video: Jeffrey Osborne On Celebrity Classic, Magic Johnson + Giving Back
Friday, August 09, 2013
Celebrated R&B musician and native Rhode Islander Jeffrey Osborne is back in town this week, preparing for his celebrity studded Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic Golf Tournament August 11-13. Osborne stopped by GoLocalProv to talk about an exciting new development this year--a celebrity basketball tournament featuring his friend Magic Johnson, to be held at Providence College on Sunday, August 11--as well as why it's so important to him to come home and give back.
Tickets to the basketball game, which will be held at Alumni Hall at PC, are $20. Tickets are on sale now through the Providence College Athletic Office at 401-865-2149 and online at www.jeffreyosborneclassic.org.
The Golf Tournament will be held on August 12-13 at Carnegie Abbey's famed course in Portsmouth. The primary mission of the Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic is to benefit Rhode Island non-profit organizations that support a continued push for music and the arts to children and their families, as well as those who provide a safe-haven for families in need. Local organizations for 2013 are: Amos House, Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, The MET Center, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School and Button Hole Golf Course.
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