The Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic Goes Pink for Coach Yow
Posted: 04-03-2009 : CARY, N.C.

CARY, N.C. -- The Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, one of the nation’s premier celebrity golf events, is proud to announce that this year’s golf tournament will include a special tribute for Coach Kay Yow as all volunteers join together to wear pink shirts to remember the life and efforts of the great coach. This year’s annual Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic is scheduled for August 16, 2009 at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course on NC State’s Centennial Campus.

Each year, hundreds of volunteers come together with celebrities and sponsors from all over the country to support The V Foundation’s efforts to raise money for cancer research. Over the years Coach Yow was a participant in many of the functions and activities surrounding the Foundation’s and Classic’s efforts.

“Coach Yow was an avid supporter of The V Foundation and the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic,” said tournament director Frank McCann. “By wearing pink, we want to honor Coach Yow as well as honor all who have struggled, or are presently struggling, with this monstrous disease. She meant so much to us and we are truly grateful for all that she did to support our efforts.”

Yow, the former NC State University Women’s Head Basketball Coach, lost her battle with breast cancer earlier this year after fighting the disease for over two decades. While Head Coach, she worked to partner with The V Foundation to create the The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.

Since the first Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic in 1993, the event has raised over $14 million for cancer research. For more information about The V Foundation for Cancer Research, call 1-800-4-JIMMY-V or visit www.jimmyv.org. For more information about the 16th Annual Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, call (919) 319-0441 or log onto www.golfclassic.org.

About The V Foundation for Cancer Research
The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1993 by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano, legendary North Carolina State basketball coach and ESPN commentator. Since 1993, The Foundation has raised more than $80 million to fund cancer research grants nationwide. It awards 100 percent of all new direct cash donations and net proceeds of events directly to cancer research and related programs. The Foundation, which has received six consecutive top 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator, awards grants through a competitive awards process strictly supervised by a Scientific Review Committee. For more information on The V Foundation or to make a donation, please visit www.jimmyv.org.