Golf Tournaments Help College Connect
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Dustin Caldwell, Helen Fuiten, Tony Costa and Kim Chandler at the Viva Hispanic Foundation NW Golf Tournament.
It may sound like fun
and games, but the
connections made and
relationships forged and
reinforced during summer
charity golf tournaments
are an important part of
the overall efforts to
connect
OK, there might have been a little fun and games, too, at two recent tournaments.
On Aug. 3, the college was well-represented in the Shoreline Breakfast Rotary Golf Tournament at the Echo Falls Country Club. On the course, the team of SCC employees Tony Costa and Jim Hills, student Dustin Caldwell and college supporter Margo Georgian held up their end by winning the mixed-team division with a score of 59, 11 under par.
The Shoreline Breakfast Rotary is an energetic group, dedicated to serving the community. More than $25,000 was raised at the tournament. The money will be used for a variety of Rotary-funded projects, including a number of college scholarships for graduating high school seniors, Polio Plus, Food Lifeline, History Day and the international exchange student program.
Just paying for the SCC
team entry fee was an
example of community
relationships and
partnering. Mark
Anderson – an Edward
Jones representative
with an office in
In addition,
At another hole, SCC Trustee Shoubee Liaw and SCC Athletic Director Doug Palmer “worked the lemonade stand,” Palmer said. “We were there just to make sure the golfers had some refreshments. It was a hot day,” said Palmer, who made a sizable personal donation. He said Trustee Liaw also donated and purchased granola bars that the pair gave to hungry golfers.
“Without our community
partners and supporters,
the SCC Foundation’s job
of supporting students
and the college would be
impossible,”
Then, on Aug. 12,
another team from SCC
participated in the Viva
Hispanic Foundation NW
Scholarship Golf
Tournament, also at
This time, Costa, who is
the SCC golf instructor
and Tutoring Services
manager, was joined by
Caldwelll, Kim Chandler
from Technical Support
Services and SCC
supporter Helen Fuiten.
The
team won the
championship with a
score of 57, 13 under
par, with
“ …Our annual Viva Golf Tournament, which is a successful fundraiser for our organization, … promotes camaraderie and networking opportunities by bringing together a variety of professional groups and community organizations,” Abraham Gonzalez, Viva President, wrote on the group’s Web site.
Viva was formed to
provide educational
support and
opportunities, and to
promote the public good
by conducting programs
aimed at empowering the
members of the Hispanic
and other minority
communities of the State
of
“We will continue to strengthen our organization by provide leadership training programs for our Directors and Associates, and by forming appropriate partnerships that will result in benefiting the people of Washington State,” Gonzalez wrote. SCC/Jim Hills |
