Charity Golf Classic Friday, June 5, 2009 benefiting Dallas Children's Charities.
The golf outing, a sellout every year, will be held at Los Rios Country Club, 1700 Country Club Drive, Plano, TX 75074. Golfer check-in is from 9:00-1030 a.m. with a shotgun start at 11 a.m.
Entry fee is $200 per player. Entry fee includes lunch, practice balls, green fees, cart, one raffle ticket, one Dallas Margarita Ball invitation, free gifts and libations with food and surprises all over the course. There is a 144-player limit, first come, first served. Sponsorships are also available, and current Dallas Margarita Society/Dallas Children's Charities sponsors are provided recognition and signage at the golf course.
Pre-paid reservations are accepted on a space-available basis with confirmation at check-in. The entry fee is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Golfers are encouraged to register early.
This year’s tournament continues Dallas Margarita Society best-dressed hole contest, with a Hawaiian theme. “Each hole host will decorate their designated hole as a fun-in-the-sun oasis, complete with food and drink. The fun never stops,” said tournament chairman John Kranz. “All players will vote on to which group put together the most entertaining hole.”
The golf format is the traditional four-person scramble. Prizes will be given to first, second and third place team members, as to the winners of closest to pin, straightest drive and longest drive contests. There will also be a putting contest, hole-in-one contests and a raffle. Prizes include trips, golf equipment, dinners, and gift certificates.
For more information, contact John Kranz, Dallas Margarita Society Vice President-Golf, at 972-307-8064 or email golf.vp@dms-dcc.org. Details are also at www.dallasmargaritasociety.org
Sponsors include: Beam Global Spirits & Wine/Sauza Tequila, Andrews Distributing Company/Miller Lite/Coors, American Ice Company, Los Rios Country Club, and Dannenbaum Engineering.
Since 1977, Dallas Children's Charities has collected more than 155,000 toys and gifts valued at more than $3,500,000 for at-risk children in the Dallas Ft. Worth area. Dallas Children's Charities also supports community organizations that work with underprivileged children throughout the year.
For more information, please go to www.dallaschildrenscharities.org.
Organizations receiving assistance through the years have included: AIDS Services of Dallas, Bethesda Young Life, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Dallas, Calumet Community Center, Camp John Marc, Children United, Inc., Dallas Can! Academy, Dallas Child Guidance Clinic, Dallas County Juvenile Department, Dallas Housing Authority, Happy Hill Farm, I Have A Dream Foundation, LEAP Foundation, Leukemia Society, Love for Kids, Inc, Love Life Foundation, Make-A-Wish of North Texas, North Texas Food Bank, North Texas SIDS Alliance, Our Children's Center at Irving, Salvation Army, The Arc of Dallas, The Family Place, The Rise School of Dallas, United Cerebral Palsy, Wipe Out Kids' Cancer, Woodall Foundation, YMCA of Metro Dallas and YWCA of Metro Dallas.
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ABOUT DALLAS CHILDREN’S CHARITIES
The Dallas Margarita Society, Inc. d/b/a Dallas Children's Charities is a non-profit charitable organization whose goals are twofold. The first is to provide disadvantaged Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex children with gifts at Christmas time and the second is to help those community organizations that work directly with underprivileged children throughout the year by providing funding, in-kind donations and volunteer support. DMS/DCC was formed in 1977 when a small group of business acquaintances decided to host a holiday party for associates and friends, and asked their guests to bring Christmas gifts for less fortunate children. Its annual Dallas Margarita Ball has grown over the years and is now believed to be the largest annual invitation only charity black tie gala in the world, with more than 11,000 guests providing gifts for more than 7,000 disadvantaged children each year. Since 1977, DMS/DCC and its volunteers have contributed over one million hours of community service and more than 155,000 toys and gifts valued at more than $3,500,000. In 2008 alone, over $694,150 in toys, services, equipment and cash were donated to “at risk” youth in North Texas and the charities and organizations which work with them on a regular basis.
DMS/DCC is unique in that it has no paid staff and no fixed overhead – all Officers, Directors, Members, and Directors Emeritus serve on a volunteer basis.
DMS/DCC achieves its goals by hosting social fundraising networking events throughout the year, an annual golf tournament in early summer and the Dallas Margarita Ball early in the holiday season. Guests at the Dallas Margarita Ball are encouraged to bring toys or sponsor gifts with cash. Additionally, individual and corporate sponsorships are solicited, and through Sponsors’ generosity DMS/DCC provides operating support and scholarships to numerous community organizations. All DMS/DCC fund-raising activities and events, and all supported charitable organizations are located within the DFW Metroplex.
“THE DALLAS MARGARITA SOCIETY/DALLAS CHILDREN’S CHARITIES IS NOT TRYING TO BE THE BIGGEST CHARITY IN NORTH TEXAS, BUT A CHARITY THAT DOES BIG THINGS, IN SMALL WAYS, EVERY DAY.”
WWW.DALLASCHILDRENSCHARITIES.ORG.
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