Fifth Annual Jim Booker Memorial Golf Scramble Another Success!
by Dr. Gary Kelly
August 16, 2011
DISTRICT #300 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
5th Annual Golf Scramble
Held at Red Hawk Country Club
On Friday, August 5, 2011
The District #300 Educational Foundation recently held its 5th Annual District #300 Educational Foundation James Booker Memorial Golf Scramble fundraiser at the Red Hawk Country Club on Friday, August 5, 2011. Seventy golfers representing 18 teams participated in the morning event. The four person team of Wendy Linzee, Kelly O’Keefe, Barry Craig, and Greg Wilson placed first in the event with a score of 51 (19 under par).
The winners of other competitions on the course receiving a gift certificate prize courtesy of Lee’s Sports: Closest To Pin (Women) - Sheila Metten, Closest To Pin (Men) – Gene Creek, Longest Drive (Men) –Dalton Morgan, and Longest Drive (Women) –Sheila Metten. The winner of the 50/50 raffle was Wendy Linzee, which she donated back to the Foundation.
The Foundation would also express its sincere appreciation to the 36 regional and local businesses that supported this event. Each of the golfers also received several individual gifts including a $5 gift card from Alongi’s Restaurant, a foundation logo engraved sleeve of balls, various individual items and a team picture. Other participant prizes given away during the event included items donated by Pepsi MidAmerica, Lee’s Sports, Insurance Planning Management and Consultants, Five Star Industries, Monte Kuhnert/Wells Fargo, Kieper, WCSIT/ISDA, Archer Seating, Field Turf, CDW-G Technology, Mathis and Sons, Main Street T’s, Fager McGee Construction, FW Plumbing, Chapman and Cutler, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Golf Balls.com, MV Student Transportation, Stifel-Nicolaus, Zimmerman Chiropractic, Byrnes and Jones, Keenan Rice/Country Companies, AFLAC-Estel Hoffard, Southern Illinois University, and the Foundation.
The golf scramble netted over $9,000 for the foundation. The District #300 Educational Foundation expresses its sincere appreciation to those individuals and businesses that supported this successful event to benefit the students in District #300 by “Investing in Our Future”. Funds from this event will be used to support the highly successful Foundation’s scholarship and mini-grant programs.
