Left: Lee, moved by seniors’ lack of nutrition in the U. S.,
is a big Meals On Wheels booster. Above: Perez and dad
Tony work on behalf of wounded veterans in San Diego.
into juvenile rheumatoid
arthritis. This year she
also became a member of
the organization’s board of
directors. £
curearthritis.org
than 1,000 individuals,
the vast majority of whom
would not otherwise have
received detection care. £
morganandfriends.us
Ai MiyAzAto,
MikA MiyAzAto And
MoMoko UEdA
Makeruna Nippon
(Never Give Up Japan)
An example of how social
media empowers immediate action. Within days
of the March earthquake
and tsunami that devastated their home country,
the players established a
fundraising campaign and
distributed buttons bearing the slogan in Japanese
and English printed on a
map of the nation. They
established a network of
websites to collect funds
in yen, dollars and British
pounds while enlisting
athletes in other sports
for support, resulting in
widespread promotion
through sites such as
Facebook and Twitter. £
firstgiving.com/fundraiser/
makerunanippon
PAt PErEz
Operation Game On!
Honorary chair for organization co-founded in February 2008 by his father Tony
and brother Mike to use golf
as rehab for combat troops.
Teaming with the Naval
Medical Center in San
Diego, volunteers teach the
game to troops who are amputees or brain injured. The
project—itself an offshoot of
Pin Pals Junior Links, which
reaches disadvantaged
youth via golf—recently
expanded with a Wives of
Warriors program. £
operationgameon.org
MorgAn PrEssEl
Morgan Pressel Foundation
Her fourth-year Morgan
& Friends Tournament in
Boca Raton, Fla., pushed
the amount raised to $1.7
million and resulted in
the purchase of the Kathy
Krickstein Pressel Mammovan, a mobile mammog-raphy unit christened in
memory of her late mother.
In its first months of
operation the mammovan
conducted tests on more
AnnikA sorEnstAM
Annika Foundation
When Sorenstam retired
in 2008 as the third-leading
LPGA winner of all-time,
she formed her foundation as a way to share
her success with future
generations. The foundation partners with several
leading organizations to
promote healthy, active life-styles for children through
fitness and nutrition. It also
conducts three major tournaments for aspiring junior
girls and hosts a variety of
events where girls have the
opportunity to meet and
chat with Sorenstam. £
annikafoundation.org
their pro-ams, the two-time PGA Championship
winner teamed up in 2008
with longtime friend Jack
Brown, now CEO of a supermarket chain, to create
an event honoring Congressional Medal of Honor
recipients. The event has
become the largest fund-raiser in San Bernardino,
Calif., accumulating $2.3
million in four years. £
heroschallenge.org
dAVE stoCkton
Stater Brothers Charities
An indefatigable fund-raiser who rarely declines
requests from other
players to participate in
yAni tsEng
United Nations Childrens
Fund (UNICEF)
United Way of Taiwan
World’s No. 1-ranked woman
player broadened her charitable efforts this season. She
supports her home nation’s
7-11/United Way of Taiwan
campaign by making a $50
donation for every birdie
and $200 for every eagle
she makes. And she added
donations totaling $100,000
to programs conducted by
Unicef, including efforts to
provide clean tap water for
children worldwide. £
unicef.org •
unitedway.org.tw/en
Courtesy of the InterfaIth MInIstrIes for Greater houston; Courtesy of operatIon GaMe on
