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310-222-5709
3RD GO FOR BROKE GOLF TOURNAMENT TO BE
HELD SEPTEMBER 13 AT THE NEWPORT BEACH COUNTRY CLUB
Space Still Available for Golfers,
Tee Sponsors and More
TORRANCE, Calif. (July 30, 2004) - The Go For
Broke Educational Foundation is excited to announce it is hosting
the 3rd Go For Broke Golf Tournament on Monday, September 13,
at the exclusive Newport Beach Country Club, home of the Senior
PGA Toshiba Classic. The cost per player is $225; WWII veterans
receive a special price of $200. 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.
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, 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 begins
at 9 a.m. and shotgun start at 11 a.m. Players will receive a
barbeque lunch, dinner buffet and chances to participate in a
raffle drawing for exceptional prizes. Golfers will also get great
tee prizes and a new pair of Etonic golf shoes.
The Newport Beach Country Club, which has several holes overlooking
Newport Bay is located at 1600 E. Coast Highway, Newport Beach,
CA 92660. For information on playing or supporting the Go For
Broke Golf Tournament, please call Steff Tamehiro at 310-222-5706
or email golf@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, and Resource Center.
In 1989 Japanese American World War II veterans established the
100th/442nd/MIS WWII Memorial Foundation to build the Go For Broke
Monument, which today is 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 the Little Tokyo district of
downtown Los Angeles at Temple and Alameda Streets.
