Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Golf Classic mile marker: 10th Annual Big Shoulders Fund Golf Classic!
The event was held on Monday, August 9, 2010 at Olympia Fields Country Club. The day was a great success. We had over 300 golfers join us with more than than 325 guests at dinner.
A special thank you to all of our sponsors for making the day possible. You have helped us provide even more scholarships for the 2010-2011 school year.
100% of proceeds benefit the Big Shoulders Fund Friends of Big Shoulders Scholarship Program.
Mark your calendars. Next year's, 11th Annual Big Shoulders Fund Golf Classic will be held on Monday, August 8, 2011 at Olympia Fields Country Club. Details will be sent out in the coming months.
Learn more about the Golf Classic and its success:
There are a variety of ways to get involved in this amazing event:
- Become a sponsor: click here for information on the opportunities ranging from the $500 level to $100,000.
- Purchase a foursome: click here for foursome information ($4,000)
- Be a single golfer: click here for information on benefits ($1,000)
- Join us for dinner and the auction: $100 per dinner guest
- Purchase a book of 6 raffle tickets for $100 and win up to $100,00
- Purchase a $20 raffle ticket and win up to $100,000
- Donate an item for our live or silent auction
- Donate an item to our golfer bags
- Donate funds for the scholarship
- Volunteer: help us out in the morning, afternoon or all day!
Send all raffle, auction and golf bag donations to the Big Shoulders Fund at
Attn: Golf Classic
309 W. Washington, Suite 550
Chicago, IL 60606
Please feel free to contact Amy Drozda, Associate Director, Events and Publications, at 312-751-3850 / adrozda@bigshouldersfund.org with any questions or to learn more!
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Event
Sage Foundation
Course
McDonald's Charities
The Oakmark International Funds
The Vennetti Family
Platinum
Benetech, Inc.
Ditka's Restaurant
Goldman Sachs and P.Jay and Jenny Fortner
Howden Group Ltd.
Dinner
Illinois Tool Works
Silver
The John Buck Company
Kaye Scholer
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Kelly, Jr.
KM Plant Services
KPMG LLP
Apparel
Edward Don and Company
Cocktail Hour
Kazma Family Foundation
Single Grill
Midwest Generation EME, LLC
Breakfast
Sugar Foods
Beverage Cart
Patman Meat Group
Closest to the Pin Contest
James & Williams Jewelers
Event Services
Alta Vista Graphics
Home Run Inn Pizza
Symmetri Marketing Group, L.L.C.
Turano Baking
Contest Sponsors
BMW of Schererville
Marquis Jet
Bill Napleton National Fleet Sales
Ogden Auto Group
Terry's Lincoln Mercury
Transportation
United Airlines
Golf Committee Co-Chairs
Giancarlo Turano
Bill Lagoni
John Berzanskis, Jr.
Sean Bolger
Lynn Carmody
Mark Carr
Marc Cervantes
Don Draudt
John Dramisino
Doug Ford
P. Jay Fortner
Christina Gidwitz
Gary Hanson
Kim Karlen
Beth & John Long
Brian Mazzocchi
John McCormick
Matthew Micheli
Alan Myers
Bill Napleton
Katherine Napleton
Ernesto Pedroza
Tom Reboletti
Polly Richter
Rick Riechers
Ken Roberts
Kathy Schutz
Kenneth Viellieu
Chuck Wallace
Thanks you to all the sponsors, participants, supporters, attendees, Golf Classic committee and volunteers who helped make last year's 9th Annual Big Shoulders Fund Golf Classic a huge success. We had our second highest netting event in our 9 year history netting over $518,000 for scholarships. An incredible feat that will greatly impact and help Big Shoulders to meet the increasing need for scholarships this school year!
Over 300 of Chicago's business and philanthropic leaders spent Monday, August 10, 2009 on the golf course for Big Shoulders Fund's 9th Annual Golf Classic sponsored by the Sage Foundation. It was a fun filled day of golf, course games, raffles, auction, shoot out contests and more!
Some of this year's highlights included a 24-person shootout for a spectacular Rolex watch courtesy of James and Williams Jewelers, a live auction including a week stay at Exclusive Resorts, foursomes at many of the top courses, and two first-class to anywhere in the world courtesy of United Airlines.
The event raises funds for the Friends of Big Shoulders Scholarship which provides scholarships to deserving children who want to study for a brighter future in one of Chicago's inner-city schools. The continued success is due to a committed and active group of volunteers who comprise the Golf Classic Committee. In just nine years, the Golf Classic has:
- raised over $3 million for scholarships for inner-city children to receive a Catholic education;
- played over 2,300 rounds of golf;
- provided over $130,000 in raffle prize winnings;
- allowed more than four thousand children, regardless of background, to have access to quality education; and
- had over 50 dedicated volunteer committee members both past and present who have given countless hours to ensure the event is a success every year.
