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Realtors Seek Golfers for Oct. 2 Charity Event

The Ocean City Board of Realtors will hold a benefit for the local VFW Post.

The Ocean City Board of REALTORS® announces its fall golf event, a fundraiser to benefit the Ocean City VFW Post 6650, at the Mays Landing Golf & Country Club, Wednesday, October 2, 2013.

Early Bird rate of $100 per golfer is available now through September 13.  Individual player rate is $125 which includes golf, lunch and dinner. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m., the Shotgun Start is 1 p.m. and dinner is 6 p.m. which includes the awards ceremony and silent auction. Dinner tickets are available for $50 per person.

Proceeds benefit Ocean City’s Ferguson-Foglio VFW Post #6650. The Post provides services for local veterans including veterans of WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. www.oceancitynjvfw.org

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Prizes will be awarded for tournament contests: tournament winner, runner-up, closest to the pin, hole-in-one, putting challenge, longest drive-men & women, and beat the pro.

Corporate sponsorships are available which include: Dinner Sponsor, Shirt Sponsor, Hole-in-one Sponsor, Putting Contest Sponsor, Beat the Pro Sponsor, Golf Cart Sponsor, Beverage Cart Sponsor, Hole Sponsor and Closest to the Pin Sponsor.

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Unique to this tournament is the Hole Flag Sponsor. The sponsor can commemorate a loved one by sponsoring a personalized hole flag and after the event will be able to take the hole flag home as a memorial.

“The Ocean City Board of Realtors and its members invite you to join us for a fun day of golf that will help raise funds for our local veterans’ VFW Post 6650” said Damon Bready, Chair, Fund Raising Committee.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.ocbor.com (the online store) or at the Ocean City Board of Realtors, located at 405 22nd Street in Ocean City, NJ or by contacting Damon Bready at 609.703.3030.

Ocean City REALTORS® do more than help their clients buy, sell, or lease properties; they are active members of the community. As such, REALTORS® work to advance property rights, conduct fundraising efforts, support local beautification projects, provide scholarships for Ocean City High School students, and address local issues through their work within the community organization. The goal of Ocean City Board of REALTOR members is to help make our island the best place to live both for full time residents and our guests.

— News release from the Ocean City Board of Realtors

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