Teeing off for Sharing & Caring (with photos)

It was a good day for golf Friday at Foxwood Country Club in Crestview. For 24 players in the Second Annual Sharing & Caring Golf Tournament, it wasn’t just about teeing off, however. It was also a good day to raise money for the local food bank.

Playing in six teams, between their registration fee and raffle, the effort raised roughly $1,000 toward purchasing food for area needy families.

“The first tournament was successful and this one has been, too,” said a satisfied Crestview City Councilman Charles Baugh Jr., who helped organize the event.

The golf tournament, coordinated by Mark Seamans and Timothy Anderson, was the culminating event in a weeklong drive for Sharing & Caring that began the preceding weekend with an effort by Ron Gautney, the Main Street Association and the Spanish Trail Cruisers Club.

“Ron did the first leg of the surge,” smiled Baugh.

Prior to the golf tournament, 300 pounds of non-perishable food donations for Sharing & Caring was raised by the Air Force F-35 Nomads and Joy Fellowship Church.

“These are the ‘new’ Nomads,” Baugh hastily clarified, “and they have promised to continue the tradition.”

Friday’s contribution to the food bank from the tournament proceeds was accepted by President Robin Marston, First Vice President Phyllis Russ and Second Vice President Madge Timmons.

“He’s like an honorary member of Sharing & Caring,” raved Marston of Baugh.

“I’m a stealth member,” the councilman laughed.

After their lunch, the players gathered outside of the Foxwood clubhouse, where Baugh assured them, “Thanks to you, there are 900 families who will have a better Thanksgiving. God bless you!”