Contact: Melissa Kadish, Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release
Jul 17, 2012
Celebrities Fight Prostate Cancer at Fifth Annual Know Your Score Golf Tournament and Gala
Washington D.C. – Celebrities including Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Lynn Swann and Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues are helping end prostate cancer at the Fifth Annual Know Your Score Celebrity Golf Tournament and Gala. The event, which benefits ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer, will take place on Saturday, August 18 at Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
“We’re excited that so many sports and entertainment celebrities are coming together for the fifth year in a row to fight this disease that affects so many men and their families,” said Skip Lockwood, ZERO’s CEO. “One in six men will be diagnosed prostate cancer during his life and awareness brings us closer to the cure.”
Participants will get the chance to play a round of golf with celebrities such as Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Lynn Swann and Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues. The gala will feature a sit down dinner and live entertainment.
All proceeds from Know Your Score Golf Tournament and Gala go directly to the fight to end prostate cancer by funding testing, promoting education and awareness, and enabling research that will lead to the cure. Atlantic Urology Clinics and Carolina Regional Cancer Center will serve as title sponsors for the event for a second year in a row.
“Generous support from Atlantic Urology Clinics and Carolina Regional Cancer Center helps to make Know Your Score a success and brings us closer to finding the cure for prostate cancer,” said Heath Carter, ZERO’s Director of Marketing and Communications.
To register for the tournament and gala and to get more information about Know Your Score visit: www.knowyourscoremb.com.
About ZERO — The Project to End Prostate Cancer (zerocancer.org)
At ZERO, we commit ourselves not only to reduce prostate cancer or alleviate the pain from the disease, but also to end it. We see a future where all men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer will be cured or manage their illness with good quality of life; with the support they need to minimize physical and emotional suffering, and to cope effectively throughout their cancer journey. To accomplish our goal, we provide comprehensive treatment information to patients, education to those at risk and conduct free prostate cancer testing throughout the country. We increase research funds from the federal government to find new treatments and we fund local grants to end the disease.
