Bodog Benefit For Youth Foundation
Published: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 Online-Casinos.com
BODOG BENEFIT FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION
Celeb Poker Invitational raises $150 000
The LA Lakers Youth Foundation received a boost to its coffers this week
following the Bodog sponsored Los Angeles Lakers 3rd Annual Casíno
Night and Celebrity Poker Invitational.
Bodog CEO Calvin Ayre together with Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss
was on hand to welcome guests to the event, held at the Barker Hangar in Santa
Monica. Lakers fan John Horne won the poker game with second place
going to Rossi Morreale of Extra.
During the fundraiser, guests learned how to play poker at the "Bodog
Poker Boot Camp" where Bodog Girls were on hand to provide free poker
lessons.
Bodog and Lakers friends and family who attended the event included: Phil Jackson,
Jeanie Buss, Magic Johnson, Paris Hilton, Marcia Cross, Josh Duhamel, Anne Heche,
Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Jeremy Piven, Regina King, Penny Marshall, Lacey Chabert,
Dean Cain, Shannon Elizabeth, Jennifer Tilly, Rick and Kathy Hilton, Annie Duke,
Bai Ling, Ricki Lake, Olivia Wilde, Brody Jenner, Phil Laak, Linda Rambis, Michele
Merkin, David Anders, Jon Rose, Jon Kelley, Rue and more.
L.A. Lakers past and present in attendance included: Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom,
Smush Parker, Chris Mihm, Luke Walton, Sasha Vujacic, Devean George, Kwame Brown,
Andrew Bynum, Brian Cook, Devin Green, Jim Jackson, Aaron McKie, Ronny Turiaf,
Von Wafer, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Kurt Rambis.
Ayre donated $150,000 to the L.A. Lakers Youth Foundation in a check presentation
made during halftime at a Lakers vs. Clippers game at the Staples Center. One
hundred percent of the event proceeds benefited the L.A. Lakers Youth Foundation,
which provides financial assistance to more than 30 children's charities in the
Los Angeles area. Education, medical care and after-school activities for at-risk
youth are among the programs the L.A. Lakers Youth Foundation provides.
