The Eastern
Shore Association of Golf Course Superintendents (ESAGCS) is proud to announce
their donation of $4500 to the Wounded Warrior Project during their annual
“Operation: Golf For Warriors” golf tournament held at Chartwell Country Club
in Severna Park, Maryland on May 23rd 2011. This marks the second
year the ESAGCS has supported this sold out event and raises their total
donations to nearly $10,000.
The mission of
the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is to honor and
empower wounded service men and women from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The WWP began when several veterans and friends, moved by stories of the first
wounded service members returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq, took action
to help others in need. What started, as a program to provide comfort items to
wounded service members has grown into a complete rehabilitative effort to
assist warriors as they recover and transition back into civilian life.
“The Board of Directors and the
200 members of the ESAGCS have selected the WWP because they not only have a
very worthy cause but they are well managed and serve a patriotic duty” says
board member Joe Perry, golf course superintendent of Eagles Landing Golf Course
in Ocean City, MD. “These men and women serve to protect the freedoms we enjoy
every day on the golf course and in every facet of our lives, it was an easy
decision to support them” Perry adds. The ESAGCS is very active with local and
national charitable causes, supporting the Believe in Tomorrow Children’s House
by the Sea, Special Olympics of Maryland and The University of Maryland
turfgrass research center among others.
The Eastern Shore Association of
Golf Course Superintendents was founded in 1972 and serves
Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland and surrounding areas. They are a fully
affiliated chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
(GCSAA). The mission of the ESAGCS is developing, supporting and advancing the
professional careers of dedicated turf industry managers and doing so in the
relaxed and friendly way that is indicative of life here on the Eastern Shore. Visit the ESAGCS at www.esagcs.org and to learn more about how you
can support our wounded combat veterans go to www.woundedwarriorproject.org
