2009 Golf MAJOR Wrap-up

The Elizabethtown Rotary 2009 Golf MAJOR was a fantastic success yesterday!

A wonderful day of golf, fellowship, service, funds raised for cancer research, comedy, food and drink, and warm sunny weather will be remembered for a long time.

$30,000 was raised for cancer research bringing our total contribution over the past 4 years to over $100000! Anyone who heard Dr. Yun speak at the club meeting on Friday, will appreciate how our support of the Jake Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation is being put to good use and achieving results! The success that he has had with the sphingosine kinase inhibitor and shrinking down different kinds of cancer cells is unbelievably promising.

HUGE Kudos to Golf MAJOR chair Dave Schmidt who puts endless hours into this tournament and is responsible for its amazing success. Dave's vision, passion, and leadership continue to propel this event beyond expectations every year.

John Martin 2 was relentless in securing sponsorships. We had a total of 96 sponsors this year for the tournament, many of them thanks to John. Ken Wolfe puts a lot of work into the silent auction and it's proceeds continue to grow yearly. Thank you Ken!

Kevin Engle and Engle Business Systems (A Toshiba Company) were awesome as the major sponsor this year. Not only did Kevin contribute financially in a huge way, but he was present all day to kickoff both rounds and greet each golfer on Hole #1. As Tom Labagh said, Kevin was the perfect host!

Thank you also to all of the members of the Elizabethtown Rotary Club for their support in many different ways. I personally saw more than half of the club members at the tournament yesterday (yeh- I was counting) and I know there were many others who were unable to make it but provided sponsorships or helped the golf committee with planning. It is wonderful to see such an active club. Everyone I spoke with and thanked for being there was having a great time.

Congratulations Etown Rotarians for a job outstandingly done!