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Veltex Apparel To Sponsor America's Baby Cancer Foundation Fundraiser At Sherwood Country Club October 15

Posted on: Monday, 20 August 2007, 09:10 CDT

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Veltex Corporation (OTC Bulletin Pink Sheets: VLXC) August 20, 2007 - Veltex Apparel CEO Javeed A. Matin announced the company's sponsorship of this year's America's Baby Cancer Foundation's fundraiser golf tournament.

"As a member of ABCF's Board of Directors, I see firsthand the excellent work done by this organization and I am proud to have Veltex Apparel serve as one of the sponsors of this important event," said Matin.

Sherwood Country Club will be the venue for America's Baby Cancer Foundation's, annual Heroes Tour Celebrity Golf Tournament on October 15, 2007.

The event will include golf and tennis followed at 4:30pm by a cocktail reception and charity dinner with auction to benefit America's Baby Cancer Foundation's assistance to families that have children diagnosed with cancer.

Celebrities attending will include Speedfreaks stars Kenny Sargent, Crash Gladys, and Luggnutz as well as NASCAR driver Felix Giles. NFL celebrities will include Kair Dodge, Dave Grayson, Jr., Pete Shaw, Lance Zeno, Aron Talor, Doke Williams, Jim Weatherley, Cephus Weatherspoon, Ben Davidson, Christian Okoye, Dennis Harrah, Mike Lansford, Effen Herrera, Kermit Alexander, Fred Williamson, Jeff Severson and Reggie Doss. Baseball celebrities will include Jose Conseco and Jim Campanis. Extreme Makeover star Dr. Anthony Griffin and The Shield star David Marciano will also be playing

An 'Early Bird Special' discounted registration will be available through September 5th for the full event. Reservations for the golf tournament and the evening charity dinner may be made online at http://www.babycancer.org/ or by calling Phillis Lane at 714-655-4431.

For those wishing to attend only the cocktail reception, charity dinner and auction tickets may be purchased anytime for $148 per person. Auction items will include two 4-wheel Yamaha ATVs, a full set of irons from American Ironwoods, a 10-person vodka tasting party from Kettle One, a Ron Wood signed collectable art print valued at approximately $8500, a Prince Charles signed collectable art print valued at approximately $15,000, a threesome at Santa Ana Country Club, a collection of Madam Alexander dolls, and assorted sports memorabilia.

Limited sponsorship opportunities are still available for corporations wishing to support the work of America's Baby Cancer Foundation.

About America's Baby Cancer Foundation:

America's Baby Cancer Foundation is a California 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that serves families that have children with cancer throughout the United States and foreign countries.

Since its founding in 1999, ABCF has been building support and connections with some of the leading experts in Pediatric Cancer as well as establishing strong relationships at Southern California's major children's hospitals:

-- Miller Children's Hospital of Long Beach -- UCLA-Mattel Children's Hospital -- Kaiser Permanente of Bellflower -- Kaiser Permanente of Downey -- Fountain Valley Hospital -- UC Irvine University Children's Hospital

ABCF's fundraising proceeds go to fund medical and personal needs of the young cancer patients and their families, many of whom sacrifice everything to fight against this terrible disease. Foundation Directors and Volunteers work with needy families screened and referred to ABCF by hospital social workers. The Foundation's task is to work with these families, helping them keep their insurance payments and other expenses current, providing transportation and other such assistance as needed, using our advocacy work as a venue for collecting information and resources for our extensive online library, and most recently to fund treatments in UCLA's experimental brain cancer vaccine program.

-- A $1000 donation will pay 25% of the annual financial needs for a family that has a child with Wilms Tumor. -- A $1000 donation will pay insurance and pharmaceutical co-payments for a month for a 4-year-old who needs a second liver transplant. -- $825 a month will pay medical insurance for a single mother who lost her job last February just after her child was diagnosed with multiple brain tumors. -- $10,000 will provide financial assistance for a family who must cover funeral expenses to bury a child. -- $25,000 will pay for continued treatment for a child with leukemia, after his bone marrow transplant. -- $500,000 will pay for a bone marrow or stem cell transplant for a child with Leukemia. About Veltex Apparel and Veltex Corporation

Veltex Corporation (OTC - VLXC), headquartered in City of Industry, California, with distribution centers in the USA and Canada and with factories in Bangladesh, is a rapidly expanding vertical manufacturing and import/export company. It designs and manufactures Brand named apparel and caps for the promotional products industry as well as the retail trade. It manufactures high quality custom Headwear for a variety of labels and specialized textiles primarily for use by manufacturers of automobile interiors, upholstery for furniture manufacturers, and ready to wear garments. It specializes in denim, microfilament, velvet, twill, canvas, duck and pinpoints oxford fabrics.

Veltex Corporation is committed to providing superior apparel and textile products to the world at the lowest possible price and with delivery times superior to any in the industry.

Veltex Corporation

CONTACT: Veltex Apparel, +1-909-595-1977, Fax, +1-909-595-1969

Web site: http://www.veltexcorp.com/http://www.babycancer.org/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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