Patriot Day 2012

We are very proud and excited to be a sponsor of the upcoming Patriot Day 2012, hosted by No One Left Behind, part of the Friends of Freedom organization.  Friends of Freedom has spent the past decade working to promote public awareness of veterans’ issues.  The goal of NOLB is to publicize the issue of mounting veterans’ needs, and find and implement solutions.

We hope you’ll join us for two great days, Friday September 7^th and Saturday, September 8^th, 2012, at the Hyatt At Gainey Ranch and Gainey Golf Club for the 4^th Annual Patriot Day Celebration, with the Miami Dolphins 1972 Perfect Team. 

On Friday, the Pairing Party will get underway at 5:30PM at Gainey Golf Club. Activities will include the celebrity SINK OR SWIM competition, pre-registration of players and sponsors, landing and takeoff of Blackhawk and Apache Longbow helicopters, a lovely buffet and cocktails in the ballroom, and a live celebrity auction for partner players, with guest speaker Paul Warfield, former NFL player and Pro Football Hall of Famer.  In 1999, Paul was ranked number 60 on The Sporting News’ list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.

Saturday’s events start with registration at 10:15AM, as well as Pro lessons, 10:15 – 11:30AM.  This will be followed by Honor Guard; Ranger/Golden Knight, double-amputee Dana Bowman parachute landing; the National Anthem by Chuck Taylor; program announcements and thank you’s; and a shot gun tee time of 12:45PM. Following a great day of golf, at 6:00PM we’ll cap the day with a silent auction at Gainey Golf Club plus food, beer and wine. We’ll also have  inspirational speaker Dana Bowman and keynote speaker CSM Max Butler of AZ Army National Guard.  We’ll close with an 8:30-8:55PM Fallen Soldiers Project presentation.  

It will be a fun-filled two days, and all for such a worthy cause – our Vets!  For more information on sponsorship or player sign ups, contact your Fidelity rep, or Michael Venezia @ 602.690.5187, Michael@friendsoffreedom.us.