The CMAA Gulf Coast Chapter’s 3rd Annual Golf Benefit is just around the corner and we’re ramping up for our most successful tournament to date and… we need your help!
We’re looking for:
Volunteers for the Registration Table – Help check people in the Friday morning of the tournament. We need 4 people from 10:30 am – noon: 1 for registration/sign-in, 1 for handing out ditty bags, 1 person to sell raffle/door prize tickets and 1 for selling mulligans.
Hole-in-One Spotters– Monitor our hole-in-one location. We need a total of 4 people to be witness if there is a hole-in-one for the “Hole-in-one Win a Car” hole. We need two shifts of 2 people: first shift from noon – 2 pm and second shift from 2 pm – 4 pm.
Floaters –Help as needed. We need 3 people to be on hand as needed. Relief duty for registration, hole-in-one spotters, beverage cart, etc. The shifts needed are 1 person who will be available from 10:30 am – noon, 1 from noon – 2 pm and 1 person available from 2 pm – 4 pm.
Ditty Bag Items– No golf tournament is as much fun without a bag of goodies! If you have some company logo swag items like cozies, key chains, golf tees, etc. that you would be able/willing to donate to include it in the ditty bags for our players we would be grateful!
If you can volunteer some time or would like to donate ditty bag swag, please contact Justin Cain, Golf Committee Chair at jcain@royalengineering.net or 504-283-9400. Tournament Brochure.
Also, if you haven't registered yet you can do so via our website CMAA GCC Golf Sponsorship Opportunities.
Thank you and see you in April!
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