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14th Annual Charitable Foundation Golf Tournament Raises Funds for Charity
A hole-in-one on Hole #6 by Alain Pinel Realtors Vice President and Regional Manager Jeff Barnett!
The Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR) held the 14th Annual Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation Golf Tournament on September 16 at the Los Altos Golf and Country Club, with nearly 100 members and guests participating in the annual charity event, which included the golf tournament, a cocktail reception and awards ceremony. The event is one of two fundraisers this year for the Foundation.
Special guests included California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.) President Don Faughtand C.A.R. President-elect Kevin Brown, who golfed in the tournament. A highlight of the event was a hole-in-one on Hole #6 by Alain Pinel Realtors Vice President and Regional Manager Jeff Barnett.
Together with SILVAR Executive Officer Paul Cardus, SILVAR President and Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation Trustee Carolyn Miller welcomed members and guests, and thanked them for supporting the annual foundation golf tournament. "The Charitable Foundation appreciates your participation today. The money we've raised will go to well-deserving families and assist in providing scholarships to graduating seniors in our public high schools. Your contribution to this event means a lot to all the families we help," said Miller.
The Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation uses the event's proceeds and annual contributions from members to award grants to local organizations that help youth and disadvantaged families and seniors in the communities where members live and work. The golf tournament proceeds also fund the Charitable Foundation's annual scholarship program. Last year, the Charitable Foundation presented over $29,000 in grants and scholarships to non-profit groups, including $1,000 scholarships to 18 graduating seniors from public high schools in Silicon Valley.
This year's golf tournament top winner is Sereno Group's team with Justin DeSantis, Ed Graziani, Timothy Proschold, and Chris Ray, which won first place for the third year in a row. The team of Matt Baron (First American Title Company), Ryan Fenchel (Integra Insurance), Eileen Giorgi (Keller Williams) and Debbie Merchain (RPM Mortgage) took second place. Mainstream Real Estate Group's foursome with Matt Mueller, Chris Zanger, Diane Green and Mark Green received the third place award. Brent Gullixson (Alain Pinel Realtors) won the Closest to the Hole at 6'6" and Nick Matalone (Wells Fargo Home Mortgage) won the Longest Drive.
The Charitable Foundation would like to thank this year's generous sponsors: MLSListings Inc., Cart Sponsor; Sereno Group, Lunch Sponsor; PRDS, Awards Ceremony Sponsor; Property I.D., Beverage Sponsor; and Tee and Hole Sponsors Alain Pinel Realtors (Los Gatos); Law Offices of Peter N. Brewer; Moise Nahouraii - Referral Realty (Cupertino); Mainstream Real Estate Group; JCP-LGS Disclosures; Princeton Capital; and Rossi, Hamerslough, Reischl & Chuck. Special thanks to Hannelore Blanchard (Coldwell Banker), who donated the raffle's grand prize – a golf foursome at Palo Alto Hills golf course, won by Chris Ray (Sereno Group).
The second Charitable Foundation fundraiser is "Day on the Diamond," a SILVAR-wide co-ed softball game, which will be held on October 16, 3 – 7 p.m. at the Portola Valley Town Center, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley.
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