Fund raising will always be a part of amateur sports and with a brief reflection on our funding sources, it becomes apparent that our Junior Program must “Fund Raise." The Club Family Membership fees cover access to the Club facilities & fairway play. However, as with our Senior Men and Senior Ladies, the Junior Program is an additional activity with unique expenses.

19th hole Junior Style with Al Blades and Dianne ~ South Course 2008

The additional, dedicated fairway time, the prizes, trophies, the free lunch and instruction carry a cost. These additional costs are funded through donations & fund raising.  But with so many sports and charities competing for donations, many companies and organizations are already hard pressed to meet their community objectives.  Therefore, fund raising should be a major focus.

It is recognized that fund raising at weekend Club tournaments & events can be “disruptive & inconvenient” to parents & family.  However, if our Juniors each volunteered for ONLY ONE of the various Club events, we would achieve our funding goals. Selling 50/50 and closest to the pin contests are generally our tasks.  We are confident our Juniors will step up and become involved in fundraising. 

We request that our Club tournament and event organizers identify and advise us of fund raising opportunities at their Club events. Consideration is also being given to locating sponsors for the golf portion of our Tuesday clinics with the hopes of having prizes for “closest to the hole” and perhaps for the younger golfers, accuracy or closest to the “center – line."  Any additional prizes would depend on available funding. 

Come back to this section to obtain information regarding our 2008 fund raising plans and activities.  Also, if you have ideas or suggestions for fund raising, please pass these on to our Junior Chairman.  In fact, if you have any ideas or suggestions on any topic, then please let our Chairman know.  There are no bad ideas.