Sydenham Lions Golf Tourney Raises $5,000 For Medic Alert Bracelets

Jun 20, 2013

On June 14 the Sydenham and District Lions Club hosted their 7th Annual Charity Golf Tournament at the Rivendell Golf Club. Clear skies and pleasant temperatures greeted the 110 golfers who showed up early Friday morning for this event. Golfer registration matched last year's record turn-out and was a source of much satisfaction for tournament co-ordinator, Sydenham Lion Jim Kelly. Given the rather damp spring weather, the golf course was in amazing shape due to the hard work of the Rivendell groundskeeping staff.

Although no one walked away with any of the great Hole-in-One prizes up for grabs on all the Par 3 holes, one big winner was declared. Laurie Newport won a $500 Rail Travel voucher from VIA Rail Canada for coming out on top in the Putting Contest.

The tournament raised over $5000 for the Lions Club to use in their charitable work and once again, the first charitable need to be addressed will be the sponsorship of a local school under the "No Child Without" program. This program is jointly sponsored by the Lions Clubs of Canada and the Medic-Alert Foundation and is designed to ensure that any elementary age child from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 who needs a Medic-Alert bracelet or pendant receives one free of charge.

Previous tournaments have raised funds to cover this program at five local schools (Loughborough Public School, Perth Road Public School, St. Patrick Catholic School, Elginburg Public School and Harrowsmith Public School). This year’s tournament will cover Storrington Public School. Allan McPhail, President of the Sydenham Lions closed the event with a heartfelt thanks to all the sponsors, volunteers and golfers who had made the tournament such a success.