We don’t announce most events on our blog, but this one is special: the first annual Marissa Nestor Invitational Doubles Tournament is being held on Saturday, March 9 at 9 a.m. at the La Gorce Country Club, located at 5685 Alton Road in Miami Beach, Florida.  What makes this tournament so special.  Marissa is Eva’s lovely daughter and the event is in honor of her 18th birthday

This is the listing from the website SocialMiami.com:

Sign up for a day of tennis and fun at the first ever Marissa Nestor Invitational Doubles Tournament, a fundraiser for United Cerebral Palsy of South Florida. Player fees are $30 per individual and $50 per team, which includes lunch and a chance to win tickets for the Sony Ericsson Open. Registration begins at 9 a.m., and the matches get underway at 10. Tennis Pro Daniel Capote will organize this kick-off tournament, an introduction to the main event that will take place November 14, also a benefit for UCP. The tournament is named in honor of Marissa Nestor, a young woman living with cerebral palsy and the daughter of UCP of South Florida board member, Dr. Eva Ritvo, who is hosting the tournament. For information about participating or sponsoring the tournament, please call or e-mail Janelle Cedeno.

Marissa was born with a condition called hemiparesis, which is a weakness on one side of the body that can be caused by cerebral palsy.  That’s why the fundraiser is for UCP.  This is also special because Eva is a huge tennis fan who has been to Wimbledon and spends a lot of her free time on the court.  So this is a chance to engage the sport she loves to both show her love for Marissa and to support a worthy cause, namely, cerebral palsy and hemiparesis research.

This is also an example of the Beauty-Brain Loop in action.  You activate your Inner Beauty because helping others makes you feel good.  You protect your Outer Beauty by wearing sunscreen and a hat, and burning calories to keep you trim.  You improve your Health with the cardiovascular exercise, and improve your Environment because you’re surrounded by friends and giving to a good cause.

To find out more about the 2009 Marissa Nestor Invitational Doubles Tournament, you can go to the Social Miami website here, or call 305-325-9018.

Tags: benefit, charity, hemiparesis, tennis

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