Parkland College is proud to announce that the 10th annual Dollars for Scholars Golf Classic raised an estimated $26,100 for the Parkland College scholarship fund. The tournament was held June 19 at Deer Park Golf Course in Yorkton.
“Year after year, the community rallies around this event and makes it a huge success,” said Dollars for Scholars chairperson Brendan Wagner. “We are grateful for the support of a wide variety of businesses. And we are thankful for the golfers who come out to play and make the event so fun.”
The Dollars for Scholars Golf Classic is the College’s largest scholarship fundraiser. The tournament has now raised at least $25,000 in the last four years. Proceeds from past events helped Parkland College award almost $200,000 in scholarships in 2014-15.
“The tournament makes a huge difference for many of our students,” Wagner said. “As our enrollment grows, and the Trades and Technology Centre brings more training opportunities to the Parkland, we will need this tournament to keep pace with the demand for scholarships.”
The Dollars for Scholars Golf Classic is made possible by generous contributions from hundreds of community supporters, volunteers, and sponsors. Banquet sponsor R H Electric, Platinum sponsors Farrell Agencies, Logan Stevens Construction, MHPM Project Leaders, SaskTel, and RBC Financial Group, and media partners GX94 and Fox FM played key roles in the success of the tournament.
Parkland College also thanks the 18 Gold Sponsors, 19 Silver sponsors, dozens of Bronze sponsors and two hole-in-one sponsors for their donations of cash and prizes. A total of 124 golfers supported the scholarship fund with their entry fees.
The 11th annual Dollars for Scholars Golf Classic is tentatively scheduled for June 24, 2016 at Deer Park.
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Since its inception in 1973, Parkland College has worked to expand the philosophy of life-long learning in East Central Saskatchewan. Among the seven basic principles upon which the community college system was founded is the idea that programs are to be developed in response to the needs of the community. Today, Parkland College offers a broad spectrum of educational services from trades training and high school upgrading to the province’s most diverse off-campus university offerings.
