Desire Street Ministries to Host Champions 2010 Celebrity Golf Benefit at Black Diamond Golf Course Feb. 8

DECATUR – Desire Street Ministries (DSM) will host its celebrity golf tournament – “Champions 2010” – Monday, Feb. 8 starting with a noon tee-off at Black Diamond Golf Course in Lecanto, in Citrus County, Fla.

Celebrities participating include Danny Wuerffel, DSM’s executive director and 1996 Heisman Trophy winner, Coach Steve Spurrier, head coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks and former coach of the University of Florida Gators, Shane Matthews, former NFL quarterback for the Miami Dolphins and University of Florida Gators and Jon Gruden, color commentator on ESPN Monday Night Football and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach. Proceeds from the golf tournament will benefit Desire Street Ministries.

“We’re looking forward to a good turnout in support of needed programs to help transform impoverished neighborhoods into desirable places to live,” said Wuerffel. The ministry has been working since 1990 to revitalize the Desire Street neighborhoods in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans. With the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the ministry was forced to relocate for a time, and as a result started additional ministries in the Eighth Ward of New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Today, in addition to these three Louisiana ministry locations, DSM partners strategically with ministries in Montgomery, Ala. Lakeland, Fla. and Atlanta, Ga. to bring about neighborhood transformation by equipping and encouraging indigenous leadership. For more information about Desire Street Ministries, see www.desirestreet.org.

For event information or registration, contact Sara Pace at 678.681.3960 (toll free at 866.633.0070) or by email at space@desiresteet.org.

ABOUT DANNY WUERFFEL: Danny Wuerffel won the 1996 Heisman Trophy while playing quarterback at the University of Florida. He is a devout Christian, and known for his character both on and off the field. Wuerffel played seven seasons in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, and Washington Redskins, before retiring. After leaving the NFL, he began work full-time at Desire Street Ministries, a non-profit faith-based organization focusing on spiritual and community development in one of the poorest areas of New Orleans.