The Foundation of Wayne Community College will hold its 23rd Annual Scholarship Invitational at Walnut Creek Country Club in Goldsboro with a practice round, dinner, and live and silent auctions on June 9 and play on June 10. Funds raised go to scholarships for students at the college.
Last year’s tournament exceeded organizers’ expectations, bringing in $150,000 and taking the total for its 22 years to over $1 million. It funded more than 200 scholarships in the 2014-2015 academic year.
More than 60 businesses and individuals has signed on as sponsors of the 2015 tournament at six financial levels. The corporate sponsor for the past 7 years has been Jackson and Sons Heating and Air Conditioning. There are still sponsorship opportunities available for this year’s event.
The dinner and auctions are open to anyone interested in contributing by bidding on items that range from sports and military memorabilia to fashion and home accessories to baskets provided by student groups at the college. Donations of items for the auction are welcome.
Wooten Oil Company founded the event in 1993 as a way to contribute to a cause that would use all of the money raised locally. Dillon Wooten and his business Wooten Development Company continue to be involved in the tournament.
For more information, including a list of auction items, go to www.waynecc.edu/foundation/scholarship-invitational/ or call the Foundation at (919) 739-7022 or Chairman Jeff Jackson at (919) 778-2500.
The Foundation of Wayne Community College is a non-profit organization that works to broaden the base of community support for educational opportunities at the college. In addition to providing scholarships, it funds innovative campus projects and employee recognition, and offers cultural programs for the community.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,500 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 90 college credit programs.
Wayne Community College’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.