RALEIGH, N.C. -- On Tuesday, October 4, 2005, area golfers – or people just looking to have fun for a great cause – are invited to join nightly news anchor Bill Gaines and other local celebrities in a very special event to help grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.
The 3rd annual Quintiles Bill Gaines Make-A-Wish Invitational, sponsored in part by UAW-GM, will take place at the Crooked Creek Golf Club in Fuquay-Varina. The event was initiated by the popular local news personality to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina.
Participants in this unique tournament will have the chance to meet the very special children they’re helping to support – a wish child will be playing with each foursome. The event will also feature hole-in-one, putt for cash and closest to the pin contests. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. and a golf clinic for the wish children will be held at 11 p.m.; the shotgun start is at 12 p.m.
One very special girl, Rachel, has been named the honorary wish child for the event. Rachel received a wish to go to the Disney Theme Parks in May 2004.
For more information about the Quintiles Bill Gaines Make-A-Wish Invitational, call the Make-A-Wish Foundation at 919-821-7111 or 800-432-9474.
*This release is also available at www.eastncwish.org
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. Founded in 1986, the chapter serves all medically eligible children who reside in the 49 counties east of the Orange / Alamance county line. The Foundation operates solely through generous donations of individuals, corporations and foundations. We do not receive any funds from the Federal or State government, nor are we a United Way agency. With the help of more than 300 volunteers, including a 12-member Board of Directors, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina has granted more than 1,330 wishes since its inception. For more information please visit us at www.eastncwish.org.
