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Southwest Florida Golf Charities, Inc. announced recipients of donations totaling $132,500 on Thursday, April 17.

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Patty Owen, wife of the late Bill Owen, shares her thoughts with more than 200 guests as monies from the event were gifted through the Southwest Florida Golf Charities, Inc. on Thursday night.
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Terry McGoldrick, Southwest Florida Golf Charities director, tells an audience of more than 200 people about the good that the Education Foundation of Collier County does as he is about give a gift of $10,000 to Lilian Roche of the Education Foundation on Thursday night. The Golf Charities and the Gene and Mary Sarazen Foundation each gave $5,000 to the Foundation. From left, are Charities directors Jim Lackey, McGoldrick, Irv Sherwood, president and Roche.
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Scholastica Choi, principal of Manatee Middle School, thanks Southwest Florida Golf Charities for a gift of $2,500 as one of 11 Title I Elementary and Middle Schools receiving support at the annual gifting reception on Thursday night.
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Jan Messer, principal of Parkside Elementary School, beams as he receives a gift for 25 students to take part in a three-week golf and tennis camp at Eagle Creek Golf and Country Club in June. Presenting her the gift is Sally Lam, program chairman, along with Bob Helberg, a director of Southwest Florida Golf Charities. The gift was one of many given at the annual Golf Charities reception on Thursday night.
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Connie Mazgaj, Golden Gate High's girls golf coach, thanks the Southwest Florida Golf Charities, Inc. for its $500 donation to her golf team when the Golf Charities announced gifts totaling $132,500 derived from the annual Bill Owen Classic. The boys team also received $500 as $1,000 each was given to eight Collier County High School golf programs. Each school also received $5,000 for a post-graduate scholarship.
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Irv Sherwood, president of the Southwest Florida Golf Charities Inc., tells a crowd of more than 200 that the Charities gifted $132,500 this year from revenues derived from the 19th annual Bill Owen Classic.
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Members of the Southwest Florida Golf Charities, Inc., from left, Irv Sherwood, Terry McGoldrick and Maxine Schildknecfht, presented Avow Hospice representatives Karen Rollins and Karen Stevenson with a gift of $25,000, to benefit its sites at Naples, Marco Island and Immokalee at the organization's annual gifting reception.
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Suzette Nolan, principal of Avalon Elementary School, thanks the Southwest Florida Golf Charities, Inc. for its contribution to the school. Avalon was one of 11 schools receiving $2,500 each from the Golf Charities as it announced its annual gifts. Behind Nolan is Charities director Don Krause who presented the gift.
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Dave Glennon, principal of Golden Terrace School, thanks the Southwest Florida Golf Charities, Inc. for giving the school $2,500.
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Joe Klimas welcomes the more than 200 people who attended the annual Southwest Florida Golf Charities, Inc. gifting reception at Eagle Creek Golf & Country Club on Thursday.
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Jay Siemers, member of the Southwest Florida Golf Charities, Inc. gives a history of how the Bill Owen Classic was started to raise funds for area high school golf programs at the organization's gifting reception at the Eagle Creek Golf & Country Club. With this year's contributions to the schools and other charities, the organization has gifted $1.25 million over 19 years.
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The chart of Southwest Florida Gold Charities indicates its revenue sources for 2008. It does not include matching gifts that brings the total to $132,500, which was distributed by the charity on Thursday night.
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Irv Shewood, president of the Southwest Florida Golf Charities, Inc. was recognized for his years of service to the charity when it gave out gifts to area schools and other charities on Thursday night at the Eagle Creek Golf & Country Club.
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The Golden Gate High School golf teams were among recipients of support when the Southwest Florida Golf Charities, Inc. announced recipients of donations totaling $132,500 on Thursday night. From left, are Golden Gate golf coaches Connie Mazgaj and Bill Behnke, with Eagle Creek Golf & Country Club staff Katie Borduas, Don Madalinski, club manager and Jeff Jackson, head golf professional. The golf teams received $500 each. The school also received $5,000 for a post-graduate scholarship.
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LuAnne Wahlstrom of the Education Foundation of Collier County accepts a gift of $2,000 from Tom Mackelfresh of the Southwest Florida Golf Charities, Inc. Board. With them are board members Irv Sherwood, left and Errol Silvestri.
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John Shaughnessy, member of the Southwest Florida Golf Charities, Inc. Board, announces a matching gift for the Florida Gulf Coast University's Professional Golf Management and Hospitality curriculum. Golf Charities and the Gene and Mary Sarazen Foundation each contributed $5,000 to the program.
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