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Golf Tournament Began
As the daughter of a Polish immigrant who lied about his age to join the army in WWII because he was "proud to be an American", I feel very passionate about supporting our military. I feel unbelievably humbled by the fact that some movie I did 25 years ago can help these men and women.
I'm posting a couple of emails. The first was from an ex-serviceman, and the second was my letter to Warner Brothers requesting approval to use the "Caddyshack" name (granted 11/05)
Letter From a Serviceman
As we have worked in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia these past 8 years, and are former military types, it is very hard to find or watch anything funny without violating some Islamic tenant or custom. We got our hands on "Caddyshack" and have not stopped laughing yet... not only is the movie a piece of our past lives' experience, but remembering you again as the all-American girl with brains, wit and humor brought us all memories of the good wholesome things in the USA we sorely miss here.
A few of the new military types down here from Iraq just came up for air too... the one thing we all agreed on though was no matter the generations apart, Cindy Morgan is the girl we all hoped to find and marry. For me as a retired mustang naval officer, you really were never that far removed. In some of the worst situations and places you could imagine, I could always quote some line from "Caddyshack" to break the stress in the crew, and keep close to me the thought that somewhere back there was a Cindy Morgan for all of the troops, if we only could get back alive. I kept the original vivacious lady, no look alike, in that special place that all memories go when things look bad or dead-ended.
So watching you again stroked fond thoughts of better and yes, worse times in my life. But for the brave soldiers in that hell-hole up north, you became that special, special girl in all of their lives for a few laughable and pleasurable moments in their tortured quiet places. Now when an actress or any woman can do that spanning a generation or two, she indeed is an actress for the ages, and the haunting ghost of what I (and probably we) looked for after coming home from our private hell called Vietnam... and more followed but always you trailed along in the fondest, warmest memories of this Salty Dog.
Cindy Morgan's email to Ronnie Sass at Warner Brothers
Ronnie Sass
Executive Director of Publicity
Warner Home Video Catalogue
Dear Ronnie,
More than 14,000 National Guard members and reservists from Illinois have been called to active duty since September 11, 2001, and sent to places such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
Many citizen soldiers who leave their civilian jobs suffer a significant salary loss as a result, imposing serious financial hardship on their families. In a recent Department of the Army Survey 55% of the members of the Guard and Reserves took a pay cut while going on Federal Active Service, 45% took a cut of $1000 or more a month and 15% took at least a $30,000 reduction in compensation.
On May 19, 2006, Chicago native Cindy Morgan, will be reuniting some of the members of the cast of "Caddyshack" for a golf tournament at the Oak Brook Hills Resort benefiting the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund.
We would like to officially call this event the "Caddyshack" Reunion Golf Tournament. This movie and the events surrounding it have a great connection to the men and women who are serving in the military. This production reminds them of fun times of their youth and it is a movie that stands the test of time. The film has mass appeal to all ages.
Also, Illinois Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn has called on governors and state lawmakers across the nation to join in the nationwide push for the creation of a Military Family Relief Fund modeled on Illinois' successful program to help families of National Guard members and reservists called to active duty. As of today 23 states have adopted this program and several other states have it pending. This program hopes to cover over 50% of the population of the United States by next year. Because of that this golf tournament will work well as a fundraiser in other states.
Let me know if you feel that Warner Brothers would approve the use of the "Caddyshack" name for such a worthy cause.
Sincerely,
Cindy Morgan
PS - Warner Bros. has replied with a wholehearted YES!
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