Golfers Share the Importance of Supporting Future Generations
and Local Communities with Nonprofit Children's Miracle Network
Hospitals®
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LAKE CITY, June 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/
-- Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, a national nonprofit
with local impact, announced today that professional golfers
Rickie Fowler, Chase Johnson, and Denny
McCarthy are the latest to join the Play Yellow
movement.
"Rickie, Chase, and Denny are helping to
spread the message of why children's hospitals need philanthropic
support and to highlight how golfers across the country are making
an impact for kids in their communities."
Alongside Jack and Barbara
Nicklaus and the PGA TOUR, Play Yellow harnesses the power
of golf to fundraise and build awareness for member children's
hospitals across the U.S. and Canada. Play Yellow ambassadors, local
courses, celebrities, and pediatric patient ambassadors bring the
movement to life by wearing yellow on the course. This symbolic
gesture shows solidarity across the golf community, which is
advocating for the needs of children's healthcare.
Not only will you see these Ambassadors donning yellow on the
course, but Fowler, Johnson, and McCarthy will also participate in
the movement in ways that are personal and authentic to each of
them.
Fowler, with six career wins on the PGA TOUR and a proud
Oklahoma State University product,
said, "For years I have had the privilege of seeing firsthand the
incredible commitment Barbara and Jack have had towards children's
healthcare. They are the gold standard and it's only natural for me
to offer my support. As parents, Allison and I fully understand the
love and support needed to ensure our kids are safe and healthy.
It's an honor to join Barbara and Jack as a Play Yellow
Ambassador."
Johnson, an APGA Tour member and Ohio native playing in this week's BMW Charity
Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX on the Korn Ferry Tour, said, "I'm
excited to be alongside the Nicklaus family for Play Yellow. It's a
great mission to unite around that I'm proud to represent."
McCarthy, a two-time PGA TOUR runner-up, including at last
year's Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and Maryland native, said, "I'm grateful to be a
part of Jack and Barbara's legacy with Play Yellow. My reason for
joining is a family friend, Madison, who played high school golf in
my hometown. She passed away in October at the age of 16 after
fighting cancer. Madison's who I Play Yellow for."
These three golfers join a robust group of athletes and
influencers who help raise awareness and support for member
children's hospitals across the U.S. and Canada. Fellow Play Yellow Ambassadors include
2024 Valspar Championship winner Peter
Malnati, 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic winner Chris Gotterup, and the LPGA Tour's Michelle Wie West and Savannah Vilaubi.
Play Yellow traces its origins back to a young man and friend of
the Nicklaus family, Craig Smith,
who was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, Ewing sarcoma, in 1968.
His passing in 1971 inspired the greatest golfer to put purpose to
his accomplishments on the course for kids' health. This program is
a tribute to Craig, who had a penchant for wearing a lucky yellow
shirt to cheer on Jack when he was competing, and his remarkable
friendship with golf's greatest champion. Jack began wearing yellow
when competing on Sundays, most famously in the final round of his
victory in the 1986 Masters. The rest, they say, is history.
"Rickie, Chase, and Denny are helping to spread the message of
why children's hospitals need philanthropic support and to
highlight how golfers across the country are making an impact for
kids in their communities," said Aimee J.
Daily, Ph.D., President and CEO of Children's Miracle
Network Hospitals. "With CMN Hospitals' Play Yellow program, we are
raising awareness of and funds for children's healthcare. Through
the game of golf, whether on or off the course, we can rally
together to support the needs of children's hospitals to change
kids' health to change the future."
About Children's Miracle Network Hospitals:
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals was founded more than 40 years
ago with the vision to Change Kids' Health, Change the Future.
We've raised over $9 billion for 170
children's hospitals by empowering and engaging with local
communities and businesses – and we're not done yet. All donations
benefit local member hospitals to fund what's needed most, like
critical life-saving treatments and healthcare services, innovative
research, vital pediatric medical equipment, child life services
that put kids' and families' minds at ease during difficult
hospital stays, and financial assistance for families who could not
otherwise afford these health services.
Together, we can change kids' health. Together, we can change
the future. To learn about Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and
your local member children's hospital, visit cmnhospitals.org.
Media Contact
Kristen
McCloy, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, 8012147400,
media@cmnhospitals.org, www.cmnhospitals.org
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