Golf Tourney Raises Money For Best Buddies
Ortiz Family Foundation Benefits From Proceeds
POSTED: 4:38 pm PST November 3,
2009
UPDATED: 5:46 pm PST November 3,
2009
LAS VEGAS -- Best Buddies held a celebrity golf tournament Tuesday in the Las Vegas Valley to raise money for a good cause.Russ Ortiz is a major league baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks. This was the fourth event by Best Buddies to raise money his Ortiz Family Foundation.Related Link: =Ortiz Family Foundation.The tournament at the Rio Secco Golf Club also helped Best Buddies of Nevada."Hear their stories and how Best Buddies has helped them cope with their disability -- to get them out there and learn how to socialize and to just be able to have a friend they could always go to. That's something that just blew my mind," Ortiz said.Related Link: Take 5 To Care & Best BuddiesCelebrities at the event included four-time Cy Young winner Gred Maddux and Hall of Famer and Las Vegas resident Gaylord Perry.
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