William Penn Life, 2013 (48. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

2013-09-01 / 9. szám

ting contest held during the golfers reception the evening prior to the tournament. But, no one could sink the winning putts. As a consolation, three of their names were pulled at random with each winning a smaller cash prize: Ron Solomon ($100), Frank Bowman ($75) and Jack Kelly ($50). The other big unclaimed prize was $2,500 which would have been awarded for sinking a 50-foot putt during the awards barbeque, held at the course immediately following tournament play.

Adding a little extra fun for our young members was the "Marshmallow Putting Contest" held during Friday evening's reception. Children were given three chances to see how far they could hit a marshmallow with a golf putter. Alex Chobody of Branch 88 Rural Valley, Pa., took first prize, Bridget Szabó of Branch 28 Youngstown, finished second and Lilly Barra of Branch 352 Coraopolis, Pa., came in third place. All children who participated received a prize.

The weekend's biggest winners were the WPA members who will receive grants from the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation. All the weekend's activities benefited the Scholarship Foundation. The weekend raised a total of $15,720 in donations and pledges for the Foundation. Of that total, $6,000 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 was raised through tournament hole sponsorships ($5,600), the Chinese auction ($1,560), a special electronics auction ($1,650), a 50/50 raffle ($648), instant bingo ($151), Friday evening's putting contest ($91) and the sale of WPA cookbooks and Hungarian Christmas ornaments ($20).

The success of this tournament was made possible through the hard work and dedication of many people.

Our thanks go to the National Officers, the Home Office staff, our hole spotters, and the staff and management of Quicksilver Golf Club and the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott.

We invite everyone back to Quicksilver next July for our 31st Annual Golf Tournament! □