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Golfers drive for a miracle
Tonya Zelinsky
Calgary Herald
Sunday, August 24, 2008
What: Tournament of Miracles
A beautiful day of warm weather and blue skies seemed like a miracle to the Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre when it hosted its 10th annual Tournament of Miracles.
After weeks of overcast skies and rain, the afternoon of golf at Heritage Pointe Golf Club ended up being one to remember when 200 golfers showed their support for the centre dedicated to helping adolescents kick their addictions.
The annual tournament was filled with activity from the start of the day, when golfers hit the links before lunch, and continued the festivities well into the evening with dinner and a live auction meant to help raise money for the centre.
Sponsoring this year's event was title sponsor Tesco Corp., along with the Calgary Herald, Corus Entertainment, Greg Martineau Projects, Oilexco Inc., Hampson-Russell Limited Partnership, Pure Energy and Rogers Communications.
Guest speakers at the event included AARC board chairwoman Ann McCaig and AARC graduate Travis Leibel.
AARC is a long-term intensive treatment centre for chemically addicted adolescents between 12 and 21 from all backgrounds. AARC is a family treatment centre and encourages the whole family to be involved in the process. Since inception in 1991, it has graduated 338 clients and has treated more than 1,000 family members.
tonyzee@shaw.ca© The Calgary Herald 2008
