MUSIC: NATIONAL JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES $100,000

September 11, 2007

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NATIONAL JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES $100,000

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On Monday August 27, 2007 golfers from across Toronto gathered at the prestigious St. George?s Golf and Country Club in Toronto, Ontario to participate in the Third Annual National Junior Golf Academy Invitational Golf Classic.? Thanks to generous donations made by the corporate sector, close to $100,000 was raised at the event.? Ten Canadian Tour professionals were in attendance at the event and presented the NJGA a cheque for $10,000 raised through their ?Birdies For Kids? program.? Proceeds raised at the event will be used for the ongoing development and future expansion of the National Junior Golf Academy, a unique weekly program that uses golf as a force for good, with the rules and etiquette of the game instrumental in helping inner city youth develop life skills.

Great weather and an immaculately maintained golf course aside, the highlight of the day?s events came that evening when past PGA great Calvin Peete delivered a heartfelt speech reminding the participants that the day was not only about golf but was about giving inner city children an opportunity to reach for their dreams.

The National Junior Golf Academy was launched at the Driftwood Community Center in the fall of 1999 by local Toronto businessman Kingsley Rowe.? The program is designed to reach across the Greater Toronto area.? The NJGA is a volunteer non profit organization that has established a program in which inner city youth learn the life lessons of integrity, respect, honesty, decorum and etiquette through the rules of golf.

Media Contacts: Kingsley Rowe (905) 825-0997or (416) 471-7693? njga@sympatico.ca