Community Relations Committee - Golf and Family Outing

Unfortunately it has been too long for an update but there is much to share. June was a very active month with the Community Relations Committee organizing the Golf and Family outing held June 13th at Standard Country Club. We had twenty foursomes participate. Our affiliates came through in dramatic fashion with sponsors for each hole, lunch, drink cart and dinner. In addition we had approximately twenty volunteers from our board and committee working at the event. We rose over $8,000 which will be split evenly between St. John Center for the Homeless and Gilda’s Club Louisville. We owe a huge thank you to our affiliates and golfers and are already looking forward to next year.

Repair Affair 2011

On June 18th six members of our committee participated in Repair Affair with Sherry Spanyer and myself participating from our office. In spite of the weather, we had a great turnout to repair over twenty five Louisville houses of those less fortunate.

Carnival Day for Camp Quality Kentuckiana

On June 30th we sponsored Carnival Day for Camp Quality Kentuckiana. Camp Quality is an organization that works throughout the year for children with cancer. This year there were sixty eight campers along with seventy companions. Over twenty volunteers from our committee participated in our fifth consecutive year of providing this event. The event included inflatable water slides, dunk tank, corn hole, a fantastic DJ, prizes for each camper and companion, Sunday bar and a guest appearance by Buddy Bat, the mascot for The Louisville Bats. On July 23rd we will be taking some of the camper’s families and companions to the Louisville Bats baseball game with one or two of the campers throwing out the first pitch. We could not have put on this event without our Board’s support, gifts from local businesses and our volunteers.

Upcoming events include an ice cream social for St. John’s Center for the Homeless along with providing each quest a pair of socks. Although this may seem as insignificant to most, a pair of socks are important to those not fortunate enough to live in Louisville houses.