2007 Bank of America Championship Donates $377,500 to Local Charities
More than $4.8 million donated during tournament’s 27-year history
For Immediate Release, November 15, 2007:
CONCORD, MA — The Bank of America Championship, an official event on the PGA TOUR’s Champions Tour and one of only two professional golf tournaments in New England, is donating $377,500 to area charities from the 2007 tournament. This year’s donation to local charities brings the total amount donated over the tournament’s 27-year history to more than $4.8 million.
“As exciting as the tournament is for us, infinitely more rewarding is making these donations each year to local charities to help them ensure the continuation and enhancement of their programs and services,” said tournament director Tracy West. “Our commitment has never wavered and neither has the community’s support for the tournament, which has resulted in a mutually beneficial relationship that grows stronger every year.”
“The Champions Tour promotes the theme of ‘giving back’ to the community, and ‘giving back’ also is a hallmark of Bank of America’s involvement in professional sports,” said Bob Gallery, president, Bank of America Massachusetts. “Philanthropy is among the most important ways we take part in the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.”
Walter Lankau, president of Nashawtuc Charities, which distributes tournament proceeds to non-profit organizations, praised the tournament’s fans, sponsors and especially its thousand-plus volunteers who help to ensure that the tournament continues to realize its historic generosity to local charities.
More than 50 local charities in all will benefit this year from the Bank of America Championship. Those local charitable organizations that traditionally have received donations from the Bank of America Championship and will again this year include: Emerson Hospital; Hanscom Air Force Base—Project Concern; Boys and Girls Club of Assabet Valley; The First Tee of Massachusetts; The Genesis Fund; Concord-Carlisle Athletic Boosters; Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund; Greater Waltham Association for Retarded Citizens; and Lincoln-Sudbury Athletic Boosters. Since coming to Nashawtuc Country Club in 1984, the tournament has donated consistently to about 40 charitable organizations annually in eastern Massachusetts, with a focus on those in the Assabet Valley region.
The Bank of America Championship is the longest running 54-hole event on the PGA TOUR’s Champions Tour and the only Champions Tour tournament played in New England. Top professional golfers who have competed at the tournament would fill a who’s who of golf straddling the alphabet from Tommy Aaron to Fuzzy Zoeller. The twenty-eighth annual Bank of America Championship takes place June 16-22, 2008, at Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord. Tournament information is available at www.bankofamericachampionship.com
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