2007 Recipients
GIVING BACK
Century Club / Buick Invitational donated a record $2.3 Million to charity
Over $13.8 Million raised by the Century Club since 1968
Over 200 San Diego based organizations and high schools receivingfunds from 2007 tournament
Every year PGA TOUR golfers are measured on how they finish on the Official Money List.
The Century Club of San Diego is certainly high up the “Charitable Giving List” with their tremendous donation back to the San Diego community through their varied programs. They raised a record $2.3 million this past year. Over 200 San Diego based charity organizations and schools benefitted from the net proceeds of the 2007 Buick Invitational.
This year raises the total to nearly $13.8 million donated to local charities since the tournament moved to Torrey Pines in 1968.
The majority of the funds came from the Century Club’s Support Our Schools (SOS) program, Chip-In for Charity program, Boys and Girls Clubs of San Dieguito, San Diego County Junior Golf Association, Pro Kids Golf Academy and Military Appreciation activities.
Since the inception of this tournament in 1952, the donation figure from the 2007 Buick Invitational represents the singlelargest amount of funds earmarked for local charities in the 56-year history of the event.
The announcement was made by Corky Lenox, 2007 President of the Century Club of San Diego, which has been the organizing body of the annual PGA TOUR stop for 46 straight years. “We’ve had back-to-back years of over $2 million in charitable giving. What remarkable numbers. This wouldn’t have been possible without the strong support of every Century Club member and our title sponsor Buick,” said Lenox. “The Buick Invitational is a major sporting event not only locally but on a national scale and the Century Club is very proud to give back to the San Diego community. It’s our goal to keep giving more and more each year and that couldn’t happen without the tremendous support of everyone associated with the Buick Invitational.”
Listed below are charity recipients from the 2006 Buick Invitational:
For further information, please contact The Century Club at (619) 281-4653.
2007 Charity Recipients
| Alzheimers Association Armed Services YMCA ArtsBus Xpress Autism Big Brothers & Sisters of San Diego Boys & Girls Clubs of East County Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito Boys & Girls Clubs of San Marcos CIF Boys & Girls Golf CSU San Marcos Foundation CSU San Marcos Golf Program California Center for the Arts - Escondido Casa De Amparo Centro Cultural de la Razza Chip-In for Charity (66 organizations) Coast Guard Mutual Assistance Cuyamaca College Foundation Escondido Children’s Museum Family Literacy Foundation First Tee School Golf Program Fisher House Foundation Golf for Physically Challenged Grossmont College Foundation Homes for Our Troops Foundation Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund Mano-a-Mano Foundation Mercy Hospital MOST Program |
Mingei International Museum Monarch School Navy Marine Corps Relief Society (5) Navy Special Warfare Foundation Operation Home Front San Diego Palomar College Foundation Point Loma Nazarene Golf Program Pro Kids Golf Academy & Learning Center Rady’s Children’s Hospital San Diego Council of Literacy San Diego Fire Rescue Department San Diego Golf Course Supt. Association San Diego Hall of Champions San Diego Inner City Golf San Diego International Sport Council San Diego County Junior Golf Association San Diego Military Outreach San Diego Museum Council SDSU Golf Program St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center Support Our Schools (89 schools) Tierra Miguel Foundation UCSD Golf Program Urban Corps USD Golf Program USO San Diego Volunteer America Wounded Warriors Barracks |