goodwill golf outing

  • By Tami Lange
  • June 30, 2013
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HED: Hitting the greens for a good cause SUMMARY: 15th annual Goodwill golf classic offers day of competition for all skill levels By Tami Lange Whether you’re a league golfer or just a weekend duffer, your talents are needed at the 15th annual Goodwill Industries of Wayne and Holmes Counties Golf Classic. Teams have until July 15 to sign up for a day of challenges at the Wooster Country Club, according to Cyndi O’Donnell, marketing and public relations manager at Goodwill. The event is a major fundraiser for the non-profit, which offers a variety of programs to move individuals to employment, as well as operating five retail stores in Wooster, Orrville, Rittman, Loudonville and Millersburg. According to Goodwill operations manager James Carpenter, the Wayne-Holmes Goodwill is the smallest by territory in the U.S. But being small doesn’t mean the need is small. “We have seen on the industrial services side significant growth over the past year,” he said. “For us, more business means more money we can put back into our services.” The golf outing – a scramble -- makes the bottom line a little brighter, according to O’Donnell, who pointed to the numerous sponsors who make the day even more expansive. The Commercial & Savings Bank sponsors the July 29 event, with Metal Dynamics sponsoring lunch and Buckeye Container serving as the ball sponsor. Teams pay $500 (or $135 per player) for the day, which includes an 8:30 a.m. registration and a 9 a.m. shotgun start. The cost includes the golf, a cart rental, snacks, a sleeve of balls, games, the driving range, light breakfast, lunch, a dinner buffet and a free return round of golf. There also will be contests at each hole, for which the gift cards for the country club will go to the winners For an extra fee, O’Donnell said, players can participate in skins, 50-50 and mulligans. There are a number of golf outings during the summer which benefit worthy non-profits, said Goodwill volunteer Art Marangi. Some golfers may participate in two or three such outings every summer and “that’s the way they contribute to the community,” he said. In fact, an anonymous donor has made the cook-out buffet dinner possible, O’Donnell noted. All three say they know the business community is regularly solicited for funds and Marangi noted, “the business people in town are hit up in so many ways, it’s amazing” how generous that community continues to be. That generosity shown to Goodwill helps the organization serve growing numbers of individuals. According to Tom Police, Goodwill’s vice president of workforce development, the organization had served 732 persons through the end of May and expects as many of 1,200 clients in 2014. For more information on the golf outing or to register, contact O’Donnell at codonnell@woostergoodwill.org.


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