This coming weekend, Brent will be traveling to play golf with several buddies who were on the golf team at Southern Nazarene University together. His good friend, Justin Pusey, has come up with a great way to make the weekend into another way for people to support us on our way to Swaziland. The following is an email that is circulating right now, in preparation for this weekend.
"Four old golfing buddies are getting together as one of their rank is going overseas for the next year. They are all traveling from different parts of the country (Oklahoma, California, and Ohio) and meeting in San Antonio to play golf from April 24th to the 26th. This weekend will be the second playing of the annual Ol’ College Hackers Open. Brent LaVigne and his wife are going to Swaziland this next year to serve with the Church of the Nazarene in their efforts to provide HIV/AIDS relief. Swaziland (a small country in Africa) has the distinction of having the highest HIV/AIDS infection rate per capita in the world. He and his wife are quitting their jobs and will have to raise their own funds ($15,000) for the year.
"As people who know Brent, or know one of the golfers who are taking part in this event, we ask you to take part in a little fund-raising venture called "Birdies for Brent". Here is the premise. The four golfers are going to be playing five rounds in three days (90 holes a piece, 360 holes between the four of them). We ask you to partner in this program by pledging a certain amount per birdie and another amount per eagle (example $1 for a birdie $5 for an eagle) or if you don't want to leave the amount in the hands of the competitors (they have been practicing) you can also pledge a one time amount. As these four who used to be really good at golf now have jobs, wives, and children…(well, you know we don’t play golf every day anymore) the odds of 360 birdies are not very high, yet we thought this would be a fun way to continue to raise funds for this exciting journey for Brent and Michaele LaVigne.
"If you would like to take part please let who ever sent this e-mail to you know the amount per birdie or eagle or one time donation amount and they will get the information back to the "Tournament Committee" (aka Justin, Jonny, Brent, or Chad). At the end of the weekend we will send you an e-mail with the totals of birdies and eagles for the weekend (the winner of the weekend will be reported as well..just to exercise their bragging rights). Step by step information regarding how to complete your tax deductible contribution will be distributed when results are distributed."
We are so appreciative of the support of the golfers as well as those who are pledging per birdie or eagle! If you would like to be involved in Birdies for Brent, let us know!
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