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9.20.2006 - 03:02pm ET
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Golf Classic Raises More Than $38K for SemperComm; High Spirits, Generous Donations Help Foundation Advance Its Mission
(CSRwire) SPRINGFIELD, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2006--With a mild day and
a slight breeze, nearly 100 golfers made the rounds of the SemperComm Golf
Classic tournament at the Fort Belvoir Golf Club in Alexandria, VA, Sept.
15. Players and their associated sponsors helped raise more than $38,000
to benefit the SemperComm mission.
"This was a first for us, since our major fundraising event to date
has been our annual Gala, which is in the spring. It's great that we can
have fun and still help our men and women in uniform," said Lara Coffee,
SemperComm's executive director. "Without a doubt, the Golf Classic has
been a big success because we met our fundraising goals. Our players and
sponsors have expanded our ability to offer the 'SemperComm Suite' to new
U.S. military bases around the world."
The "SemperComm Suite" is a package of equipment and services
SemperComm sends to small, remote overseas U.S. military installations
that lack easy ability to keep in touch with friends, family and their
lives back in the United States. The package includes secured
communications capabilities, a satellite dish, televisions, DVD players,
movies, computers, and Internet access, satellite television and VOIP
telephone service -- all meant to boost the morale of military men and
women through their ever-expanding tours of duty.
The big hit of the day was former "JAG" actress Karri Turner who
attended through SemperComm's major partner, Stars for Stripes. Turner was
on hand to cheer on the participants and help encourage people to give to
SemperComm.
"SemperComm and Stars for Stripes is the perfect partnership. I have
been so blessed to be able to visit our troops deployed to really remote
locations throughout Korea, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and many of the
other '-stans' since my first tour in 2000. I see first-hand the
importance of providing these wonderful men and women with communications
and entertainment equipment as well as visits by celebrity entertainment.
All of this is so important to the overall morale of our military
personnel who are sacrificing so much to defend our freedoms," Turner
said. "I'll be going on a Stars for Stripes tour to Southwest Asia this
holiday season, which will be my second trip to that area this year. We're
hoping to visit one of the adopted SemperComm bases while we are on the
holiday tour."
"The Golf Classic brought together a great mix of private citizens,
military personnel, contractors and supporters, all with the idea of
making it possible for our men and women stationed overseas to stay in
contact with their friends and families," Coffee added. "We're very happy
with the progress we've made."
About The SemperComm Foundation
The SemperComm Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to
supplying morale-boosting communications and entertainment equipment,
software and services to small, overseas remote U.S. military bases.
SemperComm receives major support from Computer Systems Center
Incorporated, a unique defense-oriented software development company;
Stars For Stripes, a nonprofit that brings celebrity entertainment to U.S.
military personnel; and PC Recycler, an electronics recycling and services
company. For information about SemperComm visit www.sempercomm.org.
NOTE: Printable photos of the SemperComm Golf Classic can be
downloaded from the Media Room on the SemperComm website at www.sempercomm.org.
Copyright Business Wire 2006
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