2011 Golf Outing Sponsorship Opportunties

We are actively seeking and registering sponsors for our 2011 golf outing, which will be held on Friday, September 16, 2011. This outing will be an especially poignant event, as we commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Please take a moment to read about the opportunities available.  

Traditional Sponsorship Opportunities

Golden Eagle Sponsor:                       $2,500.00
Golden Eagle sponsor sign on the green. Significant recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board at the Golden Eagle level. Price includes 1 foursome.

Eagle Sponsor:                                   $ 1000.00
Eagle sponsor sign on the green. Significant recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board at the Eagle level.

Birdie Sponsor:                                    $  500.00
Birdie sponsor sign on the green. Significant recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board at the Birdie level

Tee Sponsor:                                        $  250.00
Tee sign on the greeen. Recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board at the Tee Sponsor level

            
Special Sponsorship Opportunities

Title Sponsor:                                     $15,000.00
Banner at registration, breakfast and luncheon areas.  Significant signage throughout the event.  Prominent recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board. Price includes 3 foursomes.

Brunch Sponsor:                              $5,000.00
Sign in the dining room. Recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board. Price includes 2 foursomes.

Dinner Sponsor:                               $9,000.00
Sign in the dining room. Recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board. Price includes 1 foursome.

Cocktail Hour  Sponsor:                   $1,000.00
Sign in the dining room. Recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board.

“Keg at the Turn” Sponsor:                $  500.00
Signage at the Keg. Recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board as the “Halfway House Keg” sponsor.

There are special Contest Sponsorships available for $500 each: Longest Drive, Straightest Drive, and 2 Closest to Pin opportunities. Sponsorship includes a special Contest Sponsor sign on the green, recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board.

NOTE: All special sponsorships include opportunities for placement of coupons or product samples in golfer gift bags. We are also interested in silent auction items and prizes.  Contact Kathy Bowden (973-567-8037 or kathy_bowden@hotmail.com) for details. Our official online registration site is here.

2010 Golf Outing Registration

Hello friends! The registration deadline for the 2010 Outing was September 7, but due to demand we are keeping it open until Friday, September 10. 

If you plan to attend, please register at our online site by Friday (click on the link here).

2010 Golf Outing Sponsors

We are very grateful to the wonderful people and businesses who make this year's event so very special!

Hole in One Car Contest: Warnock Automotive (Thank you, Tom Nolfi!)

Golf Contests Sponsors: Boards and Beams of Fairfield, NJ

Beer Tent Sponsor: Cricket Hill Brewery of Fairfield, NJ

Embroidered Golf Towels: Magnotta's Car Wash and Detail Center of White Plains, NY

Eagle Sponsors:

The Brian and Joelle Kelly Family Foundation

Tee Sponsors:

Chatham Wealth Management 

Mayo-Giuliano Media, LLC 

The Zawacki Family (Thank you!)

America's Best Limos of Fairfield, NJ

Red Carpet of Fairfield, NJ

Lombardi's Bar and Restaurant of Fairfield, NJ

All Creatures Great and Small Animal Hospital of Fairfield, NJ

Fairfield Home and Garden Center

Skyline Auto Auction of Fairfield, NJ

Consumer Product Testing of Fairfield, NJ

Silent Auction and Prizes Items:

Mark Bowden - A selection of his autographed books, including "Blackhawk Down" and "The Greatest Game"

NJ Devils - Colin White autographed hockey puck

Kramer Portrait Studio - Renaissance Portrait Package

Amanti Vino - One Month of their "Wine of the Month Club" selections

Woodhouse Day Spa - 2 Gift Certificates, value $50.00 each

32 Church Restaurant - Gift Certificate

Just Kidding Around - Gift Card

Fume Cigar Shop and Lounge - Cigars

Naunas Bella Casa Ristorante- Gift Certificate

Gift Bag Product Sponsors:

A one-year membership to BoxGroove.com - where will you play today? (thank you McRedmond!)

Via Coffee - Starbucks of Church Street, Montclair

Golf Cart Sponsors:

Service With a Smile Wait Staff (thank you Alice Quinn!)

Mark Gallagher

Essex Animal Hospital

Jack and Judith Beatty

Structural Stone of Fairfield, NJ

Patrick Henry

Program Sponsors:

Tom McKeown

Barbara Wiskowski Puglisi

Thank you, Warnock Ford!

Warnock Ford has sponsored a Hole-in-One car contest for the 2010 outing! Come to golf...drive home in a new car?

NOTE: All special sponsorships include opportunities for placement of coupons or product samples in golfer gift bags. There are additional opportunities available for silent auction items and prizes.  Contact Kathy Bowden (215-684-9566 or kathy_bowden@hotmail.com) for details.

We are actively seeking and registering sponsors for this year's golf outing fundraiser.  Please take a moment to read about the opportunities available.  You can also check out additional details at our Registration Website for Sponsors and Golfers:  http://www.golfdigestplanner.com/CrystalSpringsGolf/16087-Bowden2010/ 

In Loving Memory of Danny Gleeson

It is with sad and heavy hearts that we announce the recent passing of our dear friend and Board Member, Dan Gleeson. Dan and Tommy met in kindergarten – and years of fun, mischief, shared joys and sorrows would follow as they grew up. Danny was a man “bigger than life” at times, with a generosity of spirit and exuberant love of life that we all loved and will miss dearly.  Danny stood with our family when Tommy was taken too soon.  Now we stand with his.

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer’s gone, and all the leaves are falling
’Tis you, ‘tis you must go and I must bide.

And I shall hear, tho’ soft you tread above me
And oh, my grave shall warmer, sweeter be
For ye will bend and tell me that you love me
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me.

Dan has left behind his lovely wife of sixteen years, Marybeth Maher Gleeson, and four children; Daniel, Owen, Maggie and Dylan. An educational fund has been established for his children: The Gleeson Family Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 951, West Caldwell, N.J. 07007-0951.

Go mbeannaí an Tiarna thú agus go gcumhdaí sé thú.
Go dtaitní gnúis an Tiarna ort agus go raibh sé caoin leat.
Go nochta an Tiarna a ghnúis duit agus go dtuga sé síocháin duit.

The 2010 Scholarship, Winner Robert Rollo

Hello and congratulations to the Class of 2010.

My name is Kathy Bowden, and I graduated with the class of '82. My brother, Tommy Bowden, graduated a year later, in '83.  Tommy was the friendliest guy I have ever known:  his buddies often remind me of how every time they saw him he was laughing or joking around, of how he had a smile for everyone.Tommy was involved in various activities during his years here: a little baseball, a few years of track, a little bit of AV club.  He loved Bruce Springsteen and U2, and adored staying with friends at the shore all summer long.

Tommy became a man I was always proud to call my brother - a man who knew how to live his life fully without sacrificing responsibility. A man who felt it his quiet duty to help out where needed. A man who surrounded himself with his friends and his family. Tommy married the woman he loved, and had 2 beautiful daughters - Sara, now 10 1/2, and Alyson, now almost 9.

Then one day Tommy went to work and our world changed. He was working for Cantor Fitzgerald, at the World Trade Center, on September 11, 2001.

While to most of you, 9/11 is a national and historical event, to my family  - and to another family here today - it is deeply personal. We lost Tommy, and we lost dear friends. Tiny little Glen Ridge lost 7 people - and 4 of them (Tommy, John Candela, Mike La Forte and Brian Bennett) went to this school.

But I don't want to dwell on Tommy's death. Tommy firmly believed that a key part of having a successful life was choosing happiness moment to moment. So I choose to remember Members Only jackets and barn parties, White Castle ratburgers and hot summer nights driving down the shore, Springsteen concerts and Red Sox games.

And in honor of those memories, and in honor of the love and laughter Tommy brought to our lives, I would like present this year's scholarship award to Robert Rollo.

Golf Outing Sponsorship Opportunities

We are actively seeking and registering sponsors for this year's golf outing fundraiser.  Please take a moment to read about the opportunities available.  You can also check out additional details at our Registration Website for Sponsors and Golfers:  http://www.golfdigestplanner.com/CrystalSpringsGolf/16087-Bowden2010/

Traditional Sponsorship Opportunities

Golden Eagle Sponsor:                       $2,500.00
Golden Eagle sponsor sign on the green. Significant recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board at the Golden Eagle level. Price includes 1 foursome.

Eagle Sponsor:                                   $ 1000.00
Eagle sponsor sign on the green. Significant recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board at the Eagle level.

Birdie Sponsor:                                    $  500.00
Birdie sponsor sign on the green. Significant recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board at the Birdie level

Tee Sponsor:                                        $  250.00
Tee sign on the greeen. Recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board at the Tee Sponsor level

            
Special Sponsorship Opportunities

Title Sponsor:                                     $15,000.00
Banner at registration, breakfast and luncheon areas.  Significant signage throughout the event.  Prominent recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board. Price includes 3 foursomes.

Luncheon Sponsor:                              $6,000.00
Prominent signage in the luncheon room. Recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board. Price includes 2 foursomes.

Breakfast Sponsor:                               $2,000.00
Prominent signage in the luncheon room. Recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board. Price includes 1 foursome.

“Keg at the Halfway  House” Sponsor:  $  500.00
Signage at the Keg. Recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board as the “Halfway House Keg” sponsor.

There are special Contest Sponsorships available for $500 each: Longest Drive, Straightest Drive, and 2 Closest to Pin opportunities. Sponsorship includes a special Contest Sponsor sign on the green, recognition in the event program, event registration website, the event Facebook fan page and the Sponsor Board.

NOTE: All special sponsorships include opportunities for placement of coupons or product samples in golfer gift bags. There are additional opportunities available for silent auction items and prizes.  Contact Kathy Bowden (215-684-9566 or kathy_bowden@hotmail.com) for details.

The 2010 Scholarship

will be awarded this Friday at the Glen Ridge High School senior awards ceremony.  Kathy Bowden will be presenting.  Stop back here on Friday to read the speech and learn who won!