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The 10th Annual “Getzlaf Golf Shootout”

08.23.21

After a year of nonprofits facing major downturns in fundraising due to COVID-19, Ryan Getzlaf, captain of the Anaheim Ducks and Stanley Cup Champion, is once again hosting the 10th Annual Getzlaf Golf Shootout in support of CureDuchenne, a leading global nonprofit focused on finding and funding a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 

The 10th Annual Getzlaf Golf Shootout hosted by Paige & Ryan Getzlaf is happening Saturday, September 11 at Monarch Beach Golf Links in Dana Point.

Registration 9 a.m. | Tournament Begins 10:30 a.m. | Awards & Dinner 4 p.m.

The rare disease affects approximately 1 in 3,500 male births worldwide–Boys are usually diagnosed around 5 years of age, lose the ability to walk by their mid-teens and most boys with Duchenne don’t survive past their mid-20’s. 

The charity golf event will bring together local athletes, celebrities, and community leaders to raise funds for CureDuchenne’s community programs and investments into lifesaving Duchenne muscular dystrophy research. Since 2012, the tournament has benefited CureDuchenne, Paige & Ryan have raised more than $3.4M to fund research to save the lives of those with Duchenne.

For more information on the event and sponsorship opportunities visit cureduchenne.org/getzlaf-golf. 

Monarch Beach Golf Links in Dana Point. 

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Award-Winning Chef Built Community Through Cooking

08.22.21

Award-winning, plant-based chef and entrepreneur GW Chew aka Chef Chew, the Founder and CEO of  Something Better Foods Inc., has built a community through his cooking and reimagined soul food with Better Chew (plant-based protein solutions with a taste, texture, and appearance to satisfy a craving for meat). 

With celebrity fans ranging from rapper T-Pain to comedian Tony Baker, a $500,000 equity investment from ICA, and products available in WHOLE FOODS, Chef Chew is on a mission to bring better food to food desert communities nationwide.

Inspired to begin living a healthy lifestyle, Chef Chew switched to a plant-based diet in 2001 and started experimenting with creating vegan food products in 2004. He painstakingly invented the Better Chew proteins—featuring beef, chicken and seafood substitutes that mimic America’s most popular comfort and ethnic foods such as shredded steak, beefy ribs/brisket, fried chicken, and shredded chicken, in his mom’s kitchen and has perfected the textures and taste over the past 15 years. As part of his mission to democratize access to healthy food, Chef Chew most recently created the Better Chew Box to deliver healthy and affordable plant-based protein SOLUTIONS directly to your community. 

In 2008 he became a restaurateur with his first vegan restaurant and people loved the food. For years he ran restaurants in Arkansas, in Maryland, and celebrity hotspot The Veg Hub in Oakland, California. His mission was to go into communities that were designated specifically as food deserts to bring something better to the community and change a generation with better food. Soon thereafter he also began his motivational speaking, championing his motto to “give you something to Chew on.” The company’s mission statement is simply to “change lives one ‘chew’ at a time.

As a B-Corp, they are committed to democratizing access to healthy food and creating food solutions that are affordable and accessible by ALL people. 

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