Ford Benefits Ag Program at CSU, Chico
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 24, 2003
Desiree Gonzalez
530-898-4597
Ford Benefits Ag Program at CSU, Chico
Wittmeier Ford and Ford Motor Company’s Business Preferred Network recently donated $7,500 toward the CSU, Chico College of Agriculture’s annual golf tournament fundraiser. This is the second year that Wittmeier has committed to be the tournament’s major sponsor.
The CSU, Chico Superior Ag/Wittmeier Ford Golf Classic will be held Monday, July 21, at Butte Creek Country Club. The tournament normally nets between $30,000 and $40,000 for scholarships and other programs in the college.
Wittmeier’s commercial accounts manager Gary Mitchell coordinated efforts to get the gift. “Wittmeier Ford and Ford Motor Company’s Business Preferred Network both feel it is a great thing to support agricultural development, and starting at the college level helps those entering this important field,” said Mitchell.
North State agriculture leaders formed Superior Ag in the early 1990s, with its sole mission to support the university’s agriculture program. A subcommittee of the organization is the driving force behind the tournament, now in its seventh year.
“Every year our longtime supporters pull out all the stops in donating time, energy and money for the good of our students,” said Charles Crabb, dean of the college. “We are proud to have Wittmeier Ford join our family of extraordinary friends.”
Other key sponsors include Tri-Counties Bank, Matson and Isom, Bell Carter Olive Company, C.F. Koehnen & Sons, Durham Pump, Farm Credit, and Interwest Insurance. Participants in the tournament include production agriculturists, irrigation specialists, bankers, food processors, co-op managers and commodity organization managers.
While player spots are sold out, tee green sponsors and drawing prize donors are still needed for the tournament. A tee green sponsorship gets your company signage on the course, an ad in the tournament golf journal, and your company’s name in post-tournament thank-you ads in local papers. Drawing prize donors get their name on a sign in the clubhouse during dinner and a listing in the post tournament thank-you ad.
Contact tournament coordinator Desiree Gonzalez at 898-4597 for more information.
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