Contour Adjustable Bed Company Sponsoring Golf Tournament to Benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation
Space Still Available for Golfers in Baltimore and Washington, DC Area to Play
Online, September 9, 2010 (Newswire.com) - As part of its commitment to make a significant impact on the community, Contour, the premiere manufacturer of adjustable beds in the United States, is sponsoring the 12th Annual Chad Blum Memorial Charities Golf Tournament to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation on Friday, September 17, 2010. The tournament will be played at The Links at Challedon in Mount Airy, Maryland. Space is still available and golfers from the Washington, DC/Baltimore region are invited to join us for a fun and meaningful day.
Tournament registration opens at 11 am with free range balls for the driving range and putting green. The tournament begins with a Shotgun start at 12:30 pm and finishes with a traditional Maryland Crab Feast and awards banquet. Raffles, prize giveaways, golf contests and golfer goodie bags are all included as part of the golf registration. Officials at the Mid-Atlantic office of the Make-A-Wish Foundation call this tournament the best organized and most meaningful fundraising event held on their behalf every year. Interested golfers can register online at www.chadblumcharities.com or by calling Steve Mowrey at 410-746-9991.
"We look forward to this event every year. It's a great day that we are proud to sponsor," said Jeff Mowrey, Co-Founder of Contour Beds. "Over the years our affiliation with the tournament has helped to raise a considerable amount of money for a very worth cause. The current economic environment makes fundraising for any cause more challenging but we are confident that we will be able to contribute a significant amount to the Make-A-Wish Foundation at the end of the day."
"Thanks to everyone's gracious support over the years, our 'grass roots' charity has donated more than $160,000 to the Make A Wish Foundation, which has helped to grant the wishes of 26 children", stated Steve Mowrey, President of Chad Blum Memorial Charities. "That's truly remarkable! Our hope is to get your support this year so we can grant wishes to at least two children who face life-threatening medical conditions and whose families endure countless hospital visits and overwhelming hardships. You don't have to be a good golfer to play in our tournament, in fact, most of us are pretty average", he added.
The Contour Bed Company has a long standing relationship with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. For the past eleven years the Mowrey family has organized this annual fundraiser, sponsored by Contour, for the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. In 1996, their niece was granted the wish of an all-expense paid week in Disney World with her family. When their step-brother was killed in a car accident the following year the family started the tournament in his name. Contour employees, distributors and business partners across the country support the effort and participate in the tournament alongside friends and family each year.
About Contour Adjustable Beds:
The Contour Adjustable Bed Company offers a modern, upgraded, state of the art line of electric adjustable beds. Our nationwide network of distributors are experts in the business. Our complete line of adjustable beds is available nationwide with service technicians on call in the 48 contiguous states to handle any service needs.
For more information, please visit http://www.contourbeds.com.
About the Make-A-Wish Foundation:
Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. The Foundation's mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish® experience has on children, families, referral sources, donors, sponsors and entire communities. A network of more than 25,000 volunteers enables the Make-A-Wish Foundation to serve children with life-threatening medical conditions. Volunteers serve as wish granters, fundraisers, special events assistants and in numerous other capacities. For more information, or to see how you can help, please visit the website at http://www.wish.org.
About Chad Blum Memorial Charities, Inc.:
Chad Blum Memorial Charities, Inc. is a registered 501 3(c) Corporation created in memory of Chad Blum who passed away in 1997. The charity conducts an annual golf tournament in his name to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation in memory of Alyssa Matus who passed away in 2001 of Hurlers Disease just before her 9th birthday. Alyssa was the very happy recipient of an all expense paid vacation to Disney World through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. For more information, or to make register to play or make a donation, please visit www.chadblumcharities.com.
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