Football Stars to Support Troops During Super Bowl Festivities

Military support non-profit Soldiers’ Angels will be the designated beneficiary of the annual Franco Harris/Lydell Mitchell Grid Iron Golf Tournament, held during Super Bowl week 2009.

PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Football greats Franco Harris and Lydell Mitchell have selected military support non-profit Soldiers’ Angels as the beneficiary of their 2009 Grid Iron Golf Tournament and Immaculate Reception & Dinner. The event has been conducted at the location of each Super Bowl since 1997 and has resulted in over $180,000 donated to a variety of charitable causes. This year, patriotic Americans are invited to team up with professional athletes, celebrities and entertainers in Tampa for a friendly super-scramble tournament.

The Grid Iron Golf Tournament will be held during Super Bowl week in Tampa at the renowned Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, one of Golf Digest’s Top 75 Golf Resorts in America and home to the PGA Tour’s Transitions Championship each March. The three-day event includes a visit with sports stars to the James A. Haley VA Medical Center, a charitable auction, the Immaculate Reception & Dinner, and the opportunity to sponsor a soldier for the tournament itself.

“Soldiers’ Angels is so honored to have been chosen to be the beneficiary of the Franco Harris/Lydell Mitchell Grid Iron Golf Tournament. The Tournament is a wonderful Super Bowl week tradition and will help us meet our mission that “No Soldier Go Unloved. We are so excited to be a part of this great event,” said Soldiers’ Angels founder and president, Patti Patton-Bader.

Established in 2003 by the mother of two young veterans, nonprofit Soldiers’ Angels is fast becoming one of America’s premiere military support organizations. With an army of volunteers driving the activities of its 30 different teams and programs, the organization supports deployed soldiers and their families, comforts families of the fallen, provides care and support in military hospitals and VA facilities, and much, much more.

Held the night before the golf tournament, the Immaculate Reception & Dinner is a party described as a once in a lifetime experience by the athletes, celebrities and major sponsors in attendance at previous events. Entertainment will be provided by world-renowned jazz vocalist Allan Harris and live painter Eric Waugh.

For more information about sponsorship or participation, please contact Luana Scott at 619-279-5879, or e-mail onparpro@comcast.net.

ABOUT SOLDIERS’ ANGELS

Established in 2003, Soldiers’ Angels is a volunteer-based 501(c)(3) non-profit providing aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, as well as veterans and military families. For more information, see www.soldiersangels.org or call 626-529-5114. Tax ID# 20-0583415

SOURCE Soldier’s Angels