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[email protected] CLEAN WATER CHANGES EVERYTHING Actress Patricia Heaton Headlines Event Providing Clean Wells, New Lives for Women and Girls in Africa (SCOTTSDALE, AZ) – Nine years ago, world-renowned golfer Betsy King took a trip to Africa that forever changed her life. She returned determined to radically improve the lives of women and children she saw there, suffering from disease, malnutrition, poor sanitation and nearly indescribable poverty. King created Golf Fore Africa to advance the mission to provide clean water that gives life rather than takes it. In its short existence, Golf Fore Africa has funded over 150 new wells in Africa, providing safe water to 45,000 people and works in close affiliation with World Vision, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of the world’s children. This year, actress Patricia Heaton will keynote Golf Fore Africa’s Strong Women Strong World annual fundraising event on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at the Four Seasons Scottsdale. Heaton, who is best known for her Emmy® Award winning role as Debra Barone on the TV hit Everybody Loves Raymond, currently stars in ABC’s The Middle and hosts her own popular cooking program, Patricia Heaton Parties, on the Food Network. This summer, Heaton was named World Vision’s first Celebrity Ambassador, continuing her long association with the Christian humanitarian organization. Towela Mzumara, World Vision Zambia Program Manager, will give a personal report on how Golf Fore Africa is changing lives of women, children and their communities in Zambia. Golf Fore Africa’s founder Betsy King said, “It’s hard to overstate how critically important this work is.