Hey, duffers, looking for golfing fun and festivity at a great venue? Then grab your clubs and come join us for the 22nd annual United Way Golf Scramble Thursday, June 11, at beautiful Beau Pre Country Club.

It’s a great way to have some fun while helping the United Way of the Greater Miss-Lou raise funds to support local agencies that serve persons and families who are economically and socially vulnerable.

We are most grateful for our golf scramble sponsorship — Southwest Distributors, Coca Cola, Stoke’s Distributors, Isle of Capri Casino, Oakes Toyota — and we greatly appreciate all of the other local businesses that are sponsoring teams, donating door prizes and making significant dollar donations.

But we urge others to join. It’s not too late.

Here are the golf scramble details: Platinum sponsorship is $700 and includes lunch, the closing reception and hole sponsorship, plus fielding a four-person team. Hole sponsorships are $100. Individual players can enter the scramble for $125. This entry fee covers lunch, green and cart fees, range balls, and the closing reception. Individual players will be assigned to play on a team. Mulligans may be purchased three for $20.

This is a great way to give your organization marketing visibility while helping a worthy cause.

The day begins with lunch being served from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. shotgun start. At the end of the scramble, we will have an awards reception with refreshments and prizes for categories such as best team score, longest drive, closet to the hole and 2015 Toyota Camry for the first golfer who manages a hole in one.

In addition, there will be plenty of door prizes, such as the Dancing Rabbit Golf Club at Pearl River Resort, Golden Nugget Casino Hotel. Also paintings from a local artist, Clary Sage gift basket, and lots of other great gifts.

Also at the scramble’s conclusion the annual helicopter ball drop will take place. Numbered golf balls purchased for $20 each, will be dropped onto the green. The person whose ball lands closest to the hole, or possibly going into the hole, will win half of the cash collected from the ball drop and a getaway package.

Remember; the United Way Golf Scramble supports the agency’s purpose to develop a strong volunteer-driven organization that champions effective donor-based programs that enhance the quality of life for all residents of the Miss-Lou.

Our goal is to move them from dependency to productivity, thus becoming a contributing member of society.

The United way also support programs that enhance the quality of life in the area, such as recreation for youth, emergency preparedness for all, counseling and transportation for aging, and other social and health services.

For golf scramble sponsorship and registration information, contact Tammy Prince at 601 442-1081 or via e-mail at tprince@unitedwaymisslou.org.

See y’all at Beau Pre June 11th and play “fore” the United Way.

 

Calvin Butler is a United Way board member.