programs to the greater Lehigh Valley community.

For sponsorship information and reservations contact Chris Detweiler 610-865-4400, ext. 259, or DetweilerC@usa.redcross.org.

The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley serves nearly 690,000 residents of Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties. Last year the Red Cross provided health and safety education training; Lifeline, a personal response service for seniors; and emergency relief to more than 24,000 greater Lehigh Valley residents. For more information about the American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley or volunteer opportunities, call (610) 865-4400 or visit www.redcrosslv.org.