Left-to-Right: Joe Canty, Tina Cervasio, Duke Castiglione and Chris Canty
The Chris Canty Foundation held its Champions Golf Classic on May 5, 2014 at the prestigious Alpine Country Club in Demarest, New Jersey. The fundraiser a great opportunity for golfers of all levels to measure their skills against one of Tri-State areas top ranked courses, rub elbows with top athletes and celebrities from around the country, while supporting a great cause. Photo Above, L-R: Debert Cook, publisher, African American Golfer’s Digest shared a cart ride with Duke Castiglione, sports anchor, Fox 5 and My 9 New York. “This is a wonderful tournament that benefits an even more wonderful cause,” said Cook who participated in the 18 hole fundraiser outing. The outing included an exciting pre-tournament party, silent auction and on-course games. All proceeds benefit programs and initiatives supported and developed by the Chris Canty Foundation that expose youth grades K-12 to educational programs, health/fitness activities, and community service projects. 
Photo Left: Chris Canty (center) with members of his foursome. 
For those who wish to be in the mix and enjoy great networking, the 2015 Champions Golf Classic will be held on May 18 at Alpine Country Club in Demarest, New Jersey from 9am – 6pm.
Photo left: Chris Canty tees up for an exciting day at his charity golf tournament. 
The 4th hole is another challenge. 173 yards in length from the blues and protected by a large pond along the fairway, keeping your ball dry is of utmost importance. The same pond looms largely on the following hole, which requires you to fly the ball to the fairway for a remote chance of reaching the elevated 5th green in two. 
A large number of Alabama children are already in poverty. And for a child living in poverty, more than likely that child is not receiving the things needed for their development. More than likely, they are getting inadequate education, insufficient eating habits and unhealthy choices. More than likely they are not exposed to enough positive images, music, art and have no opportunity to experience America
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June 9-16, 2014, Kasey attended The Player Advanced Academy, along with 23 other junior golfers, at the WakeForest College Academy in North Carolina. This 8-day academy experience is intended for advanced players and to provides an experience that will improve the chances to compete at a higher level. Kasey adds that it also taught her the mental aspects of the game, and how she enjoyed the opportunity of staying on the college campus for eight 8 days.
Kasey Torres concluded our talk by sharing with me that “Golf is my life”, and that naturally she wants to be a pro golfer, however she is realistic. She feels, first and far most, she needs to focus on her education. History is her favorite subject, and believe it or not she does have time for hobbies; such as reading, drawing, and wouldn’t you know, also art.
I can truly say that I am a supporter and an advocate of students that are studying the arts, and I assist in providing awards to those students who have clearly, more than once, demonstrated excellence in their creative fields.
Full of excitement from beginning to end, the ladies were greeted with a bag drop at the entrance; there was a formal welcome and demo by Ira McGraw Jr., General Manager of Cedar Crest Golf Course and Maulana Dotch, Director of Instruction at Cedar Crest Golf Course on the driving range. There was great golf on the course with lots of activities and surprises.
It was a wonderful sight to see all of the lady professional golfers, participants and sponsors. All were joined in one room for the awards and luncheon where they were welcomed by the Emcee, Donna Richardson Joyner.
brought women together from all over the country to encourage and empower the game of golf. Golf professionals Oneda Castille and Avis Brown Riley traveled to Texas to support this historic event.
Johnson’s eldest son, Van said, “The life of our father has impacted us as men in many different ways. Growing up we were fortunate enough to experience a very respectful and loving relationship between a man and a woman for 30+ years. My father is the kind of man who would speak few words, but would lead by example. He had the ability with just a simple look to convey something very meaningful. He grew up in a different time and was presented with limited opportunities. Whether it was track, wrestling, golf camps in the summer, advanced tutoring, and vacations to non-traditional places, we had more exposure than most. He and my late mother (Linda Johnson) removed many roadblocks and valued education which attributed to many of our future successes. The expectation we were presented with as children was to achieve our potential, anything less would not be acceptable. That expectation will be passed down to our families as well.”
Sons Ryan and Van Jr., present their father with a special trophy recognizing his hole-in-one that was made a few months prior to the induction ceremony.