On September 2, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of youth affairs and sport Vladimir Leonov, Board Chairman of the Charity Foundation “Ronald McDonald House” Khazmat Khasbulatov took part in the opening ceremony of the 7th Tatarstan President’s Cup charity golf tournament at Sviyaga hills golf club.
Sixty players from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Irkutsk, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Kazan and other cities are taking part in the competitions.
All funds collected during the tournament will be sent to “Ronald McDonald House” in Kazan, a free family hotel for parents, whose children undergo treatment at Children’s regional hospital. Last year the sum of charity contributions made more than 2 mln roubles. This time organizers collected 3 mln roubles.
Rustam Minnikhanov welcomed the guests and thanked everyone for their participation. He handed in a symbolic bill for the fund’s development to Director General of the Charity Foundation “Ronald McDonald House” Svetlana Polyakova.