ACT Today! to Host Golf Tournament Benefiting Underprivileged Children with Autism
Autism Care and Treatment is joining forces with individuals and corporate sponsors on the golf course, this May, to raise funds for essential services with children with autism.

TARZANA, CA, March 29, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Autism Care and Treatment (ACT-Today!) will host its 3rd Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser on May 18th, 2009 at Braemar Country Club in Tarzana, California.

"We are delighted to still be able to host this event despite the financial woes so many of us are enduring across the nation," says Stefan de Nocker, Tournament Director and ACT- Today! board member. "The corporate sponsors and players are all very generous to reach out during the nation's economic crisis and help the children with autism whose families can not afford the much needed autism services."

Latest research reports 1 in 150 children is diagnosed with autism. Autism is the fastest-growing development disability in the U.S. Autism costs the nation over $35 billion a year, a figure expected to increase in the next decade.

The 18-hole tournament begins at 9:30am with breakfast, followed by a Putting Contest (10:30am) and Shotgun Start (11:00am). Sponsorships for teams of four ($800) are available for the May 18th tournament. Golfers are also welcome to register as individual participants ($250).

A wide range of both team and skill-related prizes will be awarded, along with and 50/50 raffle and other prizes and gifts during the evening's dinner gala. ACT Today! wishes to thank Tournament Dinner Hosts Actor/Director Lou Diamond Phillips and Los Angeles Newswoman Gabriela Tessier. Corporate Sponsors include TWIW Insurance, Carole Young Brooke Foundation, Hope Wine, CodeMetro, Metromint, Anhueser-Busch; Kirsch, Kohn & Bridge, Center for Autism and Related Disorders, and KitsonLA.

To register for the tournament - or to join the other sponsors, please visit:
www.act-today.org/golftourney .

Press Release Contact Information:

Daphne Plump
ACT Today
Event Planner
19019 Ventura Blvd
Tarzana, CA
USA 91356
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