PARTICIPATING CHARITIES
ALLIE'S HAVEN ANIMAL RESCUE
For Melissa's Love of Animals
Allie’s Haven Animal Rescue, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit all volunteer organization that is dedicated to saving unwanted, abandoned, abused and neglected dogs in Texas. Volunteers provide all necessary medical care to each dog as needed. Rescued dogs will live in private foster homes until adopted into a loving home where they will become a member of the family. Allie’s Haven Animal Rescue promotes proper pet ownership, community educational programs as well as supporting spaying/neutering as a means to control unwanted pets.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: KANSAS CITY
To Benefit Breast Cancer Research
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
Money raised through Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events helps fund the mission of the American Cancer Society: to save lives, celebrate lives, and lead the fight for a world without cancer.
THE FIRST TEE OF FORT WORTH
For Melissa's Love of Children
The First Tee of Fort Worth is a youth development organization introducing the game of golf and its inherent values to young people in the greater Fort Worth community. Founded in 2004, The First Tee of Fort Worth is one of over 200 chapters of The First Tee, an organization that is recognized as one of the premier youth character-education programs in the country.
The First Tee of Fort Worth is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors. They rely on local support from numerous corporations, foundations and individuals.