Friday, 06/06/03
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Every Day is Precious: When all else fails, play golf
By ROB PAYNEFor Williamson A.M.
Neither of us play golf.
To us, it has always seemed a silly game.
That's why we balked when Deborah, one of our friends and a former co-worker, suggested that a golf tournament would be a great way to raise funds for medical treatments for Marcy.
Diagnosed with a disease that traditional medicine says is always fatal, with no known cause, no treatment and no cure; the only treatments are unproven, untraditional, and uninsured.
Only 40, with 2 children at home, Marcy and her friends know there is much to live for. Still, family, friends and strangers are at loss as to what to say or do to make things better.
''Let's put on a fund-raiser,'' was Deborah's solution.
But a golf tournament?
We didn't know our cup from a hole in the ground. ''Tee'' is something you drink and a ''stroke'' is what put grandma in the hospital last fall.
''Oh, no,'' Deborah said, ''It's easy. The golf course does all the work for you. They organize, they do the setup, they handle the people, they prepare the meal, they break it down. All we have to do is get people to come. And golfers look for any excuse to play.''
The idea had some appeal.
It has always been hard for us to ask for help, so we liked the idea of giving people something back for their donations.
From all the options available, a golf tournament had the highest dollar revenue per participant while giving the participant the most in return. The more money we could clear, the longer we could wait before having to ask for help again.
Our church, Clearview Baptist, offered to accept the donations for us, then to write checks to pay our medical vendors. By giving to a nonprofit organization, participants could deduct part of their donation from their taxes.
It would be a bald-faced lie to say the golf course does all the work. Without the help of several friends, the tournament never would have happened. Barbara organized all volunteers, coordinated the event and supervised public relations and advertising. Janet spearheaded (i.e. did most of the work in) gathering prizes for winners and for goody bags. Other friends volunteered to man the tables and the prize holes.
But at the end of the day, our friends had generated enough excitement to gather enough players and sponsors to gross over $11,000!
Though the course and other vendors had to be paid from that total, the tournament netted enough to make it worth the effort and then some.
If someone you know is going through some troubling times, consider organizing a golf tournament for them. You don't need to know anything about golf, you just need some friends to help.
Start by asking your friends who play which courses are their favorites. Call those courses and tell them what you want to do. Go with the one that is the most helpful and gives you the best value.
Whatever the degree of your success, you are sure to bless the troubled, have some fun, and even pick up a blessing or two yourself.
Every Day Is Precious is a column to remind us to treat everyone we see today as if it could be the last time we see them. It is written by Rob Payne, whose wife, Marcy, was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) in August of 2000. Now 40 years old, she has gone from winning 5 and 10K races to being quadriplegic and on a ventilator at home. For more ways to help others, to find more about Marcy, or to receive email updates on her condition, visit www.everydayisprecious.com . Readers may contribute to her care by sending donations to Every Day Is Precious, 2051 Harvington Drive, Franklin, TN, 37069. If you have helped someone without being asked, or know of someone who has, share it with others. Send to rob@everydayisprecious.com or to Every Day Is Precious, 2051 Harvington Drive, Franklin, TN. 37069.
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