The first annual Calico Jack’s charity golf tournament raises funds for the Cayman Islands Heart Fund
(Grand Cayman, May 2nd.
2019) Inspired
by his niece, Luna in New Zealand, Devon Clark of Calico Jacks along
with Marty Francis and TJ Hucker organized the first annual charity
golf tournament to raise awareness and funds for the Cayman Heart
Fund (CHF) on April 1st, 2019.
With just over
72 golfers and various supporters the organizers raised KYD $4,575.00
and the event was hailed a massive success. Golfers gathered
applauded staff at Calico Jacks for hosting the event. “We hope
this event raises important awareness about Congenital Heart Defect
(CHD), Heart Disease and Stroke”. The golfers were also informed
about the importance of helping those families in Cayman that have
suffered a cardiac event or have a child born with CHD.
Devon’s
niece, Luna, was born in 2016 with H.L.H.S. (Hypoplastic Left Heart
Syndrome) and he is in constant contact with his brother and wife and
especially with Luna. “Luna is an inspiration to me, and I am so
proud of this little girl’s courage as she battles this very
serious illness, she's a little warrior" said Devon.
Calico Jack’s
staff and friends attended the first annual CHD Awareness Beach Walk,
Sunday, February 10th which raised public awareness and funds to
assist families in Cayman when their child is born with CHD,
assisting them with the expenses associated with urgent pediatric
cardiology healthcare.
Handel
Whittaker, owner of Calico Jack’s immediately supported the golf
day fundraiser and is proud of his entire team for raising important
awareness about CHD, Heart and Stroke disease.
Coordinator for
the Cayman Heart Fund, Colleen Mellott, thanked the entire group
gathered and especially applauded their hard work and dedication in
organizing such a big event. The money raised will go towards our
mission to improve the cardiovascular health of all in the Cayman
Islands and certainly those families with children born with CHD.
The Cayman
Heart Fund (CHF) is a non-profit, non-government organization
dedicated to the reduction of heart and circulatory disease in the
Cayman Islands. Heart and circulatory disease, known as
cardiovascular disease (CVD), is the number one health problem in the
Cayman Islands.
Published May 2, 2019
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