Drew Deffenbaugh, the Van Buren Rotary Club President is on the record, “The Rotary Club would like to extend its deepest appreciation to all who were involved in the 2009 Golf Tournament at Eagle Crest Country Club. The money we raised will go towards awarding scholarships to local students and it would not have been possible without your involvement. Thanks again and we look forward to the next one.”"We all had a good time. it was another successful event. The rain held off. I was to thank Brent Peters, Nathan Hurst, Shirley Williams, Bernie Manard, Nancy Smith, I sure there's more, but these people went above and beyond." added Bob England, who with Bernie Manard and other Rotarians, has led led the golf tournament project for several years.
Drew and Bob are both right. All of our contributing sponsors, individual and corporate hole sponsors, Eagle Crest, the host club, every Rotarian and every community member who made a phone call or recruited a team or wrote a check for the event will have helped the Van Buren Rotary toward its community service goals.You'll notice the sponsor signs were wearing clear plastic "raincoats" and located near the clubhouse to protect them in the event of a heavy rain. You can click on any of the pictures for larger images. Check out the list of sponsors and contributors below. If you get a chance, be sure to thank them in person for their helping us make Van Buren and Crawford County a very special place to work and live.
And what was the final tally for the event? Checks are still arriving in the mail and expenses are being paid. We'll do an update later when we have the final tally. Suffice it to say, it's more money than we had when we started planning this year's event. Thanks to all who helped.
09 Van Buren Rotary Club Golf Tournament Sponsors and Contributors:
| Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Arvest Bank Back in Action Chiropractic BancorpSouth Bank of the Ozarks Belle Point Beverages Inc Best Western Big Jakes Bob Miller Insurance Chuck Fawcett Realty Citizens Bank & Trust Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Fort Smith Cornerstone Medical, Internal Medicine - Dr. Henry Edwards Crawford Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Eagle Crest Farm Bureau - Cathy Gifford & Justin Lovett First Community Bank of Crawford County Hawkins-Weir Engineers | Hubbs Animal Clinic Hubbs Lyon and Co Jim Wynn Liberty Bank Lumber One Pete Rogers Rhodes Chrevrolet Richard & Earlene Boone Rick Franzmeier, D.D.S. Shaw Dawgz Discount Golf Simmons First National Bank SPMI Steve Hoz Summit Medical Center Tate's Flowers and Gift Shop Tri Hill Pest Control Warren Blaylock William C. LaRue-CPA Williams/Crawford & Associates |
