1st Annual LCpl Travis Layfield Golf Tourney Info...

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First Annual LCpl Travis Layfield Memorial Golf Tournament to Benefit Project: Gold Star

EVENT: The First Annual LCpl Travis Layfield Memorial Golf Tournament will benefit Project: Gold Star, the California Department of Veterans Affairs’ (CalVet) program to raise funds to produce Gold Star Family License Plates. Project: Gold Star needs to raise $300,000 in private donations to begin producing these plates. See brochure for more information. http://www.vvacalsc.com/images/bbimages/1st_Annual_Layfield_Golf_Tournament.pdf

DATE: Friday, April 2, 2010

TIME: 10:00 a.m. – Registration
Noon – Shotgun start
6:00 p.m. – Awards / Dinner

PLACE: Coyote Creek Golf Club
One Coyote Creek Golf Drive
Morgan Hill, CA 95037

WHO: Golfers, CalVet executive staff, veterans and friends of veterans

BACKGROUND: LCpl Travis Layfield was a son, grandson, father, brother, uncle, friend and hero. He was a selfless and caring man who led by example and was admired by many. LCpl Layfield died due to enemy hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq on April 6, 2004.

Project: Gold Star was established when Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 1455 (Cogdill) in 2008, which authorized the CA Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a license plate that would honor the families of service men and women who were killed in the line of duty. The legislation required that the program be funded through private donations so the families of the fallen service men and women wouldn’t have to pay any extra fees for these special license plates. Under provisions of the law, any family member whose son or daughter (mother, father, husband, wife, or grandparent or grandchild) gave their life for our freedom may obtain one of these special recognition plates by simply paying the regular registration fees.