Golf Rocks - Home

HOME

EVENT ITINERARY

SPONSORS

EVENT PHOTO GALLERY

CONTACT INFO

PLEASE ENTER YOUR EMAIL FOR EVENT SUBSCRIPTION

Malaria is the #1 killer of children in Africa, killing about one million children annually. Every 30 seconds a child dies. Sleeping under an insecticide-treated bed net has been shown to reduce malaria transmission by at least 50% and the mortality of children under five by up to 25%. For as little as $10, one net can save as many as five lives. Read more...

On Sunday, September 7th, 2008, Belinda Stronach, Co-founder, Spread the Net, Chair, Malaria No More Canada, Executive Vice-Chairman, Magna International Inc. and Member of Parliament, and Peter Chernin, Chair, Malaria No More, President and COO, News Corporation and Chairman and CEO, Fox Group, co-hosted the first ever Golf Rocks fundraising and awareness building event.

Golf Rocks was held at the Magna Golf Club and took place during the Toronto International Film Festival. The event featured great golf, celebrity guests including Alicia Keyes, Queen Latifa, Jennifer Hudson and Sophia Bush, and live musical performances by David Foster, Bill Maher, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie, Ian Thornley, Kevin Costner & Modern West, Mobile, Ringside, the Canadian Tenors and Raven O of the Box in New York City.

Proceeds for Golf Rocks benefited Spread the Net, Malaria No More and Malaria No More Canada. Malaria is the #1 killer of children in Africa, killing more than one million annually. Every 30 seconds a child dies. Sleeping under an insecticide-treated bed net has been shown to reduce malaria transmission by at least 50% and the mortality of children under five by up to 25%. For as little as $10, one net can save as many as five lives.

For more information on how you can make a contribution and bring us one step closer to achieving our goal of eradicating Malaria, go to www.spreadthenet.org and www.malarianomore.org.