Nat Moore Foundation benefit starts at Hard Rock
The 2009 Canon Florida Classic Celebrity Weekend to benefit the Nat Moore Foundation will take place Saturday through Monday.
The proceeds raised from the event will go toward the scholarship programs to help disadvantaged youth in South Florida attend college, according to a release from the Hard Rock.
The event is presented by the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, which hosts a celebrity party and auction at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The 2009 Canon Florida Classic is at 8 a.m. Monday at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa. Scheduled to participate: Julius Erving, Dan Marino and Bob Griese. An awards cocktail party will take place afterward.
Additional celebrities expected to attend the weekend events include: Bobby Bell, Dwight Stephenson, O.J. Anderson, Richard Dent, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, Jim McMahon, Sterling Sharpe, hockey player Pierre Larouche and baseball's Rollie Fingers. From the movies:Richard Roundtree, Glynn Turman, Bruce Locke and Brian Thompson.
Call 305-770-0995 or visit www.natmoorefoundation.net.
According to the release, The Nat Moore Foundation was founded to improve the quality of life for disadvantaged Miami Dade County youth and their communities by focusing on education, sports development and youth health needs. The foundation has granted funds to area non-profit organizations that offered programs and services to enrich the lives of disadvantaged youth. Since its inception, the foundation’s focus was and still is, to create a better community for the children of South Florida by providing them a safe, wholesome and positive learning atmosphere where they can arm themselves with the necessary tools and knowledge to succeed in their present environment.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
