Annual Golf Outing

Proceeds from our Annual Golf Outing benefit the STRIVE educational program. For over 18 years, STRIVE has been improving the educational performance and life prospects of at-risk West Michigan students. Through this Outing and other fundraisers, the Rotary Club of Grand Rapids Charities Foundation has awarded over $200,000 in scholarship monies to graduates of the STRIVE Program.

Each year the event features:

•    Eighteen holes with power cart
•    Practice tee
•    A “hole-in-one” contest
•    Buffet dinner – additional $25 per person
•    Auction and raffle
•    Awards, souvenirs and prizes
•    Cash bar after the day’s events

14th Annual Golf Outing | Monday, August 16, 2010

Blythefield Country Club

11:00 am Registration and Lunch
1:00 pm Shotgun Tee Time
$150 per player, $600 per team

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Senior Neighbors Holiday Luncheon

For over 20 years, the Rotary Club of Grand Rapids Charities Foundation has sponsored this sit-down Holiday Luncheon for 200 low-income seniors in Kent County. This festive event features live entertainment from the NorthPointe Christian High School Choir under the direction of Lisa Spangler, holiday gifts, gifts cards and jammed-packed goodie bags for each senior who attends. For many seniors in assisted living situations, this is the only holiday celebration available to them.

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New Year’s Eve Symphony Gala

A premier New Year’s Eve event in Grand Rapids, the Rotary Club of Grand Rapids Charities Foundation’s Benefit Concert, in conjunction with the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, benefits Indian Trails Camp. Co-founded by the Rotary Club of Grand Rapids in 1952, Indian Trails Camp offers adaptive recreation in a barrier-free setting, where children and adults with physical and developmental disabilities can participate in traditional camp activities.

The 2009 concert marked our 10th annual event, bringing the total funds raised for Indian Trails Camp to over $250,000.

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