The sold-out event includes a welcome reception, four-person scramble golf tournament, lunch, dinner, silent auction and awards reception following the completion of the tournament. All net proceeds support Water For People and its mission to work to build a world where all people have access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Last year the tournament raised over $200,000 for Water For People.
“We look forward to the opportunity to spend time with these forward thinkers and generous supporters of Water For People,” said Ned Breslin, Water For People CEO. “These companies and individuals greatly enhance the capacity of Water For People’s work, and the fact that the event is sold out speaks volumes of the support we receive.”
Water For People focuses on lasting solutions among its projects by leveraging local resources and partnerships in-country and by monitoring and assessing its work over time.
“We are proud that our supporters hold us to high standards,” continued Breslin, “and we will continue to work toward the highest levels of project accountability and sustainability for both our supporters and beneficiaries in the field.”
Dr. Paul Bowen, Water Technology Manager at The Cola-Cola Company and former member of Water For People’s Board of Directors, has been instrumental in the organization of the event.
“Our partnership with Water For People is based on a shared vision of a world where all people have access to safe drinking water. As a beverage company, we know that water is essential to our business, and moreover, to life itself. Therefore, we’ve set a goal to return to communities and nature an amount of water equivalent to what we use in our beverages and their production by 2020. By partnering with organizations like Water For People, we can meet this goal, and by doing so, help create sustainable communities across the globe.”
This is Water For People’s sixth year at Sanctuary golf course, which has been ranked as one of America’s top 100 courses by Golf Digest.
