Hickory – The Hickory Branch of the National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP) will hold its second annual golf tournament on Saturday September 21, 2024 at River Oats Golf Club, 233 Broken Arrow Drive, Statesville, NC 28677.
In addition to its social and recreational outcomes, this event is the Branch’s major fundraiser of the year for which sponsorships are being sought. Proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit the Branch’s scholarship and educational programs which consist of 3 to 5 one thousand-dollar scholarships awarded annually to several Hickory area high school graduates and the branch Equity and Inclusion Task Force which focuses on the elimination of large pre-K-12 educational disparities.
Sponsorships are being accepted for this event as follows: Silver ($150), Bronze ($250), and Gold ($500). Signs will be made with each Sponsor’s Name and type of Sponsorship. All Sponsors will be recognized during the opening ceremony at 12:45.
Registration and lunch for golfers starts at noon. Tee time is at 1:00pm. The cost of $85.00 per player, includes golf fee, range balls, 2 mulligans, lunch, and snacks.
Cash prizes of $300, $200, and $100 will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners. Prizes will also be awarded for “closest to the pin” on all (4) Par’s and the Straightest Drive.
To register, email contact information to [email protected] or, call Mike at 828-455-0406 or Margaret at 828-238-4430. Registration and sponsorship information and checks should be mailed to Hickory NAACP, P. O. Box 2593, Hickory, NC 28603. Payments may also be made to Hickory NAACP via PayPal.
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. Its mission is to achieve equity, political rights, and social inclusion by advancing policies and practices that expand human and civil rights, eliminate discrimination, and accelerate the well-being, education, and economic security of Black people and all persons of color.
