3rd ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT & 5th ANNUAL WINE TASTING & BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENT

When: Thursday, August 20, 2009. Breakfast for golfers at 7:00a, golf and lunch 8a - 2p. Wine Tasting, from 5:30p-8:30p and VIP "back-stage" event.

Where: The Champions Club at Summerfield on U.S. One, in Stuart, FL.

What: The "Hot Caribbean Night" (island attire encouraged) celebration will exceed last year's 68 different wines, and will feature food pairings from a number of local restaurants, music by the Island Steel Band, a silent auction, raffle and networking opportunity for the entire community. Try wines that are organic, exotic carambola wine, and the wares of four other wineries, as well as delicious food from area restaurants. Wear your Caribbean best and enjoy steel drum music. And bid on silent auction items from a custom diamond ring, to sports items, to small guitars signed by Willie Nelson.

Who: 2009 Volunteers: Ken Coe, Southern Pride Gourmet Foods; Pete Lashenka, Riverside Bank; Dick Hall, Out2martincounty.com; Natalie Knipfer, Compupay; Jeannie Ferrara, Thy Word Public Relations; Melissa Barnes, First Command Financial Planning; Loreen Nolte, The Pampered Chef; Beth Guild, Sterling House; Stephanie Pereira, Riverwalk Cafe; Pat Schmader, The Women's Club of Stuart; Mona Salisbury, Arbonne International; April Hope, April Daze Boutique; and Kathleen Stacey, Atlanta Bread Company.

Charity or charities sponsoring and benefiting from the event: The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk on October 2, 2009, serving Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin Counties.

Sponsors: Includes, but not limited to: John Pierson's Toyota of Stuart, First People's Bank, Peggy's Natural Foods, Southern Pride Gourmet Foods, Stuart Rubber Stamp & Sign Company, PSL Herbs & More, Mail Services Unlimited, Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce, Palm City Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Lisa Grassam Chiropractic, Atlanta Bread Company, The Champions Club at Summerfield, Jim Peppler, UBS Financial, Natalie Knipfer, Compupay, Tara Biek Creative, Wine Styles, Out2martincounty.com, Thy Word Public Relations, Harborage, and the Certified Sommelier is Theo Snyder from Total Wine and More.

Highlights: Here's your chance to play the links at Summerfield's Champions Club - where a hole-in-one could win you a brand new Toyota from John Pierson's Toyota of Stuart. The 18-hole "Champions Club" course at the Champions Club at Summerfield facility in Stuart, Florida features 6,809 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 72.8 and it has a slope rating of 131 on grass. Designed by Thomas Fazio, ASGCA, the Champions Club golf course opened in 1994.

For more information: The 4-person scramble is $100pp, with an option to purchase a $130pp ticket that includes the wine tasting. The wine tasting event cost is $35pp, in advance, $40pp at the door, and $75pp VIP tickets that allow for back stage wine and food pairings. Each ticket includes one (1) raffle ticket. You do not want to miss being seen at this celebration of community support for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk on October 2, 2009.Serving residentsof Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River Counties. For more information where you can purchase tickets, how you might contribute or volunteer, please contact: Ken Coe, 772-220-7980, or write: ken@kencoe.com, or visit: www.treasurecoastleukemia.com (rain-date set for August 27, 2009).

Get your ticket today! They are going fast....you will not want to miss being seen at THE event of the summer!