This year’s Inter-Faith Community Services Puttin’ on the Green
Mini Golf Tournament is being billed as the most fun you can have
while helping a worthy cause.
The event will be held May 7 at the Colorado Journey Miniature
Golf Course located at the corner of West Belleview Avenue and
South Windermere Street.
The proceeds from the event go to Inter-Faith, an organization
that provides support for needy families and individuals who are
struggling by providing food, clothing and other assistance.
This is a team tournament. A team is made up of five members who
will be playing the course and competing for prizes. But it also is
a fund-raiser and Inter-Faith has asked each team member to pledge
to raise at least $200.
Team check-in and breakfast is at 8:30 a.m. and a 9 a.m. shotgun
blast signals the start of play. Players are treated to lunch and
there is a silent auction and drawings for door prizes.
“This is a very important event for us because, while our
requests for services are up almost 40 percent, our donations have
declined about 30 percent,” said Maria Pearson , Inter-Faith
Community Coordinator. “It is one of our major fundraising events.
Last year’s tournament was successful and we are hoping to raise
more than that this year. But, to do it, we’ll have to have some
more teams sign up for the tournament.”
Pearson said there are two divisions for teams playing in the
tournament: the service club division and the business
division.
So far, teams entered in the Service Club Division include
representatives from Englewood Rotary, Littleton Sertoma, Highlands
Ranch Rotary and Littleton Lions and Littleton Rotary.
Some of the business division team entries include Radiology
Imaging, St. Andrew United Methodist Church and Ascension
Lutheran.
There are trophies for tournament play, door prizes and everyone
leaves with a goodie bag. The event is scheduled to be completed by
about noon.
This year, registering online provides five extra opportunities
to win door prizes worth up to $500. All donations to the event are
tax deductible and all the proceeds go to help people in the local
community.
For information about Inter-Faith, the tournament or to register
a team, call Pearson at 303-789-0501.
