Christian Okoye Foundation To Host Celebrity Golf Tournament At Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
The Christian Okoye Foundation will host a celebrity golf weekend at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas on April 22nd thro 24th 2005 . The Okoye Golf Classic will be a fundraiser for the Foundation and feature golf at the exclusive Cascata.
“(PRWEB) February 11, 2005 -- My Foundation will host a celebrity golf
weekend at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas on April 22nd thro 24th 2005. Proceeds will
to go to kid related activities,” states Christian Okoye, former All-Pro running
back for the Kansas City Chiefs.
“The weekend includes 2 nights stay at
the fabulous Caesars Palace, private VIP Reception, a round of golf at the very
exclusive Cascata with a celebrity followed by dinner.”
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information please go to http://www.camelotmarketing.com/co_golf_cp/entry.html or call
call 909 987 1233.
“Caesars is the best-known casino resort in the world
and the flagship of the industry’s most powerful brand so we are very excited
about working with them on this fundraiser. We could not have wished for a
better partner.”
Caesars Palace recaptures the glory that was Greece and
the grandeur that was Rome in an 85-acre destination resort that continues to
set the standard for excitement and luxury.
Cascata, the exclusive
desert golf club owned by Caesars Entertainment, Inc., has been named by Golf
Magazine as one of the top 20 golf courses built in the United States since
1959. The magazine gave the course the top rank in Nevada.
“We have also
received a tremendous response from all invited celebrities including Eric
Dickerson, Marcus Allen and Marshall Faulk,” concludes Okoye.
About The
Okoye Foundation
Education. Ideas. Sports. The primary mission of the
Christian Okoye Foundation is to capture the passion children have for sports,
and direct that energy to enhance their educational and personal goals. The
Foundation draws at-risk and underprivileged youth by hosting free athletic
clinics, where well-known professional athletes coach the kids. Once at the
Foundation’s events, the kids are given unparalleled training in sports and,
importantly, are encouraged to develop business and entrepreneurial skills by
the Foundation’s corporate sponsors. The Foundation’s decision to use athletics
as a vehicle for exposing the kids to the business world gave rise to the
Foundation’s motto, “Education, Ideas and Sports.”
Through clinics and
mentorship, the Foundation hopes to foster an entrepreneurial spirit in each
child. In addition, the Foundation provides its kids with computer access, and
plans to develop “Tech Centers” to ensure the kids are exposed to technology in
a meaningful and substantial way. In the past few years, the Foundation provided
several of its kids with their first “hands-on” exposure to computers. With the
help of local businesses that set up booths during our events, the children are
encouraged to explore their interests in any area of business or learning. The
Foundation then works with the corporate sponsors to provide support to the kids
throughout the year in their respective areas of interest.
About Caesars
Palace
Reigning at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, Caesars Palace is an
architectural marvel among resorts known for their originality and beauty, with
2,400 elegant hotel guest rooms and suites, 19 diverse restaurants and cafes,
4.5-acre Garden of the Gods Pool Oasis, world-class health spa and beauty salon,
alluring shopping destinations, five late-night lounges, indoor and garden
wedding facilities, 160,000 square feet of premium meeting and convention space
and the 4,100-seat Colosseum theatre, which spotlights a roster of top-tier
talent that includes Celine Dion and Elton John.
About
Cascata
Cascata, the exclusive desert golf club owned by Caesars
Entertainment, Inc., has been named by Golf Magazine as one of the top 20 golf
courses built in the United States since 1959. The magazine gave the course the
top rank in Nevada.
The "Top 45" list, compiled by noted golf writer
Gary Galyean, ranked Cascata 19th in the nation. Galyean praised Cascata's
"endless desert views" and declared that the luxury golf course "overshadows all
others on the Nevada scene."
The stunning 400-acre golf facility is set
in the foothills of the River Mountains range near Boulder City, just 30 minutes
south of Las Vegas. Designed by legendary golf architect Rees Jones, the course
is available exclusively to guests of Caesars Entertainment resorts.
Soaring 3,200 feet above Las Vegas' desert valley, the par-72 course is
draped across mountain slopes, providing striking vistas at every turn.
Cascata's lush fairways meander for 7,200 yards through the mountain terrain
amid stark desert beauty. Pleasing distractions include multiple waterfalls,
resident bighorn sheep and a magnificent Tuscan-themed clubhouse.
"It's
very gratifying when a publication of the stature of Golf Magazine recognizes
what we at Caesars have known all along - that Cascata is one of the very best
golf courses in the United States, and absolutely the best in Nevada," said
Brian Hawthorne, Cascata's director of golf. "We're honored to receive this very
welcome recognition."
Only one other Nevada course was named to the
list, in the 30th position.
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