Golf Gives Back 2012-13

We are pleased to announce the launch of this year’s edition of the Rotary Golf Gives Back Golf and Travel Lottery.  This year’s lottery is our biggest and best!  We have over 100 golf related prizes up for grabs which any golfer will appreciate!

The Six Grand Golf Travel prizes include:

A trip for four to Pebble Beach Golf Links and San Francisco.

A trip for four to British Columbia’s  Columbia Valley Golf Trail.

A trip for four to Cape Breton Island.

A trip for four to Walt Disney World.

A trip for four to Mont Tremblant and Montreal

A trip for four to the 2013 PGA Championship at Oak Hill, New York.

Additional prizes include golf foursomes at top courses across the province, merchandise, gift cards and subscriptions.

Prizes will all be drawn at the Toronto Golf and Travel show in March.  Tickets are only $20 with a maximum of 5,000 tickets sold.

We are growing.  Fourteen Rotary Clubs across the province are participating this year!  Proceeds from the lottery will go to registered charities supported by the Rotary clubs.  More now than ever, charities are in need of funding as economic downturns reduce the funding by individuals, corporations and government.  In addition to assisting larger charitable organizations, Rotary often acts as a vehicle for smaller charities which do not have the capacity to raise funds on their own due to limited resources.

Rotary is an organization encompassing more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education, job training and promote peace under the motto Service Above Self.  Examples of where proceeds from fundraising go include: food banks, shelters, hospitals, scholarships, clean water projects in developing nations, disaster relief and our largest international project, the eradication of Polio worldwide.

Lottery co-chairs Ron Lambert of the Rotary Club of Burlington Central and Colin Gray of the Rotary Club of Burlington Lakeshore are excited to continue with this unique fundraiser.  They urge you not only to participate in the lottery but, to look into Rotary or any one of the many service organizations and charitable organizations that are always looking for good people.  There is no more rewarding activity than volunteerism and seeing how you as an individual can make a difference in the world.

Please visit the lottery website www.golfgivesback.org for more lottery details.

Queries can be forwarded to either Colin Gray @ colingray@colingrayca.com or Ron Lambert at lambert_ron@hotmail.com