The innovative virtual reality golf event awarded the highest donation amount to the highest number of beneficiaries in its history, surpassing last year’s record.
San Juan, Puerto Rico – The Liberty Foundation successfully held a virtual edition of its 23rd Liberty Foundation Golf Invitational – A New Reality Tournament with a record-breaking donation of $500,000 distributed among 23 nonprofit organizations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The donation was presented right before the game, which took place on Friday, December 4, 2020 at a virtual golf course created exclusively for the tournament. The event marked the first time that a golf tournament was held in virtual form in Puerto Rico or across the Caribbean.
The 23 organizations that received donations this year were Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico, Casa Familiar Virgilio Dávila, Casa de Niños Manuel Fernández Juncos, Centro Espibi, Centros Sor Isolina Ferré, Community Foundation USVI, Eco Exploratorio, Felisa Rincón de Gautier Foundation, Fundación Alas a la Mujer, Fundación A-Mar, Fundación CAP, Hogar Cuna San Cristóbal, Hogar Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús, Hogares Teresa Toda, Instituto Nueva Escuela, Jóvenes de Puerto Rico en Riesgo, Kinesis, Make Music Happen (Berklee in Puerto Rico), Movimiento para el Alcance de Vida Independiente (MAVI), Niños de Nueva Esperanza, Para La Naturaleza, Ponce Children’s Choir and the San Juan Children’s Choir.
“It is really important for us to continue helping nonprofit organizations that make such an amazing difference in the lives of thousands of children, youths and adults in the island, particularly this year with the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Naji Khoury, president and CEO of Liberty Puerto Rico and Liberty Foundation’s president. “So we partnered with a group of very talented Puerto Rican entrepreneurs from startup company VeoVeo to recreate, as closely to reality as possible, the great experience that we always have in the real golf course. The result was an amazing game that all participants enjoyed tremendously.”
About 165 players from over 50 cities around the world participated in the virtual golf game. They played the 9-hole golf invitational game with an Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset and controls that players received via mail once registered.
“Thanks to our collaborators and sponsors’ generosity, we got the opportunity to support some wonderful Puerto Rican nonprofits we have helped in the past, in addition to four new ones from the island and one from the USVI, now that we are in that market after acquiring AT&T’s mobile operations,” added Yadira Valdivia, Liberty Foundation’s executive director. “This year’s donation represents another record for Liberty Foundation, and it’s one that we want to break again next year, and the year after because it will mean that the positive impact that we are having in our communities will continue to grow.”
The Foundation will continue to help other nonprofit organizations throughout the entire year. The tournament has been raising funds for community organizations in Puerto Rico since 1996, when it raised $19,000 for the Hogar San José in Luquillo. Since then, the event has raised over $3.3 million for 28 nonprofit organizations throughout the island, including this year’s donation.
The Liberty Foundation is a nonprofit organization registered in Puerto Rico and the United States that serves as Liberty Puerto Rico’s corporate social responsibility arm. Established in July 2017, the Foundation provides funds to non-profit organizations that offer social, educational, cultural, and environmental services throughout Puerto Rico. The Liberty Foundation also establishes alliances with non-profit entities to sponsor and participate in activities and initiatives to raise funds, awareness, and encourage employees to do volunteer work to further advance their causes. For more information on the Liberty Foundation, please visit https://www.libertyfoundationpr.org/about.html
About Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico LLC:
Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico LLC is a subsidiary of Liberty Latin America and has approximately 870,300 RGUs as of September 30, 2020 in 76 municipalities around Puerto Rico. The communication services that Liberty provides on the island include broadband Internet, advanced digital telephony and high definition video for residential and business customers. Business services include end-to-end IT and telecommunications solutions for companies of all sizes, in addition to personnel specializing in advanced managed Internet services, security and disaster recovery. For more information, please visit www.libertypr.com.
About Liberty Latin America
Liberty Latin America is a leading communications company operating in over 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean under the consumer brands VTR, Flow, Liberty, Más Móvil, BTC, UTS and Cabletica. The communications and entertainment services that we offer to our residential and business customers in the region include digital video, broadband internet, telephony and mobile services. Our business products and services include enterprise-grade connectivity, data center, hosting and managed solutions, as well as information technology solutions with customers ranging from small and medium enterprises to international companies and governmental agencies. In addition, Liberty Latin America operates a sub-sea and terrestrial fiber optic cable network that connects over 40 markets in the region.
Liberty Latin America has three separate classes of common shares, which are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbols “LILA” (Class A) and “LILAK” (Class C), and on the OTC link under the symbol “LILAB” (Class B). For more information, please visit www.lla.com.
