2011 Golf Event Recap
Friday night once again was electric. The Elk’s Lodge is a great teammate and the food was incredible. The late Vaughn Wright gave the Invocation through a video he made for us as a gift last year. What an inspiration and such a timeless prayer.
Shawn Green’s testimony hit home as the Bernie native gave us a recap of his battle with this horrible disease. NO doubt this hero is surrounded by some great people who have helped make him the man he is today, capable of kicking cancer in the pants. Brian Holman followed and amazed the audience with a lifetime of adversity, success, loss, and playing the game of life like your hair was on fire! The Auction was awesome this year, raising $11,110!!!! Gary Rhine, thank you very much for this idea. Also thanks to Mark Robertson for filling in as Gary beats cancer. The BUZZ took over from there and everyone seemed to have a fun night hanging, dancing, and singing along!
We just wish to thank everyone who plays a part in putting this on. Our team of volunteers, sponsors, and participants is deep into the hundreds and we appreciate all of you.
First glance at a total looks to be somewhere around $114,000.00 with more coming in! We do have to pay a few bills, and then the love offerings will be heading for their homes!
18 FORE Life biggest ever
Article posted on the Daily Statesman summarizing our 2011 banquet held Friday night:
http://www.dailystatesman.com/story/1734096.html
18 FORE Life Roundup!
Almost time! One week from now, many of us will gather in Dexter to Celebrate, Give and Remember throughout the weekend of June 3-4. We are excited and confident this will be one of our best events to date. Here are some things to plan for and look forward to!
The banquet is shaping up to be a great night as usual. Brian Holman is a pro and has one heck of a message. Shawn Green is amazing in his own right and if you got to read the article in The Daily Statesman, you already understand Shawn “gets it”! The Live! Auction will have items in it including a Sheryl Crow signed guitar, a hood panel from Dale Jr’s 88 Car, items from John Daly, Bubba Watson, Ian Poulter, John Cena, and several others. The BUZZ will follow and close out the night of fun with some of your favorite Rock N Roll songs.
Our golf event is full! 86 teams of four have signed up. We thank those of you who pre-registered and choose to make things easier on our volunteers. If you have not paid up front, please get there early so we are not waiting on you to get through the line before teeing off. If you are using one of our carts, they will be down near the driving range and we ask that you take them back to where you got them from when the event is over so we can have them ready for the next round! There will be NO MULLIGANS this year and hopefully this will speed up play.
There will be plenty of fun, however, with the following holes worth noting:
- 3-Ladie’s Long Drive
- 4-Birdies for Breast Cancer-buy a PINK Ball and hit from the Red tees/keep the ball!
- 6-Closest to the PIN
- 8-Beta Sigma Jello Shots/Watering Hole
- 9-Men’s Long Drive
- Clubhouse-Golf Cart Raffle!!!! Cart is beautiful and will be given away Saturday night/Need Not Be Present to Win! You can also get tickets by stopping in at Allen Christian!
- 11-Closest to the Pin-2nd Shot
- 14-Closest to the Pin/Team Photo/Keith Urban Signed Guitar raffle-Need Not Be Present to Win
- 17th HOLE-Famous Montgomery Bank sponsored hole/Vegas Theme/Elvis may even be there!
- 18-Long Putt
- Silent Auction will be going on throughout the day and prizes will be given out after dinner.
This is going to be a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing everyone in Dexter. Here is to a safe, fun time together raising money for a worthy cause.
If you think of any questions, please call or email! And remember: Hit You A Good One!
Great Contributions!
We want to recognize a couple of contributions made to 18 FORE Life recently. We think that both of these are great examples of simple ideas that help tremendously in our fundraising efforts. Remember, it ALL counts.
Thursday, March 31st was also a special day. It was one of those events that was actually thrown together, but seemed as if had months and months of planning behind it. The idea was simple. The Dexter 7th and 8th grade Volleyball team would host Poplar Bluff. But this would be NO ordinary game night. A pink volleyball would be used, pink whistles would be blown by the referees, pink socks and headbands worn by the players, raising awareness and money for 18 FORE Life! These young ladies not only kicked a ton of butt on the courts, sweeping PB in both matches, but they gave a championship effort behind the scenes decorating the gym and asking the community for items to be used in a silent auction. All of the work went into raising $2100.00 for 18 FORE Life and showed everyone in the gym that night that more was taking place than just a volleyball game. This amount will allow us to send out two love offerings to families on behalf of these thoughtful girls. By the way, if you haven’t seen this group play ball, you are missing something special. Both groups are not only undefeated, but have yet to lose a set.
We wish to thank coaches Melissa Hahn and Kara Lummukka, the players, their parents and the entire community for getting behind this event. Next year, the Dig P!NK game will be held at the Bearcat Event Center and is sure to grow and grow!
Eric Boles is not only running in the Music City Half Marathon, he is raising money for 18 FORE Life by getting folks to sponsor his efforts. His goal was $1000.00. Eric just met that goal and presented Scott Kruse with a $1000.00 check. The $1000.00 will be sent out in a love offering on Eric’s behalf to a family in need of help as they battle cancer. Thank you Eric and good luck!
Ten Pins for Ben & Dig Pink Photos
We’ve posted photos on Flickr from Ten Pins for Ben and the Dig Pink fundraisers.
Click here for Ten Pins for Ben photos here.
Click here for Dig Pink Photos here.
Enjoy!
