Western NY Club Managers Team Up To Help Abused Children

Annual golf tournament raises critical funds for Bivona Child Advocacy Center

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK- September 8, 2009

Midvale Country Club was host to the New York State Chapter Club Manager’s Association of America Director’s Golf Classic Charity Golf Tournament held on Monday August 31, 2009.

Nearly one hundred Western New York area club managers and associates teamed up for a day of golf, fellowship and good fun. In keeping with the Association’s tradition, all proceeds raised were donated to charity. With the continued support from the tournament’s corporate sponsor GC Supply, the numerous tee and other sponsors as well as the generous tournament players, over $9,000 was raised. For the second year in a row, proceeds were donated to the Bivona Child Advocacy Center, a safe, welcoming place where children who have been sexually or physically abused can begin their journey of healing.  

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“Our Chapter’s mission of promoting and advancing friendly relations within the community and industry helps to direct us to select charities in which our contribution can make a difference. It has been our Chapter’s pleasure to have selected Bivona Child Advocacy Center for the second year. We can only hope that this year’s contribution will enable The Bivona Child Advocacy Center the opportunity to reach more children in need,” says Richard Marr, General Manager of Midvale Country Club and Tournament Chair.

Picture (left to right) with a winning score of 61: Mike Surtel (Assistant Tournament Chair), Paul Hoffstetter , Bob Smith, Tim Pike, John Beltz, Richard Marr (General Manager, Midvale CC and Tournament Chair).
 

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About Bivona Child Advocacy Center

Bivona Child Advocacy Center, a non-profit organization, is a safe, welcoming place where children who have been sexually or physically abused can begin their journey to recovery. Bivona staff facilitate an under-one-roof collaboration of social and legal agencies to protect, treat and counsel child victims and their families, and to investigate and prosecute the abusers. Bivona provides a compassionate, efficient, cost-effective infrastructure for child abuse intervention.

Bivona Child Advocacy Center is the only agency in the Greater Rochester community to provide these services. More than 1,000 children are helped at the Center each year. Although Bivona receives some government funding, the majority of its support comes from donors. Bivona Child Advocacy Center is an accredited member of the National Children’s Alliance (nca-online.org). The Bivona Child Advocacy Center has quickly become a resource to the community for all issues related to child sexual abuse. For more information, please visit www.BivonaCAC.org. 

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