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Fore Sistas Inaugural Golf
Tournament Impacts Lives In
Our Communities
Fore Sisters of Fairview Golf Club, Inc., a 501(c)(3), is a
group of dynamic women of color in South Florida who found
each other on the links and share a common passion of playing
golf and undertaking charitable causes to impact the lives of
children and the elderly in our communities.
The tournament took place at Martin Downs Country Club
in Palm City, following an event-filled Friday that featured a Stanley Campbell, owner of Martin
golf clinic, a health and wellness workshop with local medical Downs Golf & Country Club
and lifestyle experts and a welcome reception. The breakfast
preceding the tournament was filled with high energy and great The Fore Sistas Inaugural
spirit as participants enjoyed a delicious buffet and warmed Golf Tournament was held on
up with the D.J., Sidney Jerger. Lunch and dinner were also Jan. 28 and 29 and was able to Women’s Health Symposium panel, left to right: Bella Williams, NP Cardiology;
served and bidding on raffles, a silent auction and 50/50 was meet its monetary threshold. Tishunda Tullis, Facilitator; Julyne Viau, RHMC, Clinical Director; Jean Laws-Scott,
enthusiastic. Three flights with cash prizes for each flight was We are proud to say that 100 Facilitator; Phyllis Gillespie, Organizer; Juliette Lomax-Homier, M.D., Gynecology;
the attraction for the women golfers. percent of our proceeds went Carol Hedgepeth, Esthetician; and Blair Ezbicki, N.P. Cardiology.
towards our chosen charitable causes which positively
impact the lives of children and the elderly in our
communities.
The entities below benefited from our event, and each
received a $1,000 donation:
• Helping People Succeed, Inc.
• Gertrude Walden Childcare Center
• Martin County Council on Aging
• E.N.D. It!
• Florida Community Health Centers
• Gifford Youth Achievement Center
For information about Fore Sistas of Fairview Golf
Club, Inc., contact Phyllis Gillespie at: pmgillespie1@
gmail.com.
Photography by Esmeralda H. Knowles, Photographer
(Golfforeanyone.com)
Willie Scott, TPI certified instructor, giving instruction on
the putting lesson at the golf clinic.
Paula Pearson, LPGA Pro, instructing proper technique for
the full swing.
Ninety golfers took to the green on tournament day, Jan. 29
– a brisk and sunny morning – to play in the inaugural Fore
Sistas of Fairview Golf Tournament.
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