2009 Golf MAJOR

Elizabethtown Rotarians -

You should be aware that our 2009 Golf MAJOR will be taking place on Monday July 27^th at the Blue Ridge Country Club in Harrisburg.

The proceeds we raise from this event support both the Jake Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation and the Elizabethtown Rotary Melanoma Endowment at Hershey Medical Center. The money we raise goes towards cancer research and the annual melanoma symposium which brings cancer researchers together to share ideas, all here in our own backyard. Click here to see the Gittlen Foundation newsletter to see the details of the research we are supporting.

The support for our event continues to grow every year. Just take a look at this amazing list of sponsors http://www.elizabethtownrotary.org/GOLFSPONSORS.cfm . We have over 280 golfers registered to play already and the registrations continue to come in.

The success of our Golf MAJOR has reached levels unsurpassed by any other charitable golf tournament in our community. As an Elizabethtown Rotarian, I encourage you to join your fellow Rotarians and be involved in some way with this great fundraiser.

Ways you can be involved -

• Golf or encourage someone to golf
• Be a business sponsor or secure a business sponsorship
• Volunteer as a helper at the event
• Assist the organizing committee
• Come to the post-tournament comedy show on Monday night and/or encourage friends to purchase $10 tickets
• Provide a small memorial donation or be an individual sponsor

There is still time to get involved! Please contact Dave Schmidt (David.A.Schmidt@usps.gov) or John Martin II (ssmartin.4@comcast.net) to get involved in any of the areas above. A volunteer signup sheet will be circulated at the next couple of meetings if you can work the event in the morning or afternoon.

Be proud to be an Elizabethtown Rotarian! This golf tournament ROCKS! in many different ways. Get involved, do good, and help find a cure to the myriad of terrible diseases we call cancer.

Joe