Cardinal To Host Hole-In-One Shootout
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
One million dollars. Or $1,000,000.
Anyway it's written, $1 million is still the prize amount golfers can potentially take home from the Cardinal Center Million Dollar Hole-in-One.
An expected 1,800 golfers will compete for the cash reward, sponsored by R.R. Donnelley & Sons. Money raised will benefit people with disabilities through the Cardinal Center.
People like Shannon Middaugh, Larry Zea and Freddie and Carrie Brissette.
Zea has been a client with Cardinal Center for almost 20 years. He lives in a group home and works in the work service department. It's his second year of being on the waiting list to receive a job in the community.
"There's a real priority to get him out working in the community," said Deb Hawley, Cardinal Center volunteer coordinator.
"He's a really neat guy. He could use a special friend. We always try to get community members to be special friends," she said.
Zea loves working in the office and enjoys working with others. His favorite job is to shred paper.
"It's very difficult for us to get him to take a break when he's working. He just loves what he does," Hawley said.
Freddie Brissette is 2-1/2 years old. Carrie Brissette, Freddie's mother, said they discovered Freddie was hearing impaired at 18 months.
"He goes to the First Step classes four days a week. They've done remarkable work teaching him how to talk. He's going to start learning sign language," Carrie said. First Step is a program offered through Cardinal Center. Freddie has been in the First Step program for a year.
"He's just changed 360 degrees since he's been in that. It's really brought him out of his shell," Carrie said.
Shannon Middaugh is 28, independent and has cerebral palsy.
"She loves to go to concerts. She loves to be independent. Her goal is to not have to go to Cardinal Center for support," said Jeanne Beam, Cardinal Center support staff.
Middaugh keeps her own schedule. She shares an apartment with another individual.
"I'm living on my own with my roommate, Ruby," Shannon said.
"She likes to help people out," said Beam. "Very much so. I wish everyone had her attitude."
Qualifying rounds for the Hole-In-One Golf Shoot Out are July 10 and 11. Final shoot-out takes place July 18 at 4 p.m. at Stonehenge Golf Course, Warsaw.
Qualifying rounds will take place at six golf courses in Kosciusko and Marshall counties. Golf courses participating include Little Bighorn, Warsaw; Maxwelton, Syracuse; Plymouth Rock, Plymouth; Raccoon Run, Warsaw; South Shore, Syracuse; and Sprig-O-Mint, Bremen. From the qualifying rounds, 31 participants will make their way to the finals.
The shoot-out is a closest-to-pin contest. Tee areas will be set up at the six golf courses during preliminaries. Golfers pay $1 per ball to shoot at a green from 90 yards. Finalists are determined based on closest-to-pin and all "aces" during qualifiers. Thirty-one finalists will advance to the finals to compete for the million-dollar prize.
The top five golfers at each site will win prizes.
"We are trying our best to provide the incentives necessary to get people out at our qualifying sites," said shoot-out chairman John Ganyard. "Prizes will be available during the finals in addition to the $1 million hole. There will be a $14,000 jackpot hole in the final shoot-out."
In the event someone hits the $1 million hole at the finals, the top prize will be paid out over 360 monthly installments and be split equally with the Cardinal Center. In the event someone hits the $14,000 jackpot hole in the final shoot-out, the prize will be paid out in cash and be split equally with the Cardinal Center.
"The beauty of this event is that you don't need to be a golfer to participate. You also don't need to worry about committing a major portion of either day to participate. You can go to one site or you can travel to all six sites," said Cindy Pergrem, Cardinal Center director of development.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Cardinal Center endowment to meet long-term needs including: services for adults with disabilities (job placement and support, vocational training, life skills training, assisted living and transportation), Healthy Families (parent education program to get families with new babies off to a good start), Head Start (a comprehensive program to prepare children age 3 to 5 for school), Women, Infants and Children (nutrition education and food voucher program) and First Steps (an early intervention program for children birth to age 3 experiencing developmental delays or "at risk" of delay).
In addition to R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. as premier sponsor, Bodkin Abstract, Biomet, Lake City Bank, Needhams-Pitney Bowes and NIPSCO have provided sponsorship. Other business contributing to the shoot-out include Brennan Pharmacy, Crowe Chizek, Merrill Lynch, Pill Box Pharmacy, Rice Ford-Lincoln Mercury and Zimmer.
"Our goal is to net $15,000. We've exceeded our goal before we've even hit the first ball," said Pergrem. [[In-content Ad]]
One million dollars. Or $1,000,000.
Anyway it's written, $1 million is still the prize amount golfers can potentially take home from the Cardinal Center Million Dollar Hole-in-One.
An expected 1,800 golfers will compete for the cash reward, sponsored by R.R. Donnelley & Sons. Money raised will benefit people with disabilities through the Cardinal Center.
People like Shannon Middaugh, Larry Zea and Freddie and Carrie Brissette.
Zea has been a client with Cardinal Center for almost 20 years. He lives in a group home and works in the work service department. It's his second year of being on the waiting list to receive a job in the community.
"There's a real priority to get him out working in the community," said Deb Hawley, Cardinal Center volunteer coordinator.
"He's a really neat guy. He could use a special friend. We always try to get community members to be special friends," she said.
Zea loves working in the office and enjoys working with others. His favorite job is to shred paper.
"It's very difficult for us to get him to take a break when he's working. He just loves what he does," Hawley said.
Freddie Brissette is 2-1/2 years old. Carrie Brissette, Freddie's mother, said they discovered Freddie was hearing impaired at 18 months.
"He goes to the First Step classes four days a week. They've done remarkable work teaching him how to talk. He's going to start learning sign language," Carrie said. First Step is a program offered through Cardinal Center. Freddie has been in the First Step program for a year.
"He's just changed 360 degrees since he's been in that. It's really brought him out of his shell," Carrie said.
Shannon Middaugh is 28, independent and has cerebral palsy.
"She loves to go to concerts. She loves to be independent. Her goal is to not have to go to Cardinal Center for support," said Jeanne Beam, Cardinal Center support staff.
Middaugh keeps her own schedule. She shares an apartment with another individual.
"I'm living on my own with my roommate, Ruby," Shannon said.
"She likes to help people out," said Beam. "Very much so. I wish everyone had her attitude."
Qualifying rounds for the Hole-In-One Golf Shoot Out are July 10 and 11. Final shoot-out takes place July 18 at 4 p.m. at Stonehenge Golf Course, Warsaw.
Qualifying rounds will take place at six golf courses in Kosciusko and Marshall counties. Golf courses participating include Little Bighorn, Warsaw; Maxwelton, Syracuse; Plymouth Rock, Plymouth; Raccoon Run, Warsaw; South Shore, Syracuse; and Sprig-O-Mint, Bremen. From the qualifying rounds, 31 participants will make their way to the finals.
The shoot-out is a closest-to-pin contest. Tee areas will be set up at the six golf courses during preliminaries. Golfers pay $1 per ball to shoot at a green from 90 yards. Finalists are determined based on closest-to-pin and all "aces" during qualifiers. Thirty-one finalists will advance to the finals to compete for the million-dollar prize.
The top five golfers at each site will win prizes.
"We are trying our best to provide the incentives necessary to get people out at our qualifying sites," said shoot-out chairman John Ganyard. "Prizes will be available during the finals in addition to the $1 million hole. There will be a $14,000 jackpot hole in the final shoot-out."
In the event someone hits the $1 million hole at the finals, the top prize will be paid out over 360 monthly installments and be split equally with the Cardinal Center. In the event someone hits the $14,000 jackpot hole in the final shoot-out, the prize will be paid out in cash and be split equally with the Cardinal Center.
"The beauty of this event is that you don't need to be a golfer to participate. You also don't need to worry about committing a major portion of either day to participate. You can go to one site or you can travel to all six sites," said Cindy Pergrem, Cardinal Center director of development.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Cardinal Center endowment to meet long-term needs including: services for adults with disabilities (job placement and support, vocational training, life skills training, assisted living and transportation), Healthy Families (parent education program to get families with new babies off to a good start), Head Start (a comprehensive program to prepare children age 3 to 5 for school), Women, Infants and Children (nutrition education and food voucher program) and First Steps (an early intervention program for children birth to age 3 experiencing developmental delays or "at risk" of delay).
In addition to R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. as premier sponsor, Bodkin Abstract, Biomet, Lake City Bank, Needhams-Pitney Bowes and NIPSCO have provided sponsorship. Other business contributing to the shoot-out include Brennan Pharmacy, Crowe Chizek, Merrill Lynch, Pill Box Pharmacy, Rice Ford-Lincoln Mercury and Zimmer.
"Our goal is to net $15,000. We've exceeded our goal before we've even hit the first ball," said Pergrem. [[In-content Ad]]