Grand Strand Golf Directors Association

The recipient of funds raised through the annual Charity Challenge golf tournament must be a local charitable organization, selected by the Association membership. Each year, the Board of Directors receives requests from area charities to be considered as that year's recipient of funds. In September, the Board of Directors narrows the field to three charities and presents those three to the membership for consideration. Each of the three charities is invited to one of the Association's Fall monthly meetings to describe their service and explain what they plan to do with the funds raised. Afterward, and before the end of the calendar year, the membership votes to select that year's charity recipient.

Responsibilities of the Charity Recipient:

The overall success of the annual Charity Challenge from a monetary standpoint is directly related to the amount of effort expended by that year's charity recipient. Listed below are areas in which previous charities have concentrated their efforts:

Securing donations of food for breakfast, lunch, snacks

Securing donations of soft drinks, water, sport drinks

Securing donations of beer

Securing donations of raffle prizes

Selling hole and corporate sponsorships

Encouraging their supporters to participate by entering teams

Volunteering to help the day of the tournament

Obviously, this is a total team effort. Simply stated, the less the Association has to pay in order to run the tournament, the more money there will be for the charity recipient. The membership of the Association works diligently to gather raffle prizes, sell sponsorships and represents 95% of the actual tournament participants.

Horry County Disabilities & Special Needs - our 2006 charity recipient - received $16,000.

Our 2007 Charity Challenge charity recipient will once again be Horry County Disabilities and Special Needs.