THE RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY

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ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Golf Classic Raises More than $30,000 for Scholarships

 

120 Golfers Participate

 

 

For Immediate Release

Friday, October 07, 2005

Contact: Tim Kelly

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Public Relations

(609) 652-4950

 

GALLOWAY TWP., N.J. What began as a small social event has evolved into a major fundraiser for The Richard ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College of New Jersey.

 

The Third Annual ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Golf Classic, held September 29 on the beautiful West Course of the Blue Heron Pines Golf Club, netted more than $30,000 for the general scholarship fund of the Richard ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Foundation.

 

Honorary Chairperson for the event was Dr. James Yoh, President and CEO, Galaxy Technology, LLC and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Trustee. Co-Chairpersons included Michelle Lenzmeier of Janney, Montgomery Scott LLC, and Raymond Lee Wasman of Atlantic City Electric and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½s new Foundation President.

 

Despite threatening skies, rain held off for most of the days activities, which included lunch, dinner and numerous special holes during the shotgun start, scramble format tournament: closest to the pin, longest drive, and three different opportunities to win cars with a hole-in-one. There was also a separate putting contest.

 

More than 120 golfers took part in the festivities. The winning foursome, representing AT&T was Mike Seigfried, Mike Angarone, Greg Thomas and Thomas Handabaka. Second Place was the team from the Burlington County Times including ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Trustee and Times Publisher Stan Ellis, Nelson Mallon, Ken Long and Ron Martin. Third Place was the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Golf Team of John Murphy, Nate Mark, Tom Chisolm and Coach Barry Ross. The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ team donated the value of its prize, an outing for a foursome at a local golf club, back to the live auction, to add to the funds raised for scholarships.

 

A scholarship recipient, freshman Thea Golden of Delran, spoke about her gratitude in receiving aid from the College.

 

A lot of my friends who are middle-class students are finding it very difficult finding scholarship money, she said. As a result it presents problems in their ability to attend college. The fact that I was able to receive a scholarship from ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ was one of the main reasons, along with strong academics, that I chose to attend.