{"id":16722,"date":"2015-07-29T10:16:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T14:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=16722"},"modified":"2015-07-29T10:16:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T14:16:19","slug":"whitford-charitable-fund-tees-off-to-raise-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=16722","title":{"rendered":"Whitford Charitable Fund tees off to raise money"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Golfer participating in the Whitford Charitable Fund’s Give Something Back Day, share a moment at the putting competition: Les-Bear, Michael-DeHaven, Joanne-Peskoff-Bear and Michael-Karwic.<\/p><\/div>\n

WEST CHESTER \u2014 Whitford Charitable Fund donated over $130,000 last year and hopes to exceed that amount this year. With that goal in mind, they decided to launch a new event, \u201cGive Something Back Day\u201d to help kick things off.\u00a0 \u201cGive Something Back Day\u201d is a one day golf tournament designed to reach a whole new demographic that normally would have been unable to participate in the Whitford Classic that is held each fall. \u201cGive Something Back Day\u201d was a chance for WCF to raise additional funds for the current 21 grantees.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite being one of the hottest days of the summer, the heat didn\u2019t dampen golfers\u2019 desire to give back to Chester County. With the help of generous sponsors, like Ruggeri Cadillac who provided hole-in-one prizes which included a two-year lease on a brand new Cadillac, a set of golf clubs, and a trip to TPC in Florida, \u201cGive Something Back Day\u201d was able to raise over $6,000 which will be added to WCF\u2019s grantee distribution this fall. The winning foursome for the day was the team of Jim Terry, Lou Teti, Mark Ellinger, and Tim McCloskey. Speaking about the success of the event, Jim Terry, Chairman of the\u00a0Whitford Charitable Fund had this to say:\u00a0 \u201cOur first ever \u2018Give Something Back Day\u2019 was a real success, and hopefully will provide the foundation that we and our Classic Beneficiaries can build upon for years to come.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Whitford Charitable Fund is the philanthropic arm of the Whitford Country Club. Charged with a mission to \u201cgive something back to Chester County\u201d, WCF has given out nearly $500,000 in just four short years. WCF focuses on providing financial support to smaller, Chester County-located and serving nonprofits. The fund has grown from granting funds to 8 local nonprofits, to over 20. WCF\u2019s main event of the year, the Whitford Classic is right around the corner in September from the 11<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> to the 13th. The Whitford Classic is a weekend-long fundraising event, which incorporates all aspects of the country club: golf, tennis, and swimming. The weekend kicks off with the Whitford Gala Friday and ends Sunday with a pro-am golf tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Headquartered in West Chester\u2019s historic Lincoln Building, the Chester County Community Foundation connects people who care with causes that matter, so their legacy philanthropy makes a difference now and forever.\u00a0 The Community Foundation holds nearly $50 million in trust and annually awards $2.5 million in grants and scholarships.\u00a0 For more information, contact www.chescocf.org<\/span><\/a> or (610) 696-8211.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WEST CHESTER \u2014 Whitford Charitable Fund donated over $130,000 last year and hopes to exceed that amount this year. With that goal in mind, they decided to launch a new event, \u201cGive Something Back Day\u201d to help kick things off.\u00a0 \u201cGive Something Back Day\u201d is a one day golf tournament designed to reach a whole […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[15,3354,6455],"class_list":["post-16722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-chester-county","tag-fundraiser","tag-whitford-charitable-fund"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}