May 13, 2009

Thanks to Everyone who helped with the Rotary Golf Tournament


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

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