DALLAS – On Monday April 8, over 100 golfers will take a swing at ending global poverty in the seventh annual Dallas Partnership Golf tournament at the Gleneagles Country Club in Plano, Texas. The Dallas Partnership Golf tournament is an initiative of the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) to raise awareness and funds that reduce poverty, hunger, illiteracy and poor health in Africa and Asia.
Dallas’s 2012 golf tournament raised $200,000 and is expected to raise more this year. One hundred percent of all donations and net proceeds from the tournament go directly to projects supported by the AKF USA; not a cent is spent on administration.
The tournament attracts high-level corporate executives, civic leaders and local celebrities. Registration and check-in will begin at 10 a.m. The tournament will begin at 12 p.m. with a shotgun start and hole-in-one contest and newly redesigned game challenge. This year golfers will have opportunities to win prestigious prizes such as a Lexus and a Jaguar at five different hole-in-one contests.
An awards dinner with live and silent auctions will follow the tournament at 5:00 p.m. A strolling magician will entertain guests as they network with fellow golfers during this hour. The highlight of this segment will be a helicopter ball-drop starting at 5:30 p.m. which will give golfers an opportunity to win an Apple package consisting of a MacBook Pro, an iPad mini and an Apple TV. To register, view the tournament schedule, learn more about the event, volunteer, become a sponsor or make a donation, visit www.partnershipsinaction.org/golf.
Golfers participating at this charity tournament help communities in some of the poorest areas of Africa and Asia create long-term, self-help solutions to lift themselves out of poverty. These contributions make a tremendous impact in creating opportunities for girls in Afghanistan to go to school, for farmers in Mali to feed their families, and mothers in India to lead healthy lives.
