Alta Bates Celebrity Tennis Event … Among the stated core values of the Berkeley Tennis Club is its commitment to the tennis community and the community at large. For the past 14 Septembers, the Club plays host to the Alta Bates Summit Celebrity Tennis Classic. The event has featured Grand Slam winners Tracy Austin, Virginia Wade, Stan Smith, Bob Lutz, Mats Wilander, Luke Jensen, Monica Seles and Corina Morariu along with many local media and sports celebrities. Proceeds in the past two years went to Thunder Road Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center (www.thunder-road.org) and Youth Bridge, both freestanding subsidiaries of the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. These two entities target at-risk youth for rehabilitation of drug abuse and creation of job skills as well as providing academic instruction in job-readiness careers, mentoring, paid summer internships at the Center and emphasis on leadership development. The Berkeley Tennis Club appreciates those who selflessly gave their time throughout the planning and realization of this event; members of the BTC were a large part of both the steering committee and the on-site volunteer team (headed by BTC Manager Geoff Hayes) that made this worthy benefit such a success. |
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