EGR Team Boosters and the East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation joined together again this year in support of the Jimmy Gerken Fund which was established to remember Jimmy and ensure that East Grand Rapids athletics and co-curriculars— the activities Jimmy loved most—remain an integral part of our students' education by providing enhancements that are not possible in the general school district budget. Support for this fund will allow our students to continue to experience personal excellence in athletics and co-curricular activities, just as Jimmy would have wanted.
The Gerken Open golf outing was held at Thousand Oaks Golf Club on June 13, 2011. The event was a beautiful day of golf followed by a strolling dinner, silent and live auctions and speaker Luke Glendenning, graduate of East Grand Rapids and current co-captain of the University of Michigan hockey team. Proceeds of over $20,000 from the event supported the Jimmy Gerken Fund (75%) and the EGR Team Boosters current
athletic development needs (25%). A special thanks goes out to all of our sponsors, especially the GOLD sponsors - Exclusive Garbage and Recycling, Kassouni Group LLC, Keller Williams Realty-Brad Ditmar, Lacks Enterprises, Inc., Beacon Hill at Eastgate, Law Weathers, Woodbury Financial, Peter and Joan Secchia, Golf Galaxy, 2/90 Sign Systems, Fox Acura, Northern Jet and Thousand Oaks Golf Club.
Thank you to all of you who supported the event and the Jimmy Gerken Fund. Please plan to join us again next year for the Gerken Open 2012 in June.
Donations can be made to the Jimmy Gerken Fund at www.egrsf.org or by awarding a coach a Jimmy Gerken Award of Appreciation and Thanks. Questions: please call EGRSF Executive Director, Amy Stuursma, at 616-235-3535.
Recognize a coach that has made an impact in your child's life by making a tax- deductible donation of $20 or more to the Jimmy Gerken Fund. We will recognize your honorary gift in the next Foundations newsletter as well as provide you with a certificate to present to your honoree.
Jimmy Gerken Award of Appreciation and Thanks
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