Football stars Griese, Hutchinson host celebrity golf tournament to benefit U-M children’s, women’s hospitals
The second annual “Champions for Children’s Hearts” celebrity gala and golf tournament – presented by Northwest Airlines – will be hosted by Brian Griese and Steve Hutchinson. The event will again benefit the new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Women’s Hospital, and the U-M Congenital Heart Center. The inaugural event in 2007 raised nearly $250,000.
(PressZoom) - The Brian Griese/Steve Hutchinson “Champions for Children’s Hearts” celebrity golf tournament.
WHEN: Sunday, May 18 NOTE: Members of the media are invited to attend between 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: University of Michigan Golf Course, 500 E. Stadium Blvd. in Ann Arbor
For directions to the U-M Golf Course
ATTENDEES: Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Brian Griese; Minnesota Vikings’ Steve Hutchinson; Detroit Lions’ Jeff Backus, Mike Furrey, Scot Loeffler and Drew Stanton; former U-M football coach Lloyd Carr; St. Louis Rams’ James Hall; former U-M football coach Gary Moeller; former U-M quarterbacks John Navarre, Scott Driesbach and Elvis Grbac; St. Louis Rams’ Steve Everitt; College Football Hall of Fame’s Anthony Carter and Tom Curtis; CBS sportscaster Dan Dierdorf; Cleveland Browns’ Braylon Edwards; Seattle Seahawks’ John Randle; Green Bay Packers’ Charles Woodson; U-M head football coach Rich Rodriguez; WJR radio personality Frank Beckmann; and many more.
ABOUT THE EVENT: The second annual “Champions for Children’s Hearts” celebrity gala and golf tournament – presented by Northwest Airlines – will be hosted by Brian Griese and Steve Hutchinson. The event will again benefit the new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Women’s Hospital, and the U-M Congenital Heart Center. The inaugural event in 2007 raised nearly $250,000.
More than 30 celebrity golfers, including several members of the 1997 U-M football championship team, and current and former NFL players and personalities are expected to play on Sunday, May 18 at the U-M Golf Course. Plus, more than 400 celebrity athletes, sponsors and supporters from across the country will be in attendance at a special gala dinner on Saturday, May 17 at Crisler Arena, which will kick-off the weekend event and feature a live auction. Media also are invited to attend the gala.
All proceeds from the event support the care provided at the U-M Congenital Heart Center, and construction of the new $523 million children’s hospital and women’s hospital facility, set to open in 2011. With 1.1 million square feet, the facility will provide a new and larger home for the Congenital Heart Center, and other specialty services for newborns, children and pregnant women. To learn more about the celebrity golf event and the new facility, visit www.mottchildrenshospital.org.
TO ATTEND THE EVENT, PLEASE CALL ( 734 ) 763-4423 BY MAY 16.
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