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Foundation Renews = Backing of RCS Golf Classic By: Addison Penfie= ld 11/04/2208<= /p>
&n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; ASHEBORO—For= a tenth straight year, the Acme-McCrary Corporation and Sapona Manufacturi= ng Company Foundation will serve as the corporate sponsor of the RCS Golf C= lassic, an annual fundraiser for Regional Consolidated Services (RCS) of As= heboro.
Annou= ncement of the sponsorship renewal came jointly from the offices of William= H. Redding, Jr., Acme-McCrary president, and Janice Scarborough, founder a= nd executive director of RCS, a private, non-profit human services agency. = The 2009 tournament, now known as the Add Penfield/RCS Golf Classic, will b= e played at the Pinewood country Club in Asheboro Friday, May 15.
Pinew= ood will be hosting the 18-hole, captain’s choice event for the first= time in the event’s 17-year history. All previous tournaments have b= een held at the Asheboro Country Club. The Randolph Guide was the original = corporate sponsor from 1993 to 1999. The Acme-McCrary/Sapona Foundation beg= an backing the Classic in 2000.
̶= 0;We are pleased to continue the Foundation’s support of what we feel= is a worthwhile venture, one which has a very positive influence on the hu= manitarian efforts of RCS,” said Redding. “We’re delighte= d to extend a gratifying association with this fine agency.”
Scarb= orough expressed the agency’s “deep appreciation” of the = Foundation’s interest in the golf tournament and in the work of = RCS toward “improving the human condition in Randolph county and ten = other counties.” She noted the fundraiser has grown appreciably since= Acme-McCrary and Sapona have been identified with it.
̶= 0;Not only has the golf tournament become the agency’s major source o= f supplementary funding; it also has become an asset in enhancing the RCS p= ublic profile,” Scarborough said.“ It’s popular with the = golfing community.” For a sixth year, the tournament honors Add = Penfield, RCS marketing specialist. He has been tournament director fr= om the start.
Donni= e White, Billy Lawson, Dwight Crews and Terry Jackson comprised the winning= foursome in the 2008 Classic last May.
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