Testimonials

I want to thank Pro Golf Fundraising for an outstanding Golf Marathon event this past month. We recruited 20 golfers that raised just under $39,000 and they are ready to play again next year.
– Barry Tonge, Director of Philantrophy
TODAY’S YOUTH MATTER, Milpitas, CA
What a Great Success for our first-ever Golf Marathon! We raised over $40,000 and all we had to do was follow the concise business plan that Pro Golf wrote for us. This event has the potential to raise $75K – $100K and we look forward to that goal next year.
– Jeff Lehman, Development Director
KINGS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, Lemoore, CA
The Pro Golf Fundraising system needs to be recommended for the way it does the thinking for you. We raised over $63,000 our first year. The system is there, it just needs to be worked.
– Mike Doherty, David’s Father
LIFE FOR DAVID – Santa Cruz, CA
In our 38 year history, we have attempted many fundraisers and none have even come close to matching the $46,500 we raised with Pro Golf Fundraising.
– Ron McLain, Development Director
LINK CARE CENTER, Fresno, CA
In two years we’ve raised $117,000 for our elementary school. The Pro Golf Fundraising Program was terrific and excelled in the areas of coordination, organization, and motivation.
– Jill Barnes, PTF President
VALLEY CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY, Dublin, CA
I highly recommend Pro Golf Fundraising in meeting your school’s vision of raising funds because there is no better way. We were able to raise over $50,000 in our first year.
– Dianne Moffat, Development Director
MOTHER LODE ADVENTIST JUNIOR ACADEMY, Sonora, CA
Our first Pro Golf Fundraising marathon raised $51,000 with 30 golfers. Comparing this with the results of our traditional golf tournament, where we raised $5,757.00 with over 60 golfers are obvious and we are fully committed to the Golf Marathon Format.
– Jeanny Rapp, Public Relations Coordinator
ATKINSON YOUTH SERVICES, Sacramento, CA
We raised $40,000 our first year and continued to raise that amount for five years consecutively. This is the easiest, most effective fundraiser our ministry has ever undertaken. I can recommend it to anyone needing to raise large amounts of $$.
– Joe Kempston, Director, Young Life Monterey
YOUNG LIFE MINISTRIES, Monterey, CA

 

TYM Reference Letter

December 19, 2008

Dear Chuck,

I want to thank you and Pro Golf Fundraising for an outstanding Golf Marathon event this past month.

You may recall that I am not easily drawn to fundraising events but the Golf Marathon format has a nice way of naturally distributing the work. For us, we had a Leadership Team of 5 that recruited over 20 golfers (17 played in the end) who reached out to over 260 households for total pledges of just under $39,000. I think that we had excellent results for a first time event and everyone involved has been pleased with the experience and the results. I am especially pleased that this type of event raised
significant dollars while simultaneously spreading the word to people we would not likely meet otherwise. I call that effective “friend-raising” AND fundraising.

A couple of other items that we appreciated:

  • Pro Golf Fundraising provides a well defined process that we could plug into
  • The online database was easy to use and it streamlined communication with golfers and donors.
  • You, Chuck, are easy to work with & flexible, available and open to sharing ideasas well as trying new ones

Finally, I think another measure of success was the number of golfers that were already talking about participating in the next event. It was fun, engaging and created a number of positive memories for everyone involved. We are trying to decide if we will take a shot at an additional Golf Marathon up in the Sacramento area where we work with kids and have a base of existing donors and volunteers. If we go for it, you’ll certainly be hearing from us.
I would be happy to have you share this letter with other organizations considering a Golf Marathon for their friendraising and fundraising efforts. Please feel free to have them contact me as well.

Blessings on you,

Barry Tonge
Director of Philanthropy
Today’s Youth Matter