Serving For Heroes Charity Tennis Tournament in Reston, VA

Reston, VA – Wilson Paine, a local long-time tennis player and fan, organizes the charity tennis tournament 3rd Annual Serving for Heroes Charity Open Presented by HURD I/T Communications to raise funds for Our Military Kids, Inc. – a local nonprofit that provides grants in sports, fine arts, and tutoring to military children in the DC metro area and nationwide.

“I am very happy to once again bring an event like this to our local community. The tournament has experienced enormous growth over the past two years and the outpouring of support from the tennis community, HURD I/T Communications, the Reston Association, and all our partners has been amazing,” said Wilson Paine, the tournament director and organizer.

Through this tournament, Paine hopes to shed light on the great work being done by Our Military Kids, Inc., as well as unite the tennis community around such a wonderful cause. Both the Citi Open and the Washington Kastles are sponsors for the event.

“Initially, the Serving For Heroes Charity Open raised funds to assist in the recovery process for wounded veterans. This year I wanted to broaden that scope to focus more on the military families who also endure incredible emotional and physical hardships that tend to be overlooked,” Paine said. “That is what attracted me to Our Military Kids. They understand that supporting military families and more specifically military children is an extension of supporting our veterans. Their grants offer an outlet to ease the emotional toll placed on military children while their parent is deployed. It’s such a worthy cause and felt like a natural fit for this tournament’s mission.”

Paine first thought of creating a charity tennis tournament back in 2011 and organized the inaugural tournament at Georgetown University in 2013. The tournament had over 100 player entries and won the 2013 USTA Mid-Atlantic Military Tennis Award.

This is the second year the tournament will be held at Lake Newport Tennis Facility in partnership with the Reston Association. HURD I/T Communications, a Tysons Corner-based IT consulting firm, is this year’s title sponsor.

WHAT: USTA-sanctioned tennis tournament open to all USTA members

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, July 25 - 26, 2015

WHERE: Lake Newport Tennis Facility

1452 Baron Cameron Ave. Reston, VA 20194

SIGN UP: Sign up online at http://tennislink.usta.com using USTA Tournament ID # 300025415

DEADLINE : Monday, July 20th at 11:59:00 PM Eastern Time.

All players participating in the tournament will receive 1 free ticket to the 1st round of the Citi Open on Monday, August 3rd. Additionally, each tournament winner will receive a pair of tickets to the Citi Open Semifinal matches on Saturday, August 8th, and each tournament finalist will receive a pair of tickets to the Washington Kastles match on Monday, July 27th.

Everyone is welcome to support and watch the tournament. For those interested in contributing, please check out the 3rd Annual Serving For Heroes Charity Open fundraising page here:

https://www.razoo.com/story/Servingforheroes

For further enquiries:

Wilson Paine

Tel: 865-803-8650

Email: wilson.paine@gmail.com

About the 3rd Annual Serving for Heroes Charity Open Presented by HURD I/T Communications

The Serving for Heroes Charity Open is a 300-point USTA-sanctioned tournament open to all USTA members. All proceeds from the tournament will go to benefit Our Military Kids, Inc. – a local nonprofit that provides tangible support to children of deployed and severely injured National Guard and Military Reserve personnel through grants for sports, fine arts, and tutoring here in the DC metro area.

For more information, please visit: www.facebook.com/ServingForHeroesCharityOpen

About Our Military Kids, Inc.

Based in McLean, Our Military Kids, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created to provide support and recognition to military children. This may include children ages 3 years through the 12thgrade of deployed National Guard and Reserve service members, along with children of Wounded and Fallen Warriors from all branches of service. The grants to children pay for fees associated with athletic, fine arts, and tutoring programs. Our Military Kids’ grants keep military children engaged in activities of their choosing, helping to relieve the stress of separation from a parent by providing a positive distraction, minimizing emotional destabilization, building self-esteem, and enabling academic achievement. A service member once said, “Please don’t send cookies, care packages, or socks. Just take care of our children.” Our Military Kids works every day to fulfill this plea.

Learn more at: http://ourmilitarykids.org/

About HURD I/T Communications

Located in Tysons Corners, Hurd I/T Communications is a fast growing company that provides Cloud Solutions, VoIP Solutions, Applications Development, Managed Enterprise Services, and Network Security Services. They integrate these solutions and services into the business needs of their clientele to create Enterprise-class solutions. Their partnerships with leading data center providers and software vendors enable them to deliver end-to-end business solutions for their customers’ mission critical business needs.

Learn more at: http://www.hurdit.com/

About United States Tennis Association Mid-Atlantic (MAS)

The USTA/Mid-Atlantic Section, one of 17 sections of the United States Tennis Association, is a not-for-profit organization committed to promoting tennis by offering quality recreational and competitive programs for people of all ages and abilities. Mid-Atlantic has been part of the official governing body for tennis in America since 1923. The USTA/MAS serves almost 39,000 members in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and eastern and southern West Virginia. Tennis players of all ages and skill levels are involved in leagues, tournaments and programs sanctioned by the section.

Learn more at: http://www.midatlantic.usta.com/