LPGA PLAYER ANGELA STANFORD ENLISTS THE BALCOM AGENCY
TO PROMOTE CHARITY GOLF EVENT
FORT WORTH, Texas – October 30, 2006 – LPGA Tour Professional Angela Stanford has selected the Balcom Agency to promote her charity golf tournament benefiting Lena Pope Home and Mental Health Mental Retardation of Tarrant County.
“The Balcom Agency brings creative energy and exciting possibilities to the development and launch of this new tournament,” said Angela Stanford. “The agency’s expertise and eye-catching graphics have far exceeded anything I could have imagined.”
The Balcom Agency will create the event logo, in addition to a personal mark for Angela Stanford. Balcom will also produce the fund-raising collateral pieces and will provide public relations for the inaugural event.
The unique golf tournament will take place at night, using glow-in-the-dark golf balls. Celebrity participants will include some of Stanford’s fellow LPGA players and members of the TCU Women’s Golf Team. The event is scheduled for the evening of Friday, December 8. More details will be released soon.
“Angela is an outstanding member of our community,” said Stuart Balcom, president and chief executive officer of the Balcom Agency. “We are happy to help in any way possible and wish her outstanding success in this endeavor.”
A native of Saginaw, Texas, Stanford has been playing golf since she was 10. She is a 2000 TCU graduate, and joined the LPGA tour in 2001. In 2003, she won the ShopRite LPGA Classic and tied for second at the U.S. Women’s Open.
Founded in 1993, the Balcom Agency has provided its clients with comprehensive advertising, public relations and marketing solutions to various business challenges. The agency’s roster also includes such local, regional and national clients as Justin Boots, Justin Original Workboots, Tony Lama, Texas Health Resources, Harris Methodist Hospitals, Alcon Laboratories, the Neeley School of Business at TCU and Colonial Savings. Visit www.balcomagency.com for more details.