Sports Reporters against ALS

Sports Reporters Against ALS Golf Outing at Mountain Valley (formerly Reporters' Challenge Charity Golf Outing at Mountain Valley) **When: Tuesday, May 10, 2011; shotgun start 10 a.m. **Where: Mountain Valley Golf Course, Barnesville, Pa. (www.mtvalleygolf.com) **Cost: $65 per player -- includes donation to charities (approx $12-$17 per player), cart and greens fees, soft drinks (alcohol sold separately) and post-round luncheon, prizes. **Non-golfers -- we welcome volunteers and representatives of charities we support and will comp the post-round meal. We also welcome other non-golfers to the post-round meal and raffles. The cost for other non-golfers will be $20, which will include food, soft drink, donation and tickets for raffle prizes. **The field: goal is 100+ players; media and non-media welcome. Scramble format. **To benefit ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease research/treatment at Hershey Medical Center and ALS Association. Most of the event-record $2,900 raised last year went to ALS Association and ALS research at Hershey Med Center and Johns Hopkins U. **Also to benefit: "Lauren's First and Goal Foundation," an organization that raises awareness and funds to battle pediatric brain tumors, which have surpassed leukemia as leading cause of cancer deaths in children. www.laurensfirstandgoal.org. **Prizes: We have a wedge signed by Tom Watson, Jon Gruden-signed poster, Paula Creamer-signed newspaper, Sparky Anderson auto'd baseball, Curt Schilling-auto'd photo marking his 3000th career strike out, Ryan Howard-auto'd Phillies scorecard, 8 x 10 photo auto'd by Eagles coach Andy Reid and several coffee table-sized golf books in brand new condition. ..Businesses that have donated so far include:DBi Services of Hazleton, Camden Riversharks baseball team, Harrisburg Senators baseball team, Outback Steakhouse at Wilkes-Barre, Reading Express Indoor Football team, McGinley's of Blakeslee, Red Robin Restaurants of the Lehigh Valley, K & S Jewelers of Brodheadsville, Midas of Wind Gap, Brown Daub of Wind Gap, Wendy's of Wind Gap, Wegman's of Easton, Weis Market of Bangor, Great Clips of Easton, Big Creek Winery of Kunkletown, Cherry Valley Winery of Saylorsburg, Red Lobster of Tannersville, Longhorn Steakhouse of Tannersville,and Perfumes By Deb of Kunkletown. Bob Weaver Chevrolet of Pottsville has agreed to ante up a new car as prize of a hole-in-one contest **History: The tournament was founded in 2004 by Larry O'Rourke of the Allentown Morning Call, Phil Schoener of WBRE-TV 28 and Sam Matta of the Hazleton Standard-Speaker. We've raised over $10,000 with the previous seven tournaments. We started the tournament to give something back to golf, and for the first several years donated the money to causes such as the Special Olympics and the children of fallen police officers and soldiers. But since I [Larry] was diagnosed with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease in 2008, we have naturally shifted the focus to fighting that disease. (Note: I do not benefit financially at all from this event; colleagues and friends raise funds for me at other events. All proceeds from this event go to ALS Association, Hershey Medical Center, Lauren's First & Goal and other organizations.) **Any questions, or to commit to play in the tournament, please call me at 570-215-4052. Or email me at pascribe@ptd.net. Thank you, Larry O'Rourke