William Penn Life, 2009 (44. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2009-08-01 / 8. szám
26th Annual Golf Tournament & Scholarship Days Monte Carlo Night Comes Up Aces WPA golfers and guests enjoyed the first-ever Monte Carlo Night July 17 that helped kick off the tournament weekend. By the end of the evening, all of the Poker, Blackjack, Roullette, Texas Hold ’Em and Craps tables were full of players and cheers of victory could be heard when someone one big. The evening’s biggest winner, of course, was the WPFA Scholarship Foundation, which benefitted from the $1,885 raised that night. It’s a safe bet that this will be part of future tournament weekends, barbeque, held at the course immediately following tournament play. The fun and excitement of the tournament weekend was kicked up several notches by the introduction of "Monte Carlo Night" held during Friday's golfers reception. Guests tried their luck at various casiono games, including Poker, Black Jack, Roulette, Texas Hold 'Em and Craps. Players purchased cash coupons at the cashier's table staffed by WPA employees. Players then traded the coupons for chips at the gaming tables, and used the chips to place their bets. At the end of the night, players redeemed their chips for raffle tickets, which they then used to try to win one of 13 great prizes in a Chinese auction-styled raffle. As always, the weekend's biggest winners were the young WPA members who will receive scholarship grants from the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation. For all the weekend's activities benefited the Scholarship Foundation. In fact, the weekend raised a total of $19,578 for the foundation. Most of that total~$9,030~was raised through donations, the majority of which were made during the Foundation's annual meeting held at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott on Friday evening. The remainder of the funds were raised through tournament hole sponsors ($6,600), Monte Carlo Night ($1,885), the Chinese auction ($1,521) a 50/50 raffle ($430) and Friday evening's putting contest ($82). The success of this year's tournament was made possible through the hard work and dedication of many people. Our heartfelt thanks and appreciation go to the National Officers; the Home Office staff; tournament coadministrators Andrew W. McNelis and Roger G. Nagy; our hole spotters; and the staff and management of Quicksilver Golf Club and the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott. [WPL| William Penn Life, August 2009 7
