Sacramento, California   August 3, 2010 – In the words of a top government official, “This is a big fricking deal,” says Ron Michelson, owner of Briar Patch Smoke Shops in Sacramento. 

Michelson was referring to what is planned to be the Briar Patch’s First Annual Golf Tournament benefiting the Iraq Star Foundation to be held Friday, September 17 at the Ancil Hoffman Golf Course in Carmichael, California.

The Iraq Star Foundation provides reconstructive surgery to American soldiers returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. These surgeries help our wounded warriors resume happy, productive lives, and are beyond what the VA and the military will provide. All procedures are performed by board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeons who donate their skills. The Foundation pays for virtually everything else.

The event will begin with registration at 11:00 a.m. with tee-offs beginning at noon.  The $99 fee includes entry to all events, 18-holes of golf, riding cart, lunch, dinner and a chance to win various prizes.  There will be contests and prizes for longest drive, closest to pin and hole-in-one.

“Throughout the year, we stage a number of fund-raising events for community and patriotic causes, but this is one I am particularly pleased to be involved in,” said Michelson who also serves on the Board of Directors of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association.  The IPCPR is comprised of some 2,000 retailers and manufacturers of premium cigars, pipes, tobacco and related accoutrements.

Registration and sponsorship information is available at the Briar Patch Smoke Shops or online at www.briarpatch.biz.  One location is at Arden Fair Mall, 1689 Arden Way and the other is at Loehmann’s Plaza, 2529 Fair Oaks Blvd., both in Sacramento.  Merchandise donations should go to the Loehmann’s Plaza location. 

More information about the Iran Star Foundation may be found at www.iraqstar.org.

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