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PHOTOS FROM THE GOLF TOURNAMENT
For Immediate Release
For more information, contact:
Steve Rosa, 703.923.7612 Lara Coffee,
703.923.7608
srosa@sempercomm.org
lcoffee@sempercomm.org
Golf Classic Raises more than $38K for
Sempercomm
High spirits, generous donations help Foundation advance its mission
SPRINGFIELD, VA – September 20, 2006 – With a mild day and a slight breeze,
nearly 100 golfers made the rounds of the SemperComm Golf Classic
tournament at the Fort Belvoir Golf Club in Alexandria, VA, Sept. 15.
Players and their associated sponsors helped raise more than $38,000 to
benefit the SemperComm mission.
“This was a first for us, since our major fundraising event to date has been
our annual Gala, which is in the spring. It’s great that we can have
fun and still help our men and women in uniform,” said Lara Coffee,
SemperComm’s executive director. “Without a doubt, the Golf Classic has
been a big success because we met our fundraising goals. Our players and
sponsors have expanded our ability to offer the ‘SemperComm Suite’ to new
U.S. military bases around the world.”
The “SemperComm Suite” is a package of equipment and services SemperComm
sends to small, remote overseas U.S. military installations that lack easy
ability to keep in touch with friends, family and their lives back in the
United States. The package includes secured communications capabilities, a
satellite dish, televisions, DVD players, movies, computers, and Internet
access, satellite television and VOIP telephone service –- all meant to
boost the morale of military men and women through their ever-expanding
tours of duty.
The big hit of the day was former “JAG” actress Karri Turner who attended
through SemperComm’s major partner, Stars for Stripes. Turner was on hand
to cheer on the participants and help encourage people to give to SemperComm.
“SemperComm and Stars for Stripes is the perfect partnership. I have been
so blessed to be able to visit our troops deployed to really remote
locations throughout Korea, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and many of the other
‘-stans’ since my first tour in 2000. I see first-hand the importance of
providing these wonderful men and women with communications and
entertainment equipment as well as visits by celebrity entertainment. All
of this is so important to the overall morale of our military personnel who
are sacrificing so much to defend our freedoms,” Turner said. “I'll be
going on a Stars for Stripes tour to Southwest Asia this holiday season,
which will be my second trip to that area this year. We're hoping to visit
one of the adopted SemperComm bases while we are on the holiday tour.”
“The Golf Classic brought together a great mix of private citizens, military
personnel, contractors and supporters, all with the idea of making it
possible for our men and women stationed overseas to stay in contact with
their friends and families,” Coffee added. “We’re very happy with the
progress we’ve made.”
About The SemperComm Foundation
The SemperComm Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to supplying
morale-boosting communications and entertainment equipment, software and
services to small, overseas remote U.S. military bases. SemperComm receives
major support from Computer Systems Center Incorporated, a unique
defense-oriented software development company; Stars For Stripes, a
nonprofit that brings celebrity entertainment to U.S. military personnel;
and PC Recycler, an electronics recycling and services company. For
information about SemperComm, visit www.sempercomm.org.
— SemperComm—
NOTE: Printable photos of the SemperComm Golf Classic can be downloaded
from the Media Room on the SemperComm website at
www.sempercomm.org. |
