The 10th annual Plymouth Community United Way “Tee Off for a Friend” Golf Classic and Dinner will be held Thursday, August, 21, at the Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center, located at 8768 N. Territorial Road in Plymouth, Michigan.

The event is sponsored this year by DTE Energy, Johnson Controls, Tower Automotive and Visteon in conjunction with the Plymouth Community United Way.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. There will be a continental breakfast, along with use of the driving range, putting green and locker room.

The 18-hole scramble includes lunch on the course. Golf will be followed by cocktails and dinner, as well as prizes drawings, raffles and other activities.

Last year’s Tee Off for a Friend golf outing was the richest ever for the Plymouth Community United Way, netting more than $200,000 and pushing the endowment fund past the $1 million mark.

The endowment fund will be used to defray administrative costs and allow the PCUW to give 100 percent of its contributions to charity.

Any questions concerning the “Tee Off for a Friend” golf outing can be answered by calling the Plymouth Community United Way at 734/453-6879.

Make a Difference Day, TBD
On this day of caring our volunteers assist senior citizens in Plymouth and Canton with light yard work and household chores. Residents at four of the Community Opportunity Center group homes in Livonia also have grounds maintenance taken care of by our volunteers.

The die hard golfers always look for one more reason to get out on the course in November. Fox Hills Golf and Banquet Center hosts the annual “Free Golf for a Turkey” event.

The event ensures Thanksgiving turkeys will be provided to needy families in the Plymouth/Canton area and residents at Community Opportunity Center group homes. A huge thank you goes out to Sandy Mily and her staff at Fox Hills for planning the event and to James Baier and United Parcel Service employees for transporting the birds to the local food pantry and C.O.C.

Plymouth Whaler’s Food Drive, November date TBD

Plymouth Whaler fans always come to the aid of the local food pantry in November. Fans receive vouchers for discounted tickets to a future Whalers home game for the food items they donate. Thank you fans and volunteers for a successful 2007
food drive.


  

Plymouth Whaler’s Teddy Bear Toss, December date TBD

The seventh annual Plymouth Whalers / Plymouth Community United Way Teddy Bear Toss will be held in December. At the 2006 game our Whalers hosted the Barrie Colts. Fans are encouraged to bring a stuffed animal to toss on the ice when the Whalers scored their first goal. Hundreds of stuffed animals are collected and donated to United Way children’s charities.

For information on any of these events contact the Plymouth Community United Way at (734) 453-6879 or e-mail at: plymouthunitedway@ameritech.net