The 1st
Annual Celebration of Champions, a Cincy
Golf-A-Thon, Golf Ball Drop, and Million Dollar Hole-In-One Shootout,
was held by The Smith Family Foundation on October 1st
and 2nd. The Smith Family Foundation strives to
create, facilitate and inspire philanthropic solutions worldwide. Over
fifty golfers participated in the inaugural event for the benefit of
twenty local non-profit organizations. The charities include:
The
Aubrey Rose Foundation
BAWAC
Inc.
Birthright
of Greater Cincinnati –
Pregnancy Center
Crossroad
Health Center
Fellowship
of Christian Athletes
Harrison
Christian School
Jobs
Plus Employment Network
Kids
Kafe
McGrane
Self-Esteem Center Inc.
New
Direction Rooch Memorial Scholarship
Partners
Against Crime
SmartMoney
Community Services
St.
Peter Claver Latin School for Boys
The
Smith Family Foundation
The
Dream Academy
Matthew
15:12 Ministries
Choosing
Freedom
IN JUST ONE WEEKEND, THE CELEBRATION
OF
CHAMPIONS RAISED NEARLY $75,000. The Golf-A-Thon was held at Sugar
Ridge Golf Club in Lawrenceburg, Indiana on Friday and the Golf Ball
Drop (GBD) took place on Saturday at Miami Lakes Golf & Sports
in Miamitown, Ohio. The $5,000 winner from the GBD was Harrison
Christian School, the $1,000 winners were St. Peter Claver, Ruth
Williams, SmartMoney Community Services, Barry Fulcomer, Jobs Plus and
Group10 Financial. Our good friends, and presenting sponsor, Group10
Financial, very generously donated their $1,000 winnings back to The
Smith Family Foundation. The farthest from the whole was St. Peter
Claver, adding $500 to their weekend winnings for a total of $1,500.
Three golfers participated in
the Million Dollar Hole-In-One SHOOT-OUT. Scott Smith, Nick Royer and
Todd Smith each received one chance to make a hole in one for a grand
prize of $1,000,000. Qualification was achieved by being one of
the three closest to the pin in round 2. They may have fallen short,
but they had fun competing amongst each other and qualifying as one of
the three Million Dollar SHOOT-OUT participants.
We would like to
thank all of our family and friends, weekend participants, volunteers,
sponsors and benefiting charities for their support at our 1st
Inaugural Celebration of Champions event. We look
forward to seeing all of you, and many more, next year!
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