A great weekend for great futures
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida raise more than $400,000 in Great Futures Weekend
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida raised more than $400,000 during its Great Futures Weekend on Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19 at THE PLAYERS Stadium Course on TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach.
On Friday, more than 100 golfers participated in the 2nd annual Great Futures Golf Classic; Saturday saw more than 1,100 walkers and runners participate in the 13th annual McKenzie’s Run.
“Our Great Futures Weekend serves as a message of hope for our kids and teens in the community,” said Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida President and CEO Paul Martinez in a press release. “When they see how many people come out to support them and their dreams, they are encouraged to reach their full potential through the support and resources we give them every single day at the Club.”
McKenzie’s Run is named in honor of McKenzie Noelle Wilson and it is through its partnership with the McKenzie Noelle Wilson Foundation that the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida continue “McKenzie’s legacy by providing local young people, ages 6-18, with a safe place to go after school and during the summer at McKenzie’s Beaches Boys & Girls Club and McKenzie’s Camp Deep Pond.”
Sponsors for the Great Futures Weekend include THE PLAYERS, the Church of Eleven22 and the McKenzie Noelle Wilson Foundation.
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