Make-A-Wish child will swim with ‘piggies and sharkies’
Spectators at Windyke Country Club watch on Thursday, May 22 as Ellie Young (front, right), receives gifts. Ellie and her family will travel to the Bahamas thanks to the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council's annual Make-A-Wish Golf Tournament. ( Dima Amaro/The Daily Memphian)
Applause, whistles and cheers filled Windyke Country Club Thursday, May 22, as 7-year-old Ellie Young found out she will go swim with the pigs and sharks in the Bahamas for her birthday.
It’s a trip she has talked about for more than a year.
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council put on its 15th annual Make-A-Wish Golf Tournament to raise money for Make-A-Wish Mid-South and grant a child’s wish at the event.
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Dima Amro
Dima Amro is a native Memphian who covers commercial real estate and economic development for The Daily Memphian. She received her B.A. in journalism at the University of Memphis and M.A. in investigative journalism at American University.
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