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Mini-golf Making a Difference

Grab a foursome and schedule a tee time. On October 24th Lazer Gate, 288 Plymouth Ave, Fall River, will be hosting a black light mini golf tournament with all proceeds benefiting the Jarvis Green Foundation.

The event will be held on Friday October 24th from 3-9p.m. Tickets cost $15 ($45/foursome) and are available in advance online at www.lazergate.com/tournament and www.turnto10.com keyword: Jarvis. They include 18 holes of golf, a hot dog, fries, and a small drink. Walk-ins are welcome, but those having tickets prior to the start of the event can avoid waiting and move to the front of the line. Qualifying rounds will take place from 3-8p.m. A final round at 8p.m. will only include qualifying players competing to win prizes. There will be members of event staff at every hole to ensure accurate scoring. Jarvis Green will be there from 5-9p.m. for the final round and is available for photos and autographs.

The grand prize is a 4 pack of Patriots tickets to a home game. The date of the game is still to be announced. Second prize is dinner with Jarvis Green. Third prize is an assortment of Patriots memorabilia. In addition to these prizes, there will be a raffle.

Lazer Gate’s 18 hole course is out of this world with the front 9’s outer space theme. It is complete with aliens and spacecrafts. A journey through the vortex, a walkway surrounded by rotating psychedelic walls, leaves you in prehistoric times. Sometimes a little startling, the dinosaurs and working volcano seem to come to life under the black lights. Despite the eye-opening artwork, this course is elementary with easily avoidable and mostly stationary obstacles.

When asked about his expectations, Steve Holbrook, course designer, says though few tickets have been sold as of this time he is hoping for a big turn out. He also says that Lazer Gate has wanted to host a charity event for some time.

The Jarvis Green Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that provides support to working single mothers in low-income areas. This is in expansion of there original mission to help single mothers who were victims of Hurricane Katrina. There will also be a cocktail party benefiting this organization at the Two Forty Two restaurant in Providence, RI the night before this event.