July 23, 2008
Photo Gallery: GoGirlGo! Atlanta visits Georgia Tech.
ATLANTA – The Georgia Tech Women’s Basketball team will partner with the Women’s Sports Foundation’s GoGirlGo! Atlanta for the inaugural MaChelle Joseph Golf Classic the team’s head coach announced Thursday.
The Yellow Jackets will continue their partnership throughout the season in an ongoing initiative to support GirlGoGirl! Atlanta in promoting good decision-making along with healthy choices to over 227,000 young women in the metro Atlanta area.
“I am very excited about partnering with the Women’s Sports Foundation’s GoGirlGo! Atlanta,” Joseph said. “I can not think of a better cause than to support an organization that touches the lives of so many young girls and encourages them to engage in physical activity to prevent health issues like heart disease which affects the lives of so many women.
“It was important to me that our First Annual Golf Classic benefit a cause that can have a lasting impact on the lives of people living right in our own neighborhoods, and GoGirlGo! is a perfect example of that.”
GoGirlGo! was founded by the Women’s Sports Foundation, which is the trusted voice of women’s sports and physical activity because their work is anchored on fact-based research and 34 years of experience in the design and execution of award-winning education and public policy programs.
Founded in 1974 by Billie Jean King, the Women’s Sports Foundation is a national charitable educational organization dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and women through physical activity. They are the only national organization promoting all sports and physical activities for women of all ages and skill levels and are acknowledged by the media as the expert resource on all women’s sports issues.
The Golf Classic is scheduled for September 25, 2008 at the Smoke Rise Golf & Country Club in Stone Mountain, Ga. A portion of the tournament’s proceeds will help benefit GoGirlGo! Atlanta. GoGirlGo! educates and encourages girls to play fun sports and games as a means to safeguard their health,boost their confidence, build character and teamwork.
Participants in the inaugural MaChelle Joseph Golf Classic will be provided lunch, a post tournament reception, a silent auction and a raffle. There will also be on-course contests including a longest drive and closest to the pin competition.
For more information about the MaChelle Joseph Golf Classic, please visit www.ramblinwreck.com, Georgia Tech’s official athletic website.
About GoGirlGo!
GoGirlGo! is a primary programming focus of the Women’s Sports Foundation. GoGirlGo! supports parents and girl-serving organizations who want to join the Foundation in the GoGirlGo! initiative to get one million inactive girls to participate in regular physical activity and keep another one million currently active girls ages 8-18 from dropping out of physical activity.
The five key components include:
- Groundbreaking research
- Educational and awareness initiative
- Community Activation
- Grant Program
- GoGirlWorld.org – RamblinWreck.com –
