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07-17-09, 07:37 AM
Golf Tournament Fundraiser for Marines

Posted: July 16, 2009 01:42 PM

Updated: July 16, 2009 02:54 PM

By KPSP Local 2 News

Golf Tournament and Benefit to support SOS in continuing free shuttle services for Marines between Palm Springs International Airport and Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center inTwenty-Nine Palms.

Event Theme: "GAS-4-SOS" (Soldiers Organized Services)

WHEN: Sunday, July 19, 2009
7:30am Shotgun
Fee: $40.00 (sponsor a Marine to play with you for $20.00)
Package Includes: Green Fees, Cart Fee, Practice facilities, Drink and Raffle Ticket (Raffle Follows Play)

WHERE: Desert Falls Country Club
1111 Desert Falls Parkway (North East Corner of Country Club and Cook)
Palm Desert, CA 92211 www.desert-falls.com

WHO: For more information and registration on the Golf Tournament July 19, 2009 contact Greg Hogle at the Desert Falls Country Club at 760-340-5646 Ext. 225 or email at desert-falls@ourclub.com

BACKGROUND: Soldiers Organized Services are a group of dedicated volunteers and their mission is to give free rides to service members stranded in the Palm Springs International Airport and return them to the Twenty-nine Palms Marine Corps Base. The 501 (C) 3 nonprofit organization was formed last year when Erica Stone encountered an injured Iraq War veteran who had just been released from the hospital and was returning toTwenty-nine Palms Marine Corps Base. He arrived at the airport at 5:30 p.m. only to find that the last bus to the Marine Corps base had already left thirty minutes prior. He would be stranded at the airport until the morning after. He, as is the case with many of the service members that find themselves in similar situations, could not afford the $150.00 taxi fare ride to the base. That night, Erica Stone gave this Iraq War veteran a ride to the Marine Corps base and Soldiers Organized Services (SOS) was formed. But they are in trouble. Due to the rising cost of gas (many of the volunteers donate their time and gas to drive the 100-mile round trip), funds for gas have been seriously depleted. If you would like to help out with words of support or a little bit of gas money, please do so at www.sosride.org/donate

For more information about Soldiers Organized Services (SOS) visit their website at www.sosride.org

Ellie