NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ MCA Nashville) - Chely Wright, a familiar name in all genres of music, in any glamour magazine or human-interest story, and on military bases across the globe, will make an appearance at the 2nd Annual
M.A.D. 9/11 Golf Tournament in Princeton Junction, NJ.
Scheduled for Monday, August 13, Chely Wright, has accepted the invitation to appear as guest speaker and celebrity golfer at M.A.D. 9/11, The Michael Allen Davidson Foundation's 2007 Event to be held at Mercer Oaks Golf Club, Princeton Junction, NJ.
Jeff Davidson and Ellen Davidson established the Michael Allen Davidson Foundation in the name and in memory of his brother and her son, Michael, who lost his life on September 11th, 2001. Michael Davidson worked on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center, North Tower.
M.A.D. 9/11 was created to effectuate change through education and fun. Founded in 2006, the organization's focus is America's youth with the goal of enhancing their thinking toward a more tolerant and accepting manner. To accomplish this, M.A.D. 9/11 has worked with surrounding cities in order to update or refurbish children's playgrounds with new swing sets and slides, to provide new park benches and picnic tables at recreational areas, and donate new scoreboards to local area sports facility. The foundation also contributes annually to The Michael Allen Davidson Scholarship Program and is working with a non-profit organization to create middle school programs addressing tolerance and diversity.
As personal friend to Jeff Davidson and his wife, Anne Marie, Chely accepted the invitation without hesitation. 'The Davidson's are my friends.' Chely shared. 'I have heart-felt compassion and sympathy for their loss. …and I have the shared passion to offer our children every opportunity to strengthen and shape their childhood through social, scholatisc and music education to allow them to become the best adults they can be--these children are our future. I'm proud to be part of this event.'
A special guest speaker, Chely will stress the initiative of M.A.D. 9/11, discuss her experiences as Founder of Reading, Writing & Rhythm (an organization created with the objective of improving the quality of music education in America's schools and raising public awareness surrounding the importance of music education for our nation's youth) and the importance of developing our youth's future, as well as share her experiences and account of her visits with the American men and women in the military overseas.
"M.A.D. 9/11 is very excited to have Chely Wright as our guest speaker and tournament participant at our second annual golf event,' said Jeffrey Davidson, co-founder of the foundation. 'She has spent years entertaining our American troops across the globe and her Reading, Writing & Rhythm organization has brought music and music education to children across the country over the past decade. My wife and I have been blessed to call Chely a close, personal friend and we are thrilled and most appreciative in her lending her time to a cause that is very close to all of our hearts."
Chely will also participate as a player in the golf tournament scheduled to begin at 11:00AM. She will join Jeff Davidson as part of a foursome. The foundation will host an auction for the two remaining spots on the team. Individuals interested in playing as part of the foursome (with Chely Wright) may bid on the opportunity via eBay /or/ by visiting Chely's website (www.chely.com) /or/ www.michaeldavidsonfoundation.org. The auction begins Wednesday, July 25 and will run through August 1.
All proceeds from the event and the foursome auction will be donated to The Michael Allen Davidson Foundation. The 2nd Annual M.A.D. 9/11 Golf Tournament is sponsored by New Jersey Natural Gas. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available.
