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FL: GOLF CLUB FINDS UNIQUE WAY TO HONOR VETERANS
11-11-2024
Supers/Fonts: ANTHONY NETTO/ FOUNDER OF SUPF

KAREN ATKINSON/ Veteran

Story Location: Fort Myers

State/Province: Florida

Shot Date: 11/11/2024

URL: https://winknews.com/2024/11/10/local-golf-country-club-finds-unique-way-honor-veterans/

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Story Description:
Elements:

sound with veterans, VO of VertaCat

Wire/StoryDescription:

A golf and country club in Fort Myers celebrated Veterans Day by holding a charity event where nearly a thousand golf balls were dropped from a helicopter.

The Legends Golf and Country Club hosted the event to support the Stand Up and Play Foundation, a national non-profit that gives disabled veterans the ability to not just stand, but play golf as well.

With the help of the VertaCat, an all-terrain motorized cart, veterans paralyzed from the waist down are able to get back to their golf game.

Karen Atkinson, a veteran, said she was amazed by the machine.

I tell people, my life ends at the pavement. This pavement, I cant leave this. A device like the VertaCat, to me, that is magical, said Atkinson.

The golf balls that were dropped from the helicopter each had a hopeful donors number on it.
The ones that rolled closest to the flags won donors some cash and gave veterans the opportunity to work on their swing again.

From a sitting position to a standing position, it is only about 18 inches. It changes the world, said Atkinson.

Over the years, the Stand Up and Play Foundation has raised over $350 thousand in funds.

Anthony Netto, the founder of the Stand Up and Play Foundation, said that a device like this can be life-changing.

Its like a new way of life, allowing a new lifestyle. Just when you thought you couldnt, you can, said Netto.

<pi>The VertaCat from Sundays event will be given to the non-profits new Tampa Bay chapter on Monday.</pi>

Station Notes/Scripts:

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GETTING A SHOT AT SOMETHING YOU DON'T THINK TWICE ABOUT ON THE GREEN



GOLF SWING



"you do have the excuse being in the wheelchair. You have the blue, you know, parking disc, which gives you that opportunity to also, hey, I have an excuse. What's yours?"



" It didn't save my life, but it gave me a life, you know"



SCARIFICES VETERANS MADE FOR OUR FREEDOM MAY NEVER BE REPAYED

ESPECIALLY WHEN ITS TAKEN YOUR ABILITY TO STAND FROM YOU

THAT IS UNTIL NOW...



"I tell people, my life ends at the pavement, you know, this pavement. I can't leave this a device like the verdicat to me, that is magical"



WITH THE HELP OF THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION STAND UP AND PLAY - THE VERTICAT IS BEHIND THIS NEW PERSPECTIVE

AN ALL-TERRAIN MOTORIZED CART THAT ALLOWS VETERANS PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN







HOVERING ABOVE THE GREEN WITH NEARLY A THOUSAND GOLF BALLS READY TO DROP...

THE ONES ROLLING CLOSEST TO THE FLAGS WIN DONORS SOME CASH AND GIVE VETERANS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THEIR SWING AGAIN



"It is only about 18 inches. It changes the world. Changes your perspective and it changes your world. "



"be it would like a new way of life, allowing new lifestyle. Just when you thought you couldn't, you can"



"i'll bring haley back tomorrow" rides away on verticat."

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Supers/Fonts: ANTHONY NETTO/ FOUNDER OF SUPF

KAREN ATKINSON/ Veteran

Story Location: Fort Myers

State/Province: Florida

Shot Date: 11/11/2024

URL: https://winknews.com/2024/11/10/local-golf-country-club-finds-unique-way-honor-veterans/

Notes and Restrictions:

Newsource Notes:

Story Description:
Elements:

sound with veterans, VO of VertaCat

Wire/StoryDescription:

A golf and country club in Fort Myers celebrated Veterans Day by holding a charity event where nearly a thousand golf balls were dropped from a helicopter.

The Legends Golf and Country Club hosted the event to support the Stand Up and Play Foundation, a national non-profit that gives disabled veterans the ability to not just stand, but play golf as well.

With the help of the VertaCat, an all-terrain motorized cart, veterans paralyzed from the waist down are able to get back to their golf game.

Karen Atkinson, a veteran, said she was amazed by the machine.

I tell people, my life ends at the pavement. This pavement, I cant leave this. A device like the VertaCat, to me, that is magical, said Atkinson.

The golf balls that were dropped from the helicopter each had a hopeful donors number on it.
The ones that rolled closest to the flags won donors some cash and gave veterans the opportunity to work on their swing again.

From a sitting position to a standing position, it is only about 18 inches. It changes the world, said Atkinson.

Over the years, the Stand Up and Play Foundation has raised over $350 thousand in funds.

Anthony Netto, the founder of the Stand Up and Play Foundation, said that a device like this can be life-changing.

Its like a new way of life, allowing a new lifestyle. Just when you thought you couldnt, you can, said Netto.

<pi>The VertaCat from Sundays event will be given to the non-profits new Tampa Bay chapter on Monday.</pi>

Station Notes/Scripts:

(***PACKAGE***)



GETTING A SHOT AT SOMETHING YOU DON'T THINK TWICE ABOUT ON THE GREEN



GOLF SWING



"you do have the excuse being in the wheelchair. You have the blue, you know, parking disc, which gives you that opportunity to also, hey, I have an excuse. What's yours?"



" It didn't save my life, but it gave me a life, you know"



SCARIFICES VETERANS MADE FOR OUR FREEDOM MAY NEVER BE REPAYED

ESPECIALLY WHEN ITS TAKEN YOUR ABILITY TO STAND FROM YOU

THAT IS UNTIL NOW...



"I tell people, my life ends at the pavement, you know, this pavement. I can't leave this a device like the verdicat to me, that is magical"



WITH THE HELP OF THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION STAND UP AND PLAY - THE VERTICAT IS BEHIND THIS NEW PERSPECTIVE

AN ALL-TERRAIN MOTORIZED CART THAT ALLOWS VETERANS PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN







HOVERING ABOVE THE GREEN WITH NEARLY A THOUSAND GOLF BALLS READY TO DROP...

THE ONES ROLLING CLOSEST TO THE FLAGS WIN DONORS SOME CASH AND GIVE VETERANS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THEIR SWING AGAIN



"It is only about 18 inches. It changes the world. Changes your perspective and it changes your world. "



"be it would like a new way of life, allowing new lifestyle. Just when you thought you couldn't, you can"



"i'll bring haley back tomorrow" rides away on verticat."

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