Tournament to be held Thursday, Oct. 8, at the State College
Elks Country Club in Boalsburg.Volunteers and sponsors are being sought for the first Centre County
United Way Golf Tournament to be held Thursday, Oct. 8, at the State College
Elks Country Club in Boalsburg.
The tournament, sponsored by employees in Computer and Information Systems with some assistance from employees of the Office of Human Resources and the College of Engineering, is one of a number of special projects being planned by faculty and staff in support of the 1998 United Way Campaign on the University Park campus.
Cost of the four-person scramble is $60 per player and includes green fees, cart, tee prizes, golf shirt and picnic. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., with a 1 p.m. shotgun start.
For sponsor or registration information, call Paul Peworchik at (814) 863-1551 or e-mail PJP@psu.edu; or John Dixon at (814) 863-3634, or e-mail JWD1@psu.edu.
As its United Way kick-off event, the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences is planning a silent auction from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in the EMS Museum, Steidle Building, on the University Park campus. Items being collected for auction range from elegant calligraphy, jewelry and autographed Penn State items to gift certificates and trial memberships, crystal globes and vases, wedding albums, antique embroidery, geologically-inspired soaps, coffee-table books and programmable children's "remotes."
The college also is planning several other projects, including a bake sale Oct. 26, a cookbook and holiday fruit baskets.
Other units planning special United Way projects include:
* Outreach and Cooperative Extension: Bake sale, Sept. 11; hoagie sale, Sept. 21 and Oct. 2; Halloween gathering, Oct. 30.
* Development and Alumni Relations: Picnic fund-raiser, Oct. 12 in Old Main.
* Enrollment Management and Administration: Monthly dress down day; bake sale, September; EMA recipe book.
* Student Affairs: Auction/luncheon, Nov. 2.
* University Libraries: Kick-off celebration, Oct. 8.
To get some exercise and support the United Way at the same time, sign up for Walk-n-Roll.
On Saturday, Sept. 26, participants may walk, jog, bike, rollerblade, use a wheelchair, push a baby buggy -- almost anything on foot or wheels -- to help support the United Way.
The event, sponsored by employees of Undergraduate Education in conjunction with the employees of Pattee Library and the College of Health and Human Development, begins at 10 a.m. in the parking lot behind Wagner Building on the University Park campus and will take place on a 3.3 mile course around the campus. An alternate, one-mile route is available for anyone with physical limitations.
Registration and warm-up activities will be at 9 a.m. Participants may make a one-time donation, obtain sponsor pledges before the event or organize a team.
Participants should preregister by Sept. 19 by calling Sue Irwin at (814) 865-5453 or Linda Ellenberger at (814) 863-2804 during the day, or Janet Bowman at (814) 466-7530 in the evening. Preregistration also may be made by sending e-mail to SMT1@psu.edu.