What an incredible day of sun, golf and generosity. The
organizing committee of the Jordan Zacharias Memorial fund continues to be
blown away by the unending support of this day. Derek spoke about how our
organization appreciates the way so many people have become a “gift within a
gift” through this event. Whether it be the generosity of the folks from the
Kelly Chase fantasy hockey camp donating additional spots for auction once they
saw the demand, to our incredibly generous anonymous bidder that got the night
rolling with a jersey purchase of $1700. The choice of jersey was immediately handed
over to one of the great families we have supported who was at the dinner (their
daughter then proceeded to pick out of the entire line of great autographed memorabilia
the Gordie Howe Wings jersey to bring home). It was also shown when a piece of
art work made specifically for our auction from one of the children the Jordan Zacharias
Memorial fund has helped in the past went for $300. These stories of generosity
and selflessness is what continue to amaze us. This tournament has evolved into
something we couldn’t have ever foreseen but we are thrilled and blessed to be
on the ride with all of our amazing supporters.
We are incredibly proud to announce that this year’s golf
tournament raised $70,000. An amazing amount of money that will help so many
families. Every year we think it can’t
get any bigger and every year, it does.
So thank you to our sponsors, thank you to our participants,
thank you to people that spread the word about what we do, thank you to the families
that allow us to help in a small way…. THANK YOU.