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4TH GO FOR BROKE GOLF TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD AUGUST 15 AT THE BEAUTIFUL PALOS VERDES GOLF CLUB
Space Still Available for Golfers, Prize & Tee Sponsors!
The Go For Broke Educational Foundation is excited to announce the 4th Go For Broke Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, August 15, at the challenging and scenic Palos Verdes Golf Club. The cost per player is $250; all veterans receive a special price of $225. Additionally, businesses and family members of WWII veterans are encouraged to become a tee sponsor, which at $250 per tee, is a wonderful opportunity to honor and pay tribute to the Nisei veterans of World War II. Golfers have a chance to win a Toyota Prius donated by this year’s Hole-In-One sponsor, Toyota Motors, Inc. Deadline to sign up to play is July 29.
The Go For Broke Golf Tournament’s goal is to raise funds for the continuation of the Educational Foundation’s programs: An American Story Teacher Training Program, Hanashi Oral History Program, Visitor’s Center, Resource Center and educational Web site www.goforbroke.org, In addition to tee sponsorships, raffle prize donations are also appreciated.
Format for the golf tournament is Medal play. Registration and buffet lunch begins at 11 a.m. and shotgun start at 1 p.m. Players will also receive a sit-down dinner (starting at 6:30 p.m.) and chances to participate in a raffle drawing for exceptional prizes. Yonex Corporation USA will provide golfers with the opportunity to test out the Yonex Cyberstar PowerBrid driver. All golfers who test the driver will be entered into a raffle to win the driver. Golfers will also get great tee prizes and a special Nike Dri-Fit golf shirt.
The Palos Verdes Golf Club is located at 3301 Via Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates, California. For information on playing or supporting the Go For Broke Golf Tournament, please call Chris Ohama at 310-222-5702 or email chris@goforbroke.org.
The Go For Broke Educational Foundation institutes educational programs focused on the heroism and history of the Japanese American soldiers of World War II, as well as the forced evacuation and incarceration of Japanese Americans and civil liberties issues raised by those events. Currently the Educational Foundation's programs include An American Story Teacher Training Program, Hanashi Oral History Program, www.GoForBroke.org educational Web site, Resource Center, and Go For Broke Monument and Visitor’s Center.
In 1989 Japanese American World War II veterans built the Go For Broke Monument, which would become an eternal tribute to the heroics of the segregated Japanese American units: 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, MIS (Military Intelligence Service) and the many other men and women who served overseas during World War II. The Monument is located in downtown Los Angeles at Temple and Alameda streets. Today, under a new generation, the Go For Broke Educational Foundation continues to carry the torch through educational initiatives to perpetuate this important American story.
