Crain’s Grand Rapids Business Writes:
Describing herself as an anti-aging specialist with a focus on golf, energy and health, Debby Buck-DeJonge said she “took a mulligan” on her first shot at starting a business in the health food industry.
That was a few years ago. This time, it looks like it may be a straight, high drive down the fairway.
“Medinah gave me the nod,” the Ada resident said happily in early December. That means her Birdie Bar Golf Energy Fuel snack bar will be sold at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill., which was the venue of the 2012 Ryder Cup match in September. She’s actually received commitments from a number of clubs and resorts.
DeJonge describes herself as the founder, owner, chief bottle washer, staff and “Jill of All Trades” at GolfStarRx.com, which she launched to market her Birdie Bar.
She’s all that, and more. For many years, she helped her late husband, Dr. Robert DeJonge, run the Longevity Clinic on East Paris Avenue in Cascade Township.
She’s also done professional marketing; created comical photo greeting cards that were produced by Design Design in Grand Rapids and a board game (Rhyme Or Reason); and designed a line of T-shirts called RudeWear. She has been a volunteer for organizations fighting autism and Lyme disease. She is a horse owner and dressage rider and said she created a new event at the U.S. Dressage Federation show that combined golf and dressage.
She also makes public appearances as an anti-aging specialist.
“Suzanne Somers invited me to be on her show,” she said, referring to the former sit-com star who has a show dedicated to anti-aging, weight loss and women’s health.
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