By now, you already know of the fun had by all at the Chaparral Diamond Backers golf tournament on November 5.

What you may not know is how close we are to building our bleachers as a result of the tournament's success.

Thanks to our sponsors, participants and auction donors, we collected more than $40K, yielding the Boosters nearly $30K.    Tomorrow we will start our meetings with contractors to begin the quote/design/build phase of the bleacher project.

Again, many thanks to all who made this event a great success…


The Committee

Jennifer McKelvey, Chair

• Organized, drove the project, attracted special guests, and cultivating foundation donations
• Usual over achiever - disregarded the advice of many to keep the first event small!

Peter Kolesar

• Responsible for working with donors to on high dollar auction prizes. Drove negotiations with Gainey Ranch Golf Club.

Barry/Babbi Gabel

• Strategy for overall event, and responsible for obtaining tee sponsors

Mark van Ark

• Strategy, planning and auction prizes

Angela Peck

• Operational direction at the event. Ensured that all volunteers were in the right place at the right time making things run smoothly.

Adrian Gough

• Auction Operations - Packaging and Managing auction goods and receipts.

Special thanks to Eileen O'Brien. Eileen provided the fine art work for all signage at the event.

Thanks to Melissa Diamond for her fine photography at the event with the long lens! Link to Pictures.