The 14th annual Bill Porter Memorial Charity Golf Classic of the Hastings Country Club is seeking charities to benefit through its memorial golf outing, set for Friday, June 16 at the golf course in Hastings. Since 2004, the classic has granted over $350,000 to Barry County 501(c) (3) organizations. The request for proposals is open to all eligible non-profits that provide programs and projects in the Barry County area.
Interested non-profit organizations may submit a proposal to a committee made up of representatives from the grant committee of the Barry Community Foundation (BCF), the allocation committee from the Barry County United Way (BCUW) and the committee for the charity golf outing.
To request an application or for questions, call Jennifer at the BCF at 269-945-0526, Janie Bergeron at Green Gables Haven at 269-804-6021 or Lani at BCUW at 269-945-4010. After review of the submissions, which are not limited to program or project costs, the top four charities successfully demonstrating the importance of their organizations will be selected by the committee and then publicized as the charities.
Chosen charities are required to have a booth on display during the outing, complete with a voting box. They will also be asked to recruit golf teams, collect door prizes, provide volunteers for the day of the event and obtain three hole sponsors.
The registered golfers will receive four ballots in their goodie bags to vote for their favorite charity. They can use all four votes for one charity, or split their votes any way they wish, which will encourage them to get their people involved. Following the tournament, the charities will be rewarded with 50 percent of proceeds going to the lead charity in the voting, 25 percent to the second, 15 percent to the third and 10 percent to fourth place.
