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Volunteer Opportunities Available For 2008 Ginn Tribute Hosted By Annika
For Immediate Release, February 2008
http://www.ginntribute.com
The Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA has multiple volunteer opportunities available. The $2.6 million event will take place once again at the RiverTowne Country Club in Charleston, S.C., May 26-June 1, 2008.
Those interested in volunteering should go to www.ginntribute.com. For those who would like to register by phone, call volunteer coordinator: Alexa Devine, 843.881.2532, smudevine@aol.com.
The volunteer package is $55 and will include the benefits listed below. It is requested that each volunteer work a minimum of three shifts. Volunteers who work three shifts qualify for a round of golf at RiverTowne Country Club.
*Two (2) tournament golf shirts
*Tournament hat or visor
*Volunteer badge - good for all week
*One (1) Tournament guest grounds ticket - good for all week
*All volunteers who complete three shifts will be eligible to play a free round of golf at RiverTowne Country Club. One shift is considered (4-6) hours.
Volunteer positions are available in the following areas: admissions/will call; walking marshals; media; cart shuttles; scoring; childcare; office administration; standard bearers; corporate hospitality; player and spectator experience; television; greens reporters; player relations; transportation; leaderboards; practice range; walking scorers; water & ice distribution and pro-am duties.
Volunteer opportunities are available for those groups (civic, golf clubs, schools) who would like to volunteer together during the event.
"Volunteering for this tournament is such a fulfilling experience," said Tournament Director Becky Newell. "One can feel a part of something special because of the prestigious host, Annika Sorenstam, amazing facility in RiverTowne Country Club and simply because being involved with the LPGA is rewarding."
The 2007 Ginn Tribute hosted by ANNIKA saw Nicole Castrale earn her first LPGA title. Castrale defeated Lorena Ochoa in a sudden-death one-hole playoff to win the $390,000 paycheck.
About Ginn Resorts
Ginn Resorts is a privately-held resort development and management firm specializing exclusive leisure lifestyle and vacation destination communities. The firm owns and operates communities across the United States and the Caribbean. Headquartered in Celebration, Fla., the firm's principals have more than three decades of experience in creating large-scale, master-planned resorts and recreation-oriented communities. For more information, visit www.ginnresorts.com.
About IMG and IMG Media
IMG is the world's premier Sports, Entertainment and Media Company. IMG is a diversified global business with two major business segments: IMG Sports & Entertainment, and IMG Media. IMG employs over 2,300 people in 30 countries. Forstmann Little & Co. purchased IMG in 2004. IMG Sports & Entertainment includes: consulting services; event ownership and management; fashion events and models representation; licensing; golf course design; client representation in golf, tennis, baseball, broadcasting, hockey, football, European football, rugby, cricket, motorsports, coaching, Olympic sports and action sports. In addition, IMG Academies are the world's largest and most advanced, state-of-the-art, multi-sport training and educational facility, delivering world-class sports training experiences to over 12,000 junior, collegiate, adult and professional athletes each year.
IMG Media, which includes our content production subsidiaries TWI and Darlow Smithson Productions, is recognized as a global leader in the delivery of traditional and new media content and services, with Internet, broadband and mobile expertise, transforming how audiences access and interact with content. IMG Media produces and distributes over 9,000 hours of sports, documentary, docu-drama, entertainment, and popular factual content annually, over multiple platforms across 200 countries, including award-winning television and radio programming. It also represents the broadcast rights to many of the world's premier sporting events and has the world's biggest sports archive with more than 200,000 hours of footage.
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