Bonita Springs Assistance Raises $5,500 at Inaugural Golf Tournament

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - June 1, 2015 - PRLog -- (BONITA SPRINGS, FL)Bonita Springs Assistance Office (http://www.bonitaassistance.org/) (BSAO) hosted its Inaugural Friends of BSAO Golf Event on Thursday and Friday, May 21 and 22. The two day event kicked off on Thursday afternoon with a mini golf tournament at Golf Safari in Bonita Springs. Golfers paid $10 per person for unlimited golf, with half of that amount going to BSAO.  Fitzgerald’s Restaurant hosted an after party where a host of prizes were awarded and participants were rewarded for their participation with a free drink.  On Friday, the event continued with a golf tournament at Vasari Country Club, also in Bonita Springs. 55 golfers participated and over $6,500 in prizes were given away. The tournament was followed up with an after party at Momentum Brew House. In total $5,500 was raised for BSAO.

         “For our first golf tournament, I was extremely pleased,” said BSAO Executive Director, Marjorie Kasell-Johnson. “Those that participated were generous and outspoken in their support of our mission. I am grateful we have such caring members of the community supporting our efforts to serve those people in our local community who have found themselves in a temporary financial or personal crisis.”

For over 35 years the mission of Bonita Springs Assistance Office, a United Way partner agency, has been to provide temporary relief to local residents impacted by a crisis which may adversely affect their ability to work or support their families.  The goal is to foster independence and self-reliance through education and by bridging the financial needs of the recipients.  In addition to a food choice pantry, BSAO provides money management classes and referrals to other social service organizations who may be better served in answering clients’ needs. They are located at 25300 Bernwood Drive in Bonita Springs.