Contact: Cindy Ardis Jenkins
Title: Communications Coordinator
Phone: (309) 687-7205

July 14, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MAUI JIM CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC RAISES $260,000 FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHILDREN

Peoria, IL - Hats off to Maui Jim CEO, Walter Hester, COO Mike Dalton and their Peoria staff for organizing the 6th Annual Maui Jim/Children’s Home Charity Golf Classic held July 11 which raised $260,000 for the Children’s Home, bringing the six year total to almost $1 million! The proceeds from this event play a significant role in the agency’s ability to continue helping children and families of central Illinois.

Again held at the Country Club of Peoria, the day began with clinics led by PGA Championship Tour pros Dave Stockton, Morris Hatalsky and Don Pooley followed by a long-drive exhibition by Art Sellinger. With a shotgun start at noon, the 27 foursomes participated in the 18-hole golf scramble while enjoying food and beverages on the golf course provided by the Country Club of Peoria, Nick & Willy’s, Alexander Street Steakhouse and Sir Lionel Catering. A new feature to the event this year was an oxygen & aromatherapy bar by Airheads, Inc. Event participants were given the opportunity to choose from 12 different aromatherapy oxygens. A five to ten-minute session with an oxygen bar displaces harmful free radicals, neutralizes environmental toxins, and destroys anaerobic infectious bacteria, parasites and microbes. Oxygen gives the body the ability to rebuild itself, detoxifies blood, increases circulation and strengthens the immune system. Oxygen will heighten concentration, alertness and help fight off depression, and has also been known to help with relaxation and sleep disorders, prevent disease, relieve hangovers and alleviate headaches. Event participants thoroughly enjoyed this addition.

A poolside luau at the Country Club followed the outing featuring authentic Hawaiin leis and entertainment, a live auction and prizes awarded for longest putt, closest to the pin, longest drive, best score (net and gross) and team prizes were awarded for the first through third place teams. The first place team was the RLI/Maui Jim foursome of Joe Dondanville of Peoria, Tim Krueger of Dunlap, Skip Orza of New Jersey and Ed Thomas of St. Louis; the second place team was the Orthopedic Institute of Illinois foursome of Jim Maxey of Dunlap, Steve Hippler of Dunlap, Scot Frankenreider of Peoria and Dan Gruppo of Ohio; and the third place team was the Great Plains Sports Medicine foursome of Mark Phillips, Mark McAuliffe, Tim Cassidy and Terry Cole, all of Peoria.

Children’s Home would like to thank all who helped make this year’s golf outing an overwhelming success and especially to Maui Jim for their continued concern and dedication to touching the lives of kids. MAHALO!!