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The Travelers Championship No-Brainer

The Travelers Championship is coming this June to Cromwell, Connecticut with just about the most impressive field of golfing talent outside of a major.

Now if you’ve never walked the fairways of TPC River Highlands and watched your favorite pro crush a 300 plus yard drive, then this is a bucket list must do. And if you have attended the Travelers before, then I already know you’re going back. It is amazing, right?

Now here’s the deal. If you are planning to go, please consider buying your tickets in an easy but particular way to both save a bunch of money and help a worthy local cause.

A general admission one-day ticket costs about $45. But if you purchase it online through the Travelers Championship “Chip in for Charity” program, it will only cost you $30. But also, Travelers will give another $15 per ticket to the Housatonic Valley Regional High School golf team, and they could really use it.

Let me state that again: Get a $45 ticket for $30 and trigger an additional $15 donation to a great bunch of high school kids.

If ever the term “no-brainer” applied, it’s here.

To make it easy for you to take advantage of this deal, follow these steps:

Visit travelerschampionship.com/chip-in-for-charity

Click on “Purchase Tickets”

Click blue “Unlock” on the right side of the screen under “Ticket Options”

Enter code:  1STHOLE

Choose the number of tickets you want and click the green “Get Tickets” button to the right

You will then login to your Ticketmaster account or create a new one by clicking the blue “Sign Up”  (it’s easy, even I could do it).

On the next screen choose to add any parking passes to your order. If you have chosen to add parking, then select the green “Next” button.

Review your order by clicking “Order Details” and select the green “Next” button.

Enter your credit/debit card information and click the green “Place Order” button.

It’s that simple. Oh, and youngsters 15 years and under, members of military and veterans are admitted free. Just visit travelerschampionship.com/tickets and scroll down to “Complimentary  Admission Programs”.

Til next time

Willie

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CPR doesn’t have to be perfect to be lifesaving!

It’s time to repeat this life-saving message. If you are organizing an event this year, consider inviting the good folks from Fairview to teach your guests CPR Lite!

 

“CPR doesn’t have to be perfect to be lifesaving!”

That’s the message that the good folks at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, MA. want us all to understand. Studies are showing that bystanders often don’t take any action to help someone who has stopped breathing because they haven’t had CPR training, and they are afraid they will screw up. And that is where Bystander CPR comes in. It is not the full CPR program- call it CPR Lite- but learning it can keep someone alive until the ambulance arrives.

Fairview’s CPR Plus Program will send Bystander CPR Coaches to gatherings to teach the truncated version to large groups of people. And it is free. It only takes three to five minutes to learn. The program brochure reads :

“Begin chest compressions at 100 times per minute over the center of the breastbone. If you compress to the Bee Gee’s 1977 hit song ‘Staying  Alive’ you’ll be doing it right.”

” While Bystander CPR is not as comprehensive as the full -fledged CPR program, it is a way to get people to take some action, which can have an impact on the outcome.” according to Fairview spokesperson Lauren Smith. ” We have also found that doing these mini-programs in a fairly informal way makes more people willing to approach it.  Overall, raising the level of awareness will also lead to more people learning CPR, extending the rural emergency network.”

Fairview is looking for groups of people to pass along this life-saving technique . Got a 5k or golf tournament coming up? Or a cocktail party? If your event is within the Tri-State area call them to arrange a visit from their Bystander CPR Coaches. Call Lauren (413) 854-9611.

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