Mother Nature’s early gift of winter caused the postponement of the 9th annual Hull in One Golf Classic originally scheduled for Sept. 13 at Heritage Pointe Golf Club. Nonetheless, thanks to the inaugural pre-tournament reception Sept. 7 on the grounds of Centron Group’s Bob and Maria Harris’s home, $360,000 (net) was raised for Hull Services.
Hull Services is a registered charitable organization that provides an integrated continuum of services including specialized therapy, counselling and education. Hull helps children, youth and families who experience emotional and psychological disorders, behavioural problems, learning disabilities, mental illness, developmental delay, neglect, abuse and family breakdown. Hull has been providing invaluable services for more than 50 years and has helped thousands of children and their families. Founder William Roper Hull would be proud of the outstanding difference Hull Services has made for children with chaotic, trouble-filled lives.
Kudos to all the sponsors — and especially presenting sponsor Centron Group of Companies, on the substantial funds raised at the Harris-hosted VIP reception. Bill Brown of Elevate Auctions fame enticed guests to dig deep and bid high on myriad live auction items. A cool $74,000 was raised, which will be used for furnishings in the new Pre-adolescent Treatment Program (PTP) facility building. The facility would not have been possible without the outstanding generosity of philanthropist Leslie Bisset and family in partnership with Centron Cares.
A gorgeous late-summer evening was the perfect backdrop for the VIP reception. Vintage Group-catered food and libation and compelling presentations were but a few of the evening’s highlights. In attendance were: Shane Homes’ Cal Wenzel and his wife Edith; Royop Development’s Harvey Thal and his wife Wynne; Krita Investments’ Ike Kolias; RBC’s Jeff Boyd, Frank Scarlett and Jerilynn Daniels with their spouses Michele Boyd, Rhonda Scarlett and Mike Weinert; Bobby Libin; Cheap Smokes and Cigars’ Jeff Lawrence and his wife Lisa Mundell-Lawrence; Canadian Western Bank’s Jeff Bowling and his wife Andrea; Bombardier’s Justin Jones; Jayman BUILT’s Jay Westman and his wife Karen; BANC chairman Jim Carter; WestJet’s Clive Beddoe and his wife Ruth; Centron Group president and COO Cole Harris; Gary Nissen; Rogers Insurance’s Lee Rogers and Ebony Lewis; and others pictured.
The rescheduled 9th annual Hull in One Golf Classic will take place in spring 2019.
Brookfield Residential’s Allan Klassen and his wife Christine Klassen.
Cheap Smokes and Cigars’ Jeff Lawrence and his wife Lisa Mundell-Lawrence.
From left: Mike Weinert, Jerilynn Daniels, Bobby Libin and Cal Wenzel.
Jayman BUILT’s Jay Westman and his wife Karen Westman.
WestJet’s Clive Beddoe and his wife Ruth Beddoe.
From left: Event producer’s Advance Your Cause’s Samantha Morahan and Tom Dodd with Hull’s Alana Barron.
Royop’s Harvey Thal and his wife Wynne Thal.
From left: Bombardier’s Justin Jones, BANC chairman Jim Carter, Bob Harris and Chartright Air’s Justin King.
From left: RBC’s Jeff Boyd, Rhonda Scarlett, Michele Boyd and Frank Scarlett.
From left: Krita Investments’ Ike Kolias, Lynnette Linkletter, Centron vice-president development and Centron Cares director Allison Clark, Andrea Bowling and her husband, Canadian Western Bank senior vice-president and regional general manager, Prairie region, Jeff Bowling.
Centron’s Cole Harris and Shoemaker Drywall Supplies’ Ryan Shoemaker.