By Russ George
Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley are preparing for their second annual “Tee Off to Defeat Diabetes” Golf Outing. The outing is only four weeks away, held Friday, June 21, at Bliss Creek Golf Course, 1 Golf View Road in Sugar Grove, with a 1 p.m. shotgun start.
Fundraising chairperson, Jenny McCain, has been contacting businesses, asking for donations of items and baskets for raffle, following the golf dinner. She already has received items/baskets for raffle from the following: Chicago White Sox, Fox Valley Park District, Funway, Kane County Cougars, Portillo’s in Batavia, Cooper’s Hawk Winery and Restaurants, Paramount Theater, Syrup, Rosati’s Pizza in Montgomery, Batavia Creamery, Two Brothers Roundhouse, and Paisano’s Pizza & Grill in Sugar Grove.
Raffle items/baskets, along with contributors’ names, will be listed in our annual golf outing program! Would you like to make a donation? Contact: Jenny McCain at: 630-204-1197.
•Not a golfer? Why not attend the Golf Dinner? Steak dinner, door prizes, basket raffles, and 50/50 cash drawing! Dinner follows golf approximately at 5 p.m.. Tickets are $40 per person.
•Adam Broholm, golf chairperson, and Matt McCain, golf co-chairperson, said, “Join the golfers already registered. Sign up today. We promise you a bigger and more rewarding event than last year! Only $130 per golfer, includes a hot dog lunch, golf, cart, goody bag and steak dinner! Put your name or business on our Friends of DCFV Sponsorship Banner for $100 or become a hole sponsor: Bronze $200, Silver $300, or Gold $400. Hole sponsors will be listed in our annual program, and on the Friends of DCFV Banner, which will be carried in Aurora’s Fourth of July Parade”.
•Sign up on our website: www.diabeteshelpnearme.com – Request a golf flyer, registration, and sponsorship form by E-mail at: Diabetesclubfv@gmail.com. Questions or to sign up by phone: Contact Matt McCain at: 630-740-4348.
•The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, a true grassroots organization, where all money raised through dues, donations and fundraising is used locally for the Club’s fight against diabetes. Tax deductible donations can be made on our website: diabeteshelpnearme.com or mail your tax deductible donation to: Diabetes Club of Fox Valley, P.O. Box 88, North Aurora, IL 60542
•Why not join our fight against diabetes? The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley is offering membership in the Club thru September 30 for $25, giving individuals interested in joining our fight against diabetes an opportunity to look us over, while participating in Club activities throughout the Summer months. Yearly $50 individual membership dues will begin October 1. Corporate dues are $150 per year, which includes a sponsorship listing on our website: www.diabeteshelpnearme.com.
•Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley work together, to provide diabetes awareness in the Fox Valley area, while raising funds to provide aid and education for diabetics, along with investing in research to find a cure. Uncontrolled blood sugar (glucose) can cause vision problems, heart problems, nerve damage, dental problems, kidney damage and more! Eat healthy, stay active, and have a yearly blood test, to stay diabetes-free!
•Have questions about the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley, please call, text or send an E-mail with your name and address to president Russ George, 630-205-9065, or send Email: Diabetesclubfv@gmail.com.
•Please continue to keep informed about our club’s upcoming events, by following us in The Voice, on Facebook, and on our website: diabeteshelpnearme.com.