In-Sync Exotics' Cat Tales: "Putting for Paws" Charity Golf Tournament "Tales"

On Columbus Day, In-Sync Exotics’ held its 1^st annual “Putting for Paws” Charity Golf Tournament. As you may recall, the last 10 golfing tournaments were sponsored by ISC Corporation and Terry Hill—to which we are truly gratefully for their past support. This year’s tournament was held at the Woodbridge Golf Club—and everyone who participated said they had a terrific time!

Thirty-three golfers took on the 18-hole championship course rated “Four Stars” by Golf Digest due to its challenging, yet scenic grounds. The golfers were somewhat concerned that they might be not being able to play due the previous week’s rainy weather, but good fortune was with the golfers and everyone enjoyed a beautiful sunny day at the golf course.

After everyone checked in, the golfers sat down to a quick box lunch, as the nine golf teams were eager to practice and then tee-off.

The tournament format was converted from shotgun to tee times and each team began teeing off individually at 1:00pm.

There were three golfing contests during the tournament: Hole in One, Closest to the Pin, and Longest Drive. We did not have a winner for the Hole in One; however, Adam Bowman won both the Longest Drive and the Closest to the Pin contests! Congratulations to Adam for winning a trophy for each contest, a head cover (golfers will know what this means), and an automatic kick-back practice putting green.

By the time the tournament ended at around 7:00pm everyone was tired, but hungry. We had a wonderful meal waiting for the golfers and of course, folks wanted to watch the Rangers game in club house.

1st Place Team

Trophies were awarded to 1^st, 2^nd, Middle of the Pack, and Last Place. Everyone found the Last Place trophy humorous because the prize given out was unexpected, functional, and appropriate for “bringing up the rear”—an engraved pooper scooper purchased at a local pet store. The engraving said “You are #1 to Us In-Sync Exotics”

Not only did participants have a great time golfing, but they helped raise money for the animals. A big lion roar of thanks to all the golfers.

We were able to raise a little over $7,035 for the animals thanks to the golfers, our kind sponsors and donors!

Sponsors

Cox's Fine Floors

BOCI Browning Oil Company Inc.

Texas Brand Bank

Jim Howard

North Texas Job Corp

Campbell Park Animal Hospital, Inc.

Donors

Southwest Airlines

Jack in the Box

Lowes of Murphy

Target of Plano

Target of Wylie

Dallas Mavericks

Texas Rangers

FC Dallas

Frisco Rough Riders

Carino's Italian Resturant

Dr. Delphinuim

Society Bakery

Heineken USA & Dieste

Dallas Stars

Erin Michael

Shaina Cox

Chemyn Reaney

Colleen Butler

Thanks to the Team In-Sync, our volunteers were able to obtain donations and helped get the word out about the golf tournament:

Jennifer Gillis

Jodi Payson

Shaina Cox

Erin Michael

Brandi Terry

Robert Saucedo

Helen Truman

Sue Diamond

Ruth Nimmo

Thankfully, we had a terrific team of volunteers who helped with all the behind the scenes tasks on the day of the event at the golf course:

From In-Sync Exotics

Ruth Nimmo

Lakshmi Nathan

Lynn Travis

Tom Dillon

Ken Crenshaw

Jennifer Gillis

From North Texas Job Corp:

Natalie Gayfield

Morgan Jackson

Brittney Wyatt

Zachary Hornung

Trenton Shepard

Jeremy Hernandez

Shalonda Enis

And a special thank you to the Woodbridge Golf Club tournament coordinator, Sara Holsted and Golf Pro, Eric Easter! This event would have not been possible without your support!

Last, but not least, all of us at In-Sync Exotics wants to thank Colleen Butler for serving as this years’ In-Sync Exotics’ Golf Tournament event coordinator! Can you believe it—Colleen is already making plans for the 2^nd Annual Golf Tournament! Again, thank you for your service to In-Sync Exotics, Colleen!

Again, we at In-Sync Exotics thank all those who helped make this event such a fun and exciting success and we hope to see you next year at our 2^nd annual “Putting for Paws” Charity Golf Tournament for more fun, more surprises and more prizes that await you!