EDMOND —
“NCIS” star Mark Harmon is in Edmond this weekend for the 12th Annual Mark Harmon Celebrity Weekend to benefit two local charities, Oklahoma City Indian Clinic and The Anna’s House Foundation.
The fundraiser is made possible by the Oklahoma Kidz Charities Foundation.
The Celebrity Weekend consists of a bowling event and a baseball game with acclaimed television and motion picture star Mark Harmon and some of his fellow celebrity friends participating in both events.
The celebrity baseball game will start at 3 p.m. today at the University of Central Oklahoma’s Wendell Simmons baseball field, 100 N. University Drive.
Free and open to the public, gates will open at 1:30 p.m. for the five-inning game, which will feature Harmon and his Bombers versus the OSSO Outlaws, a local team organized by Oklahoma City surgeon Dr. Michael Wright.
Both the baseball game and Friday night’s Stars & Strikes Bowling Event at AMF Boulevard Lanes in Edmond will benefit the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic and Anna’s House Foundation.
According to information released by the Oklahoma Kidz Charities Foundation, the Oklahoma Indian Clinic’s mission is to promote and elevate the health status of American Indians in Oklahoma City, and Anna’s House Foundation works alongside state agencies and services to establish healthy, stable homes for Oklahoma’s newborns, infants and toddlers in the foster care system.
Plans include developing property in Luther consisting of more than 40 acres donated to The Anna’s House Foundation for the project, said Erin Coleman with The Ranch, a home to several individual family homes that will be available for Christian foster families to live at a minimal cost to enable them to have large families without financial concerns.
Donations may be mailed to: OKC Kidz Charities Foundation, P.O. Box 890283, Oklahoma City, OK 73189.
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PATTY MILLER | THE EDMOND SUN NCIS star Mark Harmon speaks with fans Friday night at AMF Boulevard Lanes in Edmond during one of two events as part of his Celebrity Weekend benefitting two local charities.
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PATTY MILLER | THE EDMOND SUN Edmond resident Kelsie Witt, left, and her mother Shawna Wald, right, formerly of Edmond, welcome "NCIS" star Mark Harmon to the AMF Boulevard Lanes in Edmond Friday. Harmon is in town for the 12th Annual Mark Harmon Celebrity Weekend to benefit the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic and The Anna's House Foundation sponsored by the Oklahoma Kidz Charities Foundation.
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