Findlay Acura joins fight to defeat serious illness

Findlay Acura is joining the fight to defeat serious illness Wednesday with its Athletes R Us charity golf tournament, presented at Palm Valley Golf Course in Sun City Summerlin.

The tournament begins at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start and benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, along with the Hillary LaVoie Effort.

"Nearly every one of us has been touched, either directly or indirectly, by cancer-related illnesses," said Findlay Acura General Manager James Cobbs. "When we were approached by Athletes R Us to help with the tournament, we gladly jumped on board."

Findlay Acura is helping raise funds by sponsoring three holes on the 18-hole, 6,849-yard, par-72 course, situated in the northwestern valley. Each hole sponsored by the dealership is a par 3.

Each of the three holes is highlighted by special gifts from the Findlay dealership that includes vacations, a brand-new Acura and a set of golf clubs -- all for hitting a hole-in-one.

"The Athletes R Us voice came to me with a proposition to present a golf tournament for the two charities," Kevini Scolari, publicist and spokesperson for the event, said. "I am also running in a marathon for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on May 1 in Vancouver, Canada, and so this seemed like a great opportunity to have some fun and raise money for some very worthy causes.

"Athletes R Us is all about getting kids off the streets and into athletics. Kids, who might not ordinarily get the chance to participate in sports, get that opportunity through Athletes R Us."

Scolari added that LaVoie was an amazing athlete who was a much respected cheerleader before a tragic car accident took her life last year.

"Athletes R Us is simply trying to find more Hillary LaVoies in the world in order to help others and give these kids an opportunity. Hillary was a one-of-a-kind person."

Athletes R Us founders and brothers, Pat and Cory Gray, said the help received from Findlay Acura was invaluable.

"We can always count on Findlay Acura's help for every event that Athletes R Us has," said Cory Gray, who, along with Pat, was a football star at Centennial High School. "We cannot do all of this by ourselves and it takes help from people like Findlay Acura to pull this off and help others."

For more information on the tournament, call Scolari at 756-8022; by visiting www.athletesrus.net, www.teamintraining.org, www.clickit4
hill.com; or by calling Findlay Acura at 982-4100, or visiting www.findlayacura.com.