Golf Tournament

Event Type: Golf Tournament

Contributors: Alpha Beta Chapter (Spring 2007 Form 110)

Location: University of Maryland Golf Course

Planning required: Collaborative effort among Phi Sigma Pi and three other Greek letter organizations on campus. Planning began during the summer of 2006 (for the Spring 2007 tournament)

Resources required: Sponsors and golfers

Materials required:

Event Summary: 34 golfers took part in the golf tournament and prizes were awarded for the top foursomes and for golfers who won various contests. Additional prizes were auctioned off to raise further money. Throughout the event, Teach For America publications were displayed to reiterate the importance of the event.

$1200 was raised for Teach For America with $800 of that amount donated to two Alpha Beta alumni who are TFA corp members. The corp members will used the money tointegrate special projects into their classrooms. During the fall semester, the Alpha Beta chapter will accept proposals from TFA corp members in order to distribute the additional money that was raised.

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