Meals-on-Wheels' 21st Annual Golf Benefit—Another Great Year!

The 21st Annual Meals-on-Wheels Golf Benefit was held on Thursday, September 11 at Hidden Creek Golf Course in Burleson. It was an overwhelming success, raising over $72,000! Along with sponsors, 264 golfers, and over 50 volunteers, the event raised much needed monies to feed the homebound elderly and disabled persons in our community.

"The money raised will help feed lots of people in our community," said Ike Vera, Golf Chairman. "The support shown, from everyone involved was truly incredible!" Vera added. 

With a full field — morning and afternoon — golfers and volunteers enjoyed a fun-filled day of food and fun! $5,000 in prizes were given away to the winning teams, and over $12,000 in raffle prizes were drawn at the event! 

Top Flight, first place was Randy Pitcock, Keith Winnett, Kevin Winnett, and George Marshall of Accents of Cleburne; second place went to the Burleson of Wal-Mart team; and third place was Community Bank with Tim Southerland, Dusty Rumfield, Jason Williams, and Kyron Trussell. Bottom flight, first place winners were the Top Producers team with Howard & Sharon Wright, Pam Tennyson, and Delmer West; second place was Perry Ginn, Kurt Logan, Rusty Gilliam and Danny Slattery with American National Bank; and third was Tim Godsey, Steve Pennock, Mark Bransom and Eddie Vanzandt playing for the Grandview Bank. $500 cash prize was given for the "closest-to-the-pin" winner in the morning, Lance Rosser at 8", and Mike Phillips at 72" in the afternoon. 

Top flight, first place was Randy Pitcock, Keith Winnett, Kevin Winnett, and George Marshall of Accents of Cleburne.	Top flight, second place went to the Burleson of Wal-Mart team.
Top flight, third place was Community Bank with Tim Southerland, Dusty Rumfield, Jason Williams, and Kyron Trussell.	Bottom flight, first place winners were the Top Producers team with Howard & Sharon Wright, Pam Tennyson, and Delmer West.
Bottom flight, second place was Perry Ginn, Kurt Logan, Rusty Gilliam and Danny Slattery with American National Bank.	Bottom flight, third was Tim Godsey, Steve Pennock, Mark Bransom and Eddie Vanzandt playing for the Grandview Bank.
"Closest-to-the-pin" winner in the morning, Lance Rosser at 8".	"Closest-to-the-pin" winner in the afternoon, Mike Phillips at 72".

"On behalf of Meals-on-Wheels, we truly appreciate the support in making this event so successful," said Vinsen Faris, executive director of Meals-on-Wheels.   

A BIG thank you to all of this year’s sponsors including: Title Sponsor, Community Bank, and top sponsor Karsten Tax & Financial Management.  Major Sponsors include: KMP Graphics, KTFW Radio & 95.9 The Ranch, Mago Construction, The Mize Family in memory of Walter Mize, and Wal-Mart Supercenter of Burleson. Other large sponsors were:  Jeff England Motor Company, EOG Resources, Grandview Bank, Huguley Memorial Hospital, The Jack Burton Family, Pinnacle Bank, Pilgrim’s Pride, Rangaire, Cleburne Times-Review, Top Producers Real Estate, Trinity Metals, TXI, United Cooperative Services, Valley Innovative Services, and Wells Fargo.

Local media, KTFW and The Ranch Radio promoted the event and was there for a live remote during the big day, which helped in the success of the event. Also, a special thank you is extended to the Atmos “Big Tex” cooking team for cooking 1,000 chicken sandwiches!

Again, a BIG thanks goes out to all those people who made this event so successful. Meals-on-Wheels will see you next year at the 22nd Annual Golf Benefit!

Thank you to our sponsors