CFW Celebrity Golf tournament raised € 25,000

The CFW 2nd Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament was held at in Etten Leur, The Netherlands.
The Heerensocieteit van Etten tot Leur, a gentleman’s society has agreed to continue to support CFW by holding an annual CFW Celebrity Golf Tournament. Again this very enthusiastic group gathered support through friends, associates and worked with a Dutch organization, Charity and Sport. Many Dutch celebrities attended this event, such as Hein Vergeer, Louis van Gaal, Willy and René van de Kerkhof.

First Lady of Georgia Sandra Roelofs, formerly of the Netherlands, and her son donated an oil painting they created to be auctioned off during the event.

This charity event, again held at the Wouwse Plantage Golf Course October 22, 2004, raised funds to educate a CF specialized team to staff the new clinic in Georgia. Lunch sponsored by Rabobank began at 12:30 p.m. Tee time for the eighteen teams already registered was 14:00. All guests were invited to dinner and drinks were served at 18:00. The weather was beautiful and all delegates were in a good mood.


2003

CFW Golf tournament
                         in Memory of Rick Weggen

Herman Weggen, President of CFW, is a member of the Heerensocieteit van Etten tot Leur. This Gentleman’s Society has been in existence for several years. It is a society for men who meet once a month for networking and business purposes.

Herman Weggen presented the project to build a CF clinic in Georgia to the Heerensocieteit van Etten tot Leur. The group was very enthusiastic to help find support and contacted a Dutch organization, Charity and Sport, to organize a golf tournament on October 3, 2003.
Thirteen flights were sold to the local businesses. Each flight had a special Dutch celebrity as their leader. At the end of this day, an appreciation-dinner was organized. During this dinner the Project Manager, Christine Noke, explained the regional and clinical situation in Georgia and Dr. Heijerman gave a short speech explaining Cystic Fibrosis. Euro 20,000 was raised during this daylong event.

A team of 3 persons acted as the organizing committee for the Golf Tournament, Frans Heyblom (a real estate agent), Gerard Hogeman (CEO of a theatre) and Herman Weggen (CEO of Avoord). The members of the Heerensocieteit used their networks to sell the flights, obtain sponsorship for lunch, dinner and use the golf course at no charge.

The Heerensocieteit donated all money raised to CFW for Phase I: Renovation and Implementation. The Heerensocieteit has agreed to continue to support CFW by holding an annual Celebrity Golf Tounament in Etten Luer annually.