Your news: Golf outing to benefit senior services in Northwest suburbs
Submitted by: Catherine Cartland Mura/p>
Catholic Charities' Northwest Regional Office welcomes golfers and sponsors for its inaugural golf outing, which will benefit the agency's Senior Services in the Northwest suburbs.
Catholic Charities' golf outing will take place Wednesday, Sept. 22, at the Schaumburg Golf Club, 401 N. Roselle Road, Schaumburg. The course is known for its challenging and unique links-style golf.
The $250 per person or $1,000 per foursome reservation includes: full lunch buffet from 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., use of the driving range and three putting greens, Florida Scramble with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start, beverage cart, six holes of contests, two hole-in-one car prizes, three-hour open bar, buffet dinner, auction items and awards.
Major raffle prizes include four individual chances to play a round of golf with Randy Hundley at the prestigious Lake Barrington Shores Golf Club including a "mini" lesson from a Lake Barrington Shores Golf Club professional; a unique party for 15 adults includes a one hour world class Sleight of Hand Magic Show by Dr. James Nuzzo, an inventor of many sleights and author of "Art and Ardor at the Card Table," a copy of which he will personally autograph. Following the magic show, guests will enjoy gourmet hors d'oeuvres presented and personally served by Toni of Toni's Serendipity Party & Event Planning. Many golf foursomes, restaurant and retail gift certificates arrive daily.
To register for the golf outing or to obtain more information on sponsorship, please call Glenn Van Cura, director of Catholic Charities' Northwest Regional Services, at (847) 376-2118 or e-mail him at gvancura@catholiccharities.net.
For more information about Catholic Charities Senior Services in the Northwest Suburbs, visit: catholiccharities.net/ccnw.
Catholic Charities gratefully acknowledges the event sponsors to-date: The Duchossois Family Foundation (award dinner sponsor); Ultra Home Health Care (beverage cart); Northwest Community Healthcare (19th hole co-sponsor and a contest sponsor); Alexian Brothers Hospital (lunch sponsor), and Motor Werks of Barrington (hole-in-one cars). Additional sponsors are still welcome.
Catholic Charities' Senior Services mission is based on the foundation of individual dignity and worth, quality of life, self-determination and personal choice. Supportive services like Meals on Wheels, advocacy, homemaking/chore assistance are provided to help seniors maintain their independence and prevent premature nursing home placement. Social, educational and volunteer activities at the Catholic Charities Northwest Senior Center add to seniors' quality of life.
With the current increased sensitivity for veterans, Romeo Mura, Catholic Charities advisory board member and chair person for this golf event, researched the percentage of the seniors who are veterans living in the United States.
"Per the U.S. Census Bureau, the USA senior population (60 years or older) living in the USA is 52.5 million. From WW II to the Vietnam War, there are 19.2 million men and woman of the 52.5 million who have been in the armed services. Thus, at least 33 percent of our seniors served in the military from WW II to the Vietnam War. Catholic Charities does not keep this type of data on the seniors they serve in the Senior Services Program, but I feel many of the seniors we serve are men and woman who are veterans and who also served during peace times" said Romeo Mura.
Catholic Charities Northwest Region Office is located at 1717 Rand Road in Des Plaines. The office serves the communities of Barrington, Bartlett, Hanover Park, Dundee, Palatine, Inverness, Rolling Meadows, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Prospect Heights, Wheeling, Mount Prospect, Des Plaines, Harwood Heights, Schiller Park, Franklin Park, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Streamwood. For more information about the Northwest Region Office, call (847) 376-2100.
For information about Catholic Charities other programs or services, call Kristin Ortman, director of communications, (312) 655-7019 or e-mail kortman@catholiccharities.net.
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