FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Debra Burley or Monica Busby
310-860-7735 Office
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CCGI FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 4TH ANNUAL CELEBRITY GOLF TOURNAMENT, MUAYTHAI
FIGHT, AND CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA
Proceeds will be used to purchase computers and establish technology
learning centers in primary schools in Jamaica
Los Angeles, CA - April 24, 2008.RISARC and the Caribbean Classic Golf
Invitational (CCGI) Foundation is pleased to announce the 4th Annual
Celebrity Golf Tournament and Charity Event to be held June 18th - 22nd in
picturesque Montego Bay, Jamaica. The four-day "vacation in paradise with a
purpose" will feature a full schedule of star-studded events ranging from
the Thursday evening Weigh-in Conference and Culture Night Kick-Off
Extravaganza to the Golf Tournament and MuayThai Fight and Expo on Friday,
concluding with the 2nd Day Golf Tournament and the CCGI Gala Awards Dinner
on Saturday night. Proceeds from the annual event will help make children's
dreams come true, by providing computers to establish much-needed technology
learning centers for primary schools in Jamaica. "We are very excited that
our efforts have already resulted in the delivery of over 500 new Dell
computers to Jamaican primary schools," explains Richard Stephenson, Founder
and Chairperson of CCGI Foundation and RISARC Foundation. "We have received
a number of glowing letters from teachers about how valuable these computers
are to the students. We are pleased that the students are using the
computers as learning tools for research, assignments and projects."
Supporting this fantastic cause is a celebrity guest roster sprinkled with
Olympic champions, famous recording artists, top Hollywood comedians,
actors, writers, and more. The guest roster includes, but is not limited to:
Michael Strahan (NY Giants, 2008 Super Bowl Champion), Anthony Anderson
("Transformers", "The Departed"), Dr. Julius Erving (NBA Legend), Bill
Bellamy ("Any Given Sunday", Host of "Last Comic Standing"), Miguel Nunez,
Jr. ("Kickin' It Old Skool", "Adventures of Pluto Nash", "Juwanna Man"),
Brian Mitchell (Former NFL NY Giants Running Back), Hank Bauer (Former NFL
RB, San Diego Chargers), Tony Siragusa (Former Baltimore Ravens Defensive
Tackle), Jack Ford (TV News Personality), Pepa (World renown Artist: Salt n
Pepa), James Stephens III (Comedian/Actor), Ed Moses (Olympic Swimmer-Gold
Medalist), Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter (Director/Producer/Actor), Richard
Roundtree ("SpeedRacer", "Shaft"), Oba Babatunde ("The Eye", "After The
Sunset"), Dr. Terri-Karelle Griffith(Miss Jamaica World 2005; CCGI
Ambassador), Kiki Shepard ("Showtime At The Apollo"), and many more.
Friday night's schedule of events will feature the highly anticipated
MuayThai Fight with an international line-up that includes: Malaipet Team
Diamond (USA) vs. Yodsanklai Fairtex (Thailand-Current Welterweight
Champion) for the WBC MuayThai World Super Welterweight Championship ,
Lamsongkram Chuwattana (Thailand-Middleweight Champion) vs. Farid Villaume
(France) for the WBC MuayThai World Middleweight Championship, Steve
McKinnon (Australia) vs. Aswin Balrak (Holland) for the WBC Muaythai Super
Cruiserweight Championship, Clifton Brown (Canada) vs. Kaoklai Kannorasingh
(Thailand) for the IKKC MuayThai World Cruiserweight Championship, Germaine
de Randamie (Holland) vs. Julie Kitchen (England) for the IKKC Muaythai
Women's World Lightweight Championship, Manu N'toh (USA-Champion) vs.
Vicente Vielvoye (Holland) for the IKKC Muaythai World Light Heavyweight
Championship, Baxter Humby (USA-Canada) vs. Jiangtao Dong (China) for the
IMTC World Super Welterweight Championship, John Wayne Parr (Australia) vs.
Marco Pique (Holland) for the IKF Muaythai World Middleweight Championship,
Rick Cheek (USA) vs. Patrice Quattron (France) for the IKF Muaythai World
Super Heavyweight Championship, Claudia Vidaurri (USA) vs. Joanna MacEachern
(Australia) for the IMTC Women's Featherweight Bout, Dylan Resnekov
(Australia) vs. Genki Nakamura (Japan) for the IMTC Junior Lightweight Bout,
and Manson Gibson (USA) vs. Edwin Aguilar (Mexico) for the IKF Muaythai
World Cruiserweight Championship.
The mission of RISARC and CCGI Foundation is to collaborate and
focus resources on preparing a new generation of leaders by building a
platform for leadership development and innovative project initiatives.
Proceeds from the tournament will be used to contribute to this mission by
providing computer labs in every primary school in Jamaica and eventually
the entire Caribbean.
For more information on the 4TH Annual CCGI Celebrity Golf
Tournament, MuayThai Fight, and Charity Gala, visit
www.caribbeangolfclassic.org <
http://www.caribbeangolfclassic.org/> and
www.istreamyoustream.com/muaythai.
About CCGI Foundation: The Foundation's mission is to prepare today's young
people to become tomorrow's leaders by building a platform for leadership
development through innovative project initiatives. Foundation works to
'level the playing field' for children from economically challenged
communities in the Caribbean. To achieve its goal, the Foundation has
organized golf tournaments and other charity events, proceeds of which will
be used to establish computer learning centers in the over 400 primary
schools in Jamaica.
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