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Golf For The Gift – June 23, 2016
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Save the date!
Mark your calendar for the 9th Annual Rod Simons Golf for the Gift celebrity charity golf tournament, taking place once again at the beautiful Troy Burne Golf Course in Hudson, WI.
This event will feature a fun 18-hole fivesome scramble pairing a local sports or media celebrity with each foursome.
There will be contests and prizes for skill and luck on every hole, lunch, on-course beverages, dinner, a deluxe player gift pack, and a silent auction featuring many unique and sought after sport and gift items!
Plan a fun and relaxing day at the spectacular Tom Lehman designed Troy Burne championship golf course, while at the same time donating and raising funds to bring children home to their forever families.
Gift of Adoption is now accepting registration, either by visiting our website,
www.golfforthegift, or by calling Pat Reis at 612-636-3905. See you on the links!
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The Minnesota Chapter of Gift of Adoption recently awarded an adoption assistance grant to Minneapolis residents Kevin and Cassie. This grant provided the necessary funds to complete the adoption of their daughter Estela from Nicaragua! The money to provide this grant comes directly from the funds raised by the MN Chapter and Golf for the Gift.
“Every child should grow up in a loving family environment and with the sense of belonging that comes from being a permanent part of a family and home,” said Gift of Adoption Minnesota chapter president Cory Borthwick. “Our goal is to make more adoptions possible and give as many children without families a life they otherwise may not have known.”
Gift of Adoption Minnesota and its leaders are committed to connecting more Minnesota families with the financial support needed to complete adoptions. To date, the organization has raised and awarded more than $275,000 to unite 95 children with families struggling to meet the high costs of adoption.
Kevin and Cassise are one such family. They recently turned to Gift of Adoption to help fund the adoption of their 3-year old daughter from Nicaragua. Though the financial means seemed out of reach, Kevin and Cassie were determined to welcome their daughter home. Thanks to a generous grant from Gift of Adoption, Estela recently joined her forever family and now calls Minnetonka home.
Welcome Home Estela!
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Tony Dungy to be keynote speaker at Gather for the Gift
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Gift of Adoption’s largest national fundraiser—Gather for the Gift—contributes toward GOA’s goal of helping more than 255 children find a home this year. Our goal is to raise more than $150,000 to help qualified families make their house a home for a child in need. Putting at-risk children into permanent, loving families not only gives them love, nurturing and care today, but it is also an upstream investment which minimizes future need for a wide spectrum of social services and government assistance. It is a long-term solution and a win-win on both a humanitarian and economic level.
WHEN: April 28,2016
WHERE: The Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago,
TIME: 6-9:00pm
For more information on sponsorship or to attend this event, please contact: Elizabeth O’Connor at eoconnor@giftofadoption.org or 847.205.2784 or visit
giftofadoption.org/gatherforthegift/
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Tony Dungy is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Quiet Strength, Uncommon, and The Mentor Leader. He led the Indianapolis Colts to Super Bowl victory on February 4, 2007, the first such win for an African American head coach. Dungy established another NFL first by becoming the first head coach to lead his teams to the playoffs for ten consecutive years. Dungy joined the Colts in 2002 after serving as the most successful head coach in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history. He has also held multiple assistant coaching positions. Dungy has been involved in a wide variety of charitable organizations, including All Pro Dad. He retired from coaching in 2009 and now serves as a studio analyst for NBC’s Football Night in America. He and his wife, Lauren, have been married for 32 years and are the parents of ten children, seven of whom are adopted. This coming August, Tony will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2016, becoming the first African American to be inducted as a Coach.
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SPECIAL GUEST
Debra Steigerwaldt Waller is chief executive officer of her family’s business, the Kenosha-based underwear company, Jockey International. Adopted as an infant into the family that owned Jockey International, she has made it a company goal to support and promote the work of adoptive families. She founded the Jockey Being Family Foundation which was created to strengthen adoptive families through post-adoptive services by funding national and local adoption-related nonprofits.
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