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Mark Wahlberg is one of the most in demand Hollywood actors but his focus has been and continues to be the work he does for his youth foundation. Sonia Azad spent the weekend in Las Vegas with Mark and his celebrity friends for the first ever Mark Wahlberg Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament…
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00:00 the story I'm very excited about because Mark Wahlberg is one of the most in-demand Hollywood
00:04 actors but has been focusing on and continuing to be working with of course Youth Foundations.
00:10 Sonia Asad spent the weekend in Las Vegas with Mark and his celebrity friends
00:15 for the first ever Mark Wahlberg Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament.
00:19 Dozens of celebrities and athletes joined Mark Wahlberg in Las Vegas to participate in the
00:29 inaugural Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation Celebrity Invitational at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
00:34 We didn't play very good but had an amazing time. So many wonderful people came out here to support
00:42 our foundation and you know people had a lot of fun which is the most important thing. Having fun
00:47 for a worthy cause it's really nice. Yeah! That's the best I've done all day yes but and also the
00:57 fact that we're out here you know for a good cause and having fun it's great. Mark's a good friend
01:01 you know we've worked together in the past but more importantly we have a friendship and a
01:06 friendship over golf as well. I love to read and so the fact that he is trying to instill that
01:12 in youth and if I can you know support it in any way and being here is probably the least I could
01:18 do. Mark and and how he conducts his life and does all these things it's just it just brings more
01:23 eyes and more people to it because what the Wahlbergs do is amazing and they help so many
01:27 people. Working hard for the people using their celebrity and family brand to do things to help
01:32 others and it just makes sense. Of course we're at Shadow, we're in Vegas, it's a great day,
01:36 great group of people here. Swing! That's a great swing. Guests were on the links for the highly
01:44 anticipated Celebrity Golf Tournament followed by the fundraising gala which featured entertainment
01:49 by Busta Rhymes. This foundation that Mark has put together for the children
02:05 is not only incredible but it's this is like the ultimate bottom line. The foundation helps young
02:15 people by creating and supporting initiatives like academic achievement, leadership development,
02:20 positive behavior, healthy lifestyle and social change. You'd be surprised how much things may
02:26 change over time when you start to give these kids resources and the ability to see beyond their
02:30 scope. It's such an honor to be now in that position to be able to do that and to be that
02:35 person that a young person might look at and say I want to be like that. It's not something that we
02:41 need to make a yearly event, I think we should do it quarterly. This is Sonia Assad in Las Vegas.
02:49 Hey and Mark Warkberg said he would love to host quarterly events learning
02:56 of course on his celebrity friends and expanding foundations to reach in cities need across the
03:02 country.
03:02 trees.
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