Get in the Swing! - Golf, Agency Awareness and a Gold Medallist

Once a year, more than 150 corporate and community leaders gather together for the Annual ShareLife Corporate Golf Tournament, the signature event of the year for the corporate campaign.

Corporate executives, small and medium-sized business people, and a handful of clergy will hit the links at Lionhead Golf & Country Club on June 7 this year in support of ShareLife and the network of agencies we support. For the past few years, the event has raised more than $90,000 after expenses for the cause - nearly the entire allocation for a few of our agencies. The golf tournament also raises increased awareness of the social issues addressed by ShareLife funding. While the golfers attend for a round of golf and an enjoyable day, it's important that they understand the impact their support of ShareLife has in the community.

This year, we'll be joined by Becky Kellar, veteran member of the Canadian Women's Olympic gold medal-winning hockey team. Becky will be speaking about her Olympic experience during the evening reception. As well, four ShareLife agencies will be represented at the dinner, giving donors a chance to connect with some of the people on the front lines of our service provision.

On course, golfers will have a chance to match their drives against ShareLife Executive Director Arthur Peters or yours truly (depending which of the courses they're playing). Those who beat us receive tickets for a raffle at the end of the day - in my case, I'm sure I'll be surrendering tickets all day long!

Check out the details and join us if you can!

A little bit of business...

While we continue to focus a great deal of our resources on the humanitarian relief efforts for Haiti, a short note today on another ShareLife activity:
Check out today's Page 10 of the Globe and Mail, Ontario edition . You'll find a quarter-page ad from ShareLife (space graciously donated by The Globe) thanking the donors to our 2009 Corporate Campaign. Our agencies are an integral part of the community and it's great to see the placement reflecting that fact, square in the middle of the Toronto city section.
In other corporate campaign news, our annual golf tournament is on the move, with a new date, a new course and a new sponsor. CIBC will be our presenting sponsor for the 15th annual ShareLife Corporate Gold Tournament. We are grateful for their sponsorship and look forward to bringing the tournament to a new level with their support. We have secured Monday, June 7, 2010 as the date for this year’s event. Make sure to mark your calendars. And, after three successful events at Deer Creek Golf & Banquet Facility, we’ve made the strategic move to Lionhead Golf & Country Club in Brampton - a high-profile tournament course central to all parts of the GTA.
While our prayers and efforts continue for the people of Haiti, we try to maintain our focus on support our Catholic social service agencies here at home.