SOUTHFIELD, Mich., July 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (MHCC) holds its Annual Golf Outing on Monday, August 18, 2008, at five different Macomb County golf courses, making it the largest Hispanic golf outing in the country.

The outing will be played at Cherry Creek, The Glaciers, The Orchards, Twin Lakes and Greystone Golf Courses by more than 700 golfers. Golfers will gather at Cherry Creek for dinner and awards.

Golfers tee off with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. Comerica Bank is the event sponsor. Other major sponsors include Bank of America, Chrysler LLC, Delaco Kenwal, Ford Motor Company, Anchor Resource Management, Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc., Aztec Manufacturing, Plante Moran, Capacity Transport, Kellogg's, Rickman Enterprise and Sequoia Tool.

The Diez Group will sponsor a guaranteed $10,000 prize for the winner of the closest-to-the-pin shootout toward the purchase or lease of a new, domestic vehicle. The Goodman Venegas lnsurance Agency will sponsor a $1 million Hole-in-One Shootout. A vehicle provided by Ford, GM, Chrysler or the Elder Automotive Group is the hole-in-one prize at designated holes on the five golf courses. The day will end with a raffle drawing for a 2008 Saturn Sky with the entire raffle proceeds going to the Michigan Hispanic Fund, the philanthropic arm of the MHCC for college scholarships.

Ray Lozano, executive director of the MHCC, said, ``The outing is a visible way to demonstrate the strength of the Hispanic business community and to support the education of future Hispanic business and community leaders.''

Sponsorships, foursomes and dinner tickets are still available. For more information about the MHCC Golf Outing, contact Diadette Mejia, dmejia@mhcc.org or 248-208-9915.

In 2009, MHCC will celebrate its 20th anniversary with several commemorative events. MHCC is a non-profit business organization consisting of over 300 member companies from corporate, small, medium and large businesses, sole proprietors and individuals representing Hispanic-owned enterprises, automotive OEM's, Tier One suppliers and non-automotive Fortune 500 corporations. In addition, community non-profits, media affiliates, the Detroit Tigers and the Detroit Pistons are also represented. Its web site is http://www.mhcc.org.

The Hispanic business community is the fastest growing business segment in the country increasing at three times the rate of the national average for all businesses. In Michigan, there are now over 10,000 large, medium and small Hispanic businesses employing over 14,000 persons. The Hispanic market has a purchasing power of over $700 billion and estimated to be $1 trillion by 2010.

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          Ahee Communications for MHCC
          Renee Ahee
          586.979.3801
          rahee@aheecommunications.com 

          Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
          Ray Lozano 
          248.208.9915
          rlozano@mhcc.org