Birdies to Help Alabama Students Fly Right.Navistar Foundation to Donate $15 for Each Birdie Made During Navistar LPGA Classic The Navistar LPGA Classic is a golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It was played for the first time in September 2007 at the RTJ Golf Trail at Capitol Hill in Prattville, Alabama. Tournament to Huntsville City Schools PRATTVILLE, Ala. -- Now there's even more motivation for players to hit great shots during the inaugural Navistar LPGA Classic. Each birdie made won't just have an impact on the score, it will also have an impact on local students. The Navistar Foundation announced today that it will donate $15 for every birdie made during the four-day tournament (up to $25,000) to the Huntsville Center for Technology, part of the Huntsville City Schools. The donation will support vocational programs that focus on students who plan on careers that do not require college degrees, but still require training and education. Some of the courses offered by the Huntsville Center for Technology include automotive technology Noun 1. automotive technology - the activity of designing and constructing automobiles automotive engineering engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry , computer electronics, precision machining, electrical design and drafting design. Navistar has strong ties with the state of Alabama and is proud to give back to the community in which it operates. Its Huntsville facility employs nearly 400 employees that manufacture the best-selling diesel engines in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Alabama is home to numerous customers and some of the most successful members of Navistar's International Truck dealer network are based throughout the state. The inaugural Navistar LPGA Classic will be held September 25 - 30 at the Prattville location on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is a collection of championship caliber golf courses, designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., distributed across the state of Alabama, as part of investments by the Retirement Systems of Alabama. . With a full field of 144 players, the tournament will be held on the Senator Course at Capitol Hill. More information on the tournament can be found at www.navistarlpgaclassic.com. About Navistar Navistar International Corporation (Other OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :NAVZ) is a holding company whose wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. produce International[R] brand commercial trucks, MaxxForce brand diesel engines, IC brand school and commercial buses, and Workhorse brand chassis for motor homes and step vans. It also is a private-label designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for the pickup truck, van and SUV markets. The company also provides truck and diesel engine parts and service. Another wholly owned subsidiary offers financing services. Additional information is available at: www.navistar.com. Navistar International has an engine plant in Huntsville. About the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA LPGA abbr. Ladies Professional Golf Association ) Featuring the world's best women golfers, the LPGA's membership includes touring, teaching and club professionals. The LPGA Tour in 2007 features 35 events, with total prize money of nearly $55 million. Since 1981, the LPGA and its tournaments have raised approximately $180 million for charity. From the dreams of its 13 founders in 1950, the LPGA has evolved into the world's pre-eminent women's professional sports Professional athletes are distinguished from amateur athletes because they're paid. Women's professional sports leagues are relatively new and most common in very economically developed countries, where investors are available to buy teams, and businesses can afford to sponsor them organization. The LPGA has grown from its roots as a playing tour into a non-profit organization involved in every facet of golf. In addition to the LPGA Tour members, the LPGA membership includes nearly 1,200 certified Teaching and Club Professionals (T&CP) who serve the golf industry in teaching, coaching and management positions. The LPGA T&CP member programs focus on increasing the involvement of women, girls and youth in golf, as well as contributing to the growth of the sport overall. The LPGA is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Fla. For more information on the LPGA, log on to www.LPGA.com. About the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Twenty-six world-class courses on 11 sites - 468 holes of breathtaking golf - comprise Alabama's Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. Offered the opportunity to tackle the world's largest contemporaneous golf construction project, legendary designer Robert Trent Jones See: American TV writer Trent Jones Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (June 20, 1906 – June 14, 2000) was a golf course architect who designed (or re-designed) about 500 golf courses in at least 40 US states and 35 other countries all around the world. , Sr. emerged from semi-retirement to create distinctive courses challenging golfers from first-timers to pros. The Trail is an investment of the Retirement Systems of Alabama Retirement Systems of Alabama is the administrator of the pension fund for employees of the state of Alabama. It is headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. David G. Bronner is the chief executive officer. and features eight hotels in its resort division. For more information on the RTJ RTJ Ring Type Joint RTJ Request to Join Golf Trail, visit www.rtjgolf.com. |
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