Annual Rotary Golf Tournament
This year's golf tournament is set for March 26th at the Highland Country Club. This annual event is the sole fundraiser for our LaGrange Rotary's Youth Challenge Program.
This event is our most popular fundraiser and includes club members as supporters, golfers and workers. Family members are also included in the day's fun, it is an event that we all look forward to each year.
Between our contact with community members, both Rotarians and non-Rotarians alike, this event is also a great public relations project.Club members are responsible for gathering support for the event throughout the community. Hole sponsors and golf teams along with prizes for all the golfers are secured. Besides prizes for the hole-in-one and the top golf teams every golfer leaves the event with one or more prizes that businesses in our community have donated. Each golf team is also given a team picture for each of their members. Each contributing business/sponsor also receive a LaGrange Rotary participation certificate.
After expenses, this event usually yields about 5,500 dollars which is used exclusively for our Rotary Youth Challenge Program.
Because this event involves so many community members and is so well known this project is also really a public relations project.
The Welcome Committee
On the day of the event members who aren't golfing take turns at the registration table welcoming the golfers.
Team Pictures
Every member of each team is given a copy of their team picture. This is a picture of the team who placed first in last year's tournament.
Our Prize Prize Collector
Jake Behr is the man behind securing the prizes for our golfers. This year due to health concerns Jake had to divid his job among 10 other club members.
The Reason Behind the Tournament
These are the kids who were inducted into our Rotary Youth Challenge Program last May. The proceeds from this tournament make it possible for us to sustain this program.