Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Local Country Club Accepts Privilege Card

Local golf courses are helping the 250,000 Arkansans suffering with incurable lung disease breathe easier through the American Lung Association's 1999 Golf Privilege Card.

Area courses and driving ranges participating in the program include Red Martin Country Club in Gurdon, Arkadelphia Country Club, Glenwood Country Club and Prescott Country Club.

The Golf Privilege Card is a golf coupon book full of savings, valid March through November, that lets you enjoy free or discounted greens fees at 111 of the state's finest courses for only $30 per card or four for $100. You'll also receive free buckets of balls at 27 of the best driving ranges, free games at miniature courses and pro shop savings.

More importantly, your purchase of the Golf Privilege Card will help fund medical research to find a cure for asthma and educational programs to prevent lung disease. Proceeds from the Golf Privilege Card help trained volunteers visit school classrooms statewide to warn children of the dangers of smoking and to teach them better ways to deal with peer pressure.

Children struggling with asthma, their parents, teachers and school personnel also learn to better manage this disease, monitor their breathing, administer medications and build self- confidence through asthma education programs and a summer camp funded by Golf Privilege Card proceeds.

"We are very grateful to the golf professionals, owners and members of these clubs for giving the public the privilege of playing these courses and ranges," said Dwight Blissard, American Lung Association president. "They are helping many people overcome their breathing problems through their generosity."

The Golf Privilege Card makes the perfect gift for yourself or someone else and helps Arkansans breathe easier.

Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards are accepted. To order your 1999 Golf Privilege Card, call the American Lung Association of Arkansas at 1-800-880-5864 or visit their website at www.lungark.org