By Mark Samuelson

The annual Birdies for Blessings Golf Tournament, scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24, at Inverness Golf Club, will feature former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle as master of ceremonies. The tournament is a major fundraiser for the Prestige Miracles Foundation, supporting Denver area families that are battling life threatening illnesses, particularly those involving children.
Becky Kenny, left, 2009 chair of Birdies for Blessings tournament at Inverness, is joined by Leeann Iacino and Jack O’Connor, principals in RE/MAX Professionals. RE/MAX agents are major supporters of the event.

Hurdle, who took the Rockies to a National League championship in 2007, has a 7-year-old daughter with Prader-Willi syndrome, a complex genetic disorder that can have lifelong effects. Major supporters of Prestige Miracles Foundation include agents with RE/MAX Professionals, who launched the charity in 2000 on behalf of one agent’s daughter who waged a successful battle with childhood leukemia. The Childrens Hospital Foundation remains a principal beneficiary of the PMF and of Birdies for Blessings, along with individual families needing financial or other support, often identified by agents and their contacts in the community. more »