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VGM golf event supports disability agency

Sep 4, 2012 - 12:00 am

WATERLOO, Iowa , Aug. 30, 2012—This year’s VGM Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament raised $69,423.35 for North Star Community Services, a Waterloo-based agency that assists people with disabilities who want to live and work in their communities. www.vgm.com.

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