The Golf Charity Network

Through its ShairGive program, Shaircraft Solutions, a private aviation law and consulting firm, working with the U.S. Veterans Administration and the Professional Golf Association’s First Tee Program, is seeking donations of flight time on private aircraft to help four visually impaired disabled veterans participate in the National Veterans TEE (Training, Exposure and Experience) Golf Tournament in Riverside Iowa, September 6 – 9, 2010.

The four veterans in need—David Zang (Navy), Michael Smith (Army), Ronald Cody (Marines) and Joseph Taylor (Marines), combined, have served our country for over 36 years, from Vietnam through the Gulf War. Each has been selected to participate, along with 200 other veterans, in the Tee Tournament because they have excelled in completing the Blind Rehabilitation Training Program offered by the Veterans Administration.

These wounded warriors suffer substantial visual impairment as well as other debilitating conditions that include prostate and bladder cancer and melanoma, severe arthritis and the effects of a stroke. Yet, they have persevered and continue to work toward regaining a full and active lifestyle.

Unfortunately, commercial air travel from Florida to the Tee Tournament in Iowa City, Iowa involves time consuming and arduous connections that, due to their respective disabilities, make the trip impossible for these heroes. Shaircraft is asking the private aviation community to step up and donate a flight on September 6, 2010 from West Palm Beach, Florida to Iowa City, Iowa and a return flight on September 10, 2010.
“We are honored to have this opportunity to demonstrate, if only in a small way, the respect we have for these fine servicemen,” says CEO, James D. Butler.Shaircraft works pro bono with donors and charities to help facilitate charitable contributions of flight time on private aircraft.