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Riverview Rockets Hit Back Against Cancer

The youth travel baseball organization hosted its first charity golf tournament.

The Riverview Rockets 7u, 8u and 9u youth travel baseball organization held its first charity golf tournament Saturday, Aug. 25, at the . 

The tournament was titled "Rockets Hit Back Against Cancer," and it benefitted the 1 Voice Foundation, a nonprofit whose mission is to support children with cancer and their families by connecting them with financial, emotional and educational care while funding research for tomorrow’s cure.

The four-man scramble included 18 holes of golf including cart and range balls, a lunch buffet, a 50/50 drawing, raffle prizes and awards for the Top Foursome, Worst Foursome, Closest to the Pin Challenge, Longest Drive and Par 3 Poker.

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The Rockets organization donated $4,000 out of the proceeds raised in the golf tournament to benefit the 1 Voice Foundation.

For more information, contact coach Jim Marshall at rocketscoach@me.com.


 

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