Celebrities Fore Kids Golf Classic

(June 19)

Celebrities Fore Kids, Inc., is honored to announce Tico Torres will be joining Larry Laoretti as co-host of this year's Celebrities Fore Kids Golf Classic set for Monday, Nov. 26. The 2012 tournament will be dedicated to baseball Hall of Famer Gary Carter, who co-hosted the golf tournament with Laoretti for more than 10 years.

Torres is the drummer for the legendary rock band Bon Jovi and has been a philanthropist supporting children's charities for decades. The New York native, who was brought up in New Jersey, now lives in Jupiter. Torres has his own children's foundation, The Tico Torres Children's Foundation.

As in years past, the 2012 Larry Laoretti and Tico Torres Celebrities Fore Kids Golf Classic will feature a long list of notable celebrities playing with a group of four amateurs. Last year joining Laoretti on the golf course were baseball legend Jim Kaat, baseball Hall of Famers Jim Palmer and Mike Schmidt, hockey Hall of Famers Bobby Orr and Clark Gillies, pro golfers Tony Jacklin, Dana Quigley and Larry Ziegler and LPGA Tour pros Michelle McGann and Jackie Gallagher-Smith. In addition, Hall of Fame golfer Jack Nicklaus and his wife Barbara attended the awards dinner and participated in the live auction.

In the 11 years Celebrities Fore Kids, Inc., has been in existence, nearly $1.5 million has been raised to provide financial assistance to families who have children with cancer, and adults with cancer supporting children 18 years old and under living on the Treasure Coast. From gas cards to assistance with monthly utility bills and mortgage payments, Celebrities Fore Kids, Inc., a non-profit 501 (c)(3), works with social workers from the Robert & Carol Weissman Cancer Center at Martin Health Medical Center in Stuart and the Pediatric Oncology Support Team Inc, a non-profit, in West Palm Beach to help families affected by cancer.

To learn more about Celebrities Fore Kids, visit http://www.celebritiesforekids.org or call 772 781-7943.

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