Golfers had fun and helped raise money for worthy charities and student scholarships on Thursday, May 8th at the Rotary Club of Lake Houston Area’s annual Cinco de Mayo Charity Golf Tournament at the beautiful Atascocita Golf Club in Atascocita. Prizes were awarded, a raffle was held, and a BBQ lunch was provided by Tin Roof BBQ Restaurant.
Rotary’s Cinco de Mayo Charity Golf Tournament players had fun, beautiful weather, good food, and camaraderie playing golf on Thursday, May 8th at the Atascocita Golf Club to help local charities and student scholarships supported by volunteers from the Rotary Club of Lake Houston area.
The day began early at 7 a.m. with registration, goodie bags and breakfast with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Players competed for a chance to win the $10,000 Hole-in-One Contest and the $5,000 Putting Contest. There were also raffle prizes available for bidding at the silent auction.
When golfers ended play, they were able to enjoy a delicious lunch catered by Tin Roof BBQ in Atascocita. After lunch, trophies were awarded to teams placing first, second or third place on the course. Unfortunately, we’re sorry to report no one won the big prize money but everyone had fun trying to win it.
Silent auction raffle prizes were also available for bidding including a fair amount of wine and spirits. Special thanks to everyone who participated in the auction.
Lake Houston Rotary’s tournament committee chair, Danny Contreras, thanked everyone for supporting Rotary’s charity fundraising with special thanks to all the sponsors and players for making this tournament fundraiser possible.
They are: Gold Level Executive Sponsorship: Plains State Bank; Presenting Sponsor, Golf tournament: Plains State Bank; Raffle Sponsor: Robbins Automotive; Closest to the Pin: Robbins Automotive, Silver Level Executive Sponsorship: Edward Jones, Lunch Sponsor @ Golf Tourn: Stellar Bank, Hole in One Sponsor: KW Receivables, Closest to the Pin: Kevin Burke, DDS; Four Way Test Sponsor: Aviation & Marketing Int.; Four Way Test Sponsor: Inspire ND; Service Above Self Sponsor: KOLDA Corp.; Registration Table Sponsor: Joiner Architects; Hole Sponsor: Protank; Hole Sponsor: United Community Credit Union; Hole Sponsor: The Home Care Family; Hole Sponsor: San Jacinto College; and Hole Sponsor: Jeffrey W. Burnett PLLC.
He also thanked all the Rotarian volunteers for providing a fun experience for the players.
Net proceeds from Rotary’s Cinco de Mayo Golf Tournament are used to support community charities and student scholarships. A complete list of charities receiving grants in 2024 are on the club’s website within the grant luncheon story here: https://lharotary.com/Stories/charities-receive-over-50-000-in-rotary-grants-at-appreciation-luncheon .
Tournament players also had the opportunity to personally examine the club’s beautiful Corvette Sting Ray Raffle prize and purchase raffle tickets ($100 each). Runner-up prizes are ten $250 gift cards. Winners’ names will be drawn at Robbins Chevrolet in Humble on Saturday, June 14th. Winners do not have to be present to win. Raffle tickets are available from any Lake Houston Rotarian or may be purchased at Robbins Chevrolet.
Rotary Club of Lake Houston Area members and guests meet at 11:45 a.m. Wednesdays for their weekly lunch meeting at the Lake Houston Family YMCA, 2420 West Lake Houston Pkwy. in Kingwood.
The Summer Creek Satellite Club meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month at 8:30 a.m., at Generation Park 3rd floor Nimble Office Suite, 250 Assay St., Houston.
For more information about Rotary or membership, visit www.LHARotary.com or search for our Facebook page @LakeHoustonAreaRotary.
