{"id":6137,"date":"2020-05-11T08:40:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T13:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/?p=6137"},"modified":"2020-05-11T08:40:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T13:40:56","slug":"athletics-news-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/2020\/05\/11\/athletics-news-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity Golf Classic Rescheduled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the favorite local events of the year and the single biggest fundraiser for Griffon Athletics has been rescheduled due to the pandemic: the date for the 18th Annual MWSU\/YWCA Charity Golf Classic has been changed to Aug. 15 and 24.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Proceeds from the event benefit the YWCA Shelter for abused women and children, and MWSU student athletes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>CHARITY DINNER PARTY\/AUCTION HOSTED BY ST. JO FRONTIER &#8211; SATURDAY,<br \/>\nAUG.\u00a0 15<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>The charity dinner party and auction will be held from 6-10 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 15 in the newly renovated banquet room and sports bar area of the St. Jo Frontier Casino. Several activities highlight the evening including dinner, beverages, games, a raffle drawing and live entertainment. The evening also includes a one-of-a-kind list of silent and live auction items of sports memorabilia, game day experiences and pub d\u00e9cor.<\/div>\n<div>New this year, mobile bidding will be available on most items, so place bids wherever you are! Each participant\/sponsor in the tournament receives two tickets to the party. For persons not playing in the tournament, tickets are available for $25 at the door the night of the event.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC AT ST. JOSEPH COUNTRY CLUB &#8211; AUG. 24<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Golf action gets underway on Monday, Aug. 24 with a 10 a.m. shotgun start at St. Joseph Country Club. Each player receives a great tee gift, a VanZinos BBQ lunch, beverages and a Griffon Nike Dry Fit Polo Shirt. Over $3,000 in prizes will be up for grabs including a contest on every hole and six hole-in-one contests presented by Hy-Vee.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>HOLE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>For those unable to play but would like to contribute the event, hole and other on course sponsorships are available and include signage at the hole, an opportunity to promote a business or conduct a promotion on the tee and two tickets to the Charity Dinner Party and Auction.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A limited number of spots remain to play in the golf tournament. To secure your spot, purchase tickets for the Charity Dinner Party or learn more about sponsorships, contact Brett Esely <dfn><\/dfn>at (816) 271-5904 or\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:esely@missouriwestern.edu\">esely@missouriwestern.edu<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the favorite local events of the year and the single biggest fundraiser for Griffon Athletics has been rescheduled due to the pandemic: the date for the 18th Annual MWSU\/YWCA Charity Golf Classic has been changed to Aug. 15 and 24. Proceeds from the event benefit the YWCA Shelter for abused women and children, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6139,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6137\/revisions\/6139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}