Published: September 29, 2008
Petra Industries, a leading national wholesale distributor of consumer electronics, custom installation products, mobile audio/video accessories and appliance connection supplies, hosted its 10th Annual Charity Golf Tournament Wednesday, September 24 and Thursday, September 25. This year’s events generated proceeds of $60,000 for Mercy Ministries of America and Whiz Kids.
This year’s festivities began on the evening of Wednesday, September 24th with a cocktail reception and a “Show your helping hand” Texas Hold ‘Em tournament at the Fox and Hound Pub & Grille. On Thursday morning, September 25th, the one-hundred seventeen participants started with a shotgun-start golf scramble at the prestigious Oak Tree Golf Country Club in Edmond, Okla. An awards luncheon concluded the day’s events and included awards for the longest drive, longest putt and bonus ball, as well as the presentation of checks for $30,000 each to Selah Hirsch, Director of Development for Mercy Ministries of America, and Masie Bross, Program Director for Whiz Kids.
“Petra has a strong commitment to giving back to our community. We believe it is our responsibility to contribute when we can to help others, and we are so proud to work with so many companies that also have the same strong service convictions. We extend our deepest gratitude to our vendors and partners for their generous donations at this year’s events,” says Bill Stewart, President of Petra Industries. “This 10th annual event was a huge success and exceeded our expectations. We increased the donations to the two charities by 20% over last year’s contribution. We look forward to seeing this event grow even bigger.”
About Mercy Ministries of America
For more than 25 years, Mercy Ministries of America has provided hope and healing to generations of desperate young women who are seeking freedom from life-controlling problems like drug and alcohol addictions, depression, eating disorders, unplanned pregnancy, physical and sexual abuse and self-harm. The free-of-charge program serves as a diverse population of young women from various backgrounds. For more information about Mercy Ministries of America, go to www.mercyministries.org or call 615-831-6987.
About Whiz Kids
Whiz Kids is a faith-based, on-on-one volunteer tutoring/mentoring program focusing on first through eighth grade students who live in areas which have some of the highest drop-out rates and lowest socioeconomic levels in Oklahoma City. The mission of CityCare’s Whiz Kids is for volunteers to improve the well being of disadvantaged youth through academic tutoring, positive mentoring relationships and spiritual nurturing. For more information about Whiz Kids, go to www.whizkidsok.org or call 405-232-3232.