The Veterans Golf Outing was a Success!

The Green Bay Country Club hosted it's fifteenth annual Veterans Golf Outing.  This years' member sponsored outing was the largest ever!  A total of 143 golfers were treated like a member of the club on October 3.  Each participant was charged a discounted fee which included breakfast, lunch and eighteen holes of golf with cart.  After golf, we provided them with heavy hors d'oeuvres, and a brief awards ceremony.

Over the past 15 years, $120,000 has been donated to local veterans organizations and over 1,500 golfers have been entertained. This year, $7,800 in funds will be donated to the following organizations:

• VFW POST 2113 De Pere
• Military Officers Club of Northeast WI, Inc.
• Algoma American Legion
• Disabled American Veterans
• Desert Veterans of Wisconsin
• St. John The Evangelist Homeless Shelter

This member-sponsored tradition will continue in 2017. Please tell any veterans you know to save the date: Monday October 2nd, 2017!

15th Annual Veterans Outing -- October 3, 2016

Some members have asked me how/why the club started our Veterans Outing.  Some of our more "seasoned" members were around when the idea became a reality.  For those of you who were not, I write this brief overview.
 
I had an idea that originated as a result of a catastrophic day for America, 9/11/01.  Like Pearl Harbor, it has altered our way of life in so many ways.  Remember where you were on nine-eleven?  Do you remember the emotions of that day?  You probably do. Your parents probably recalled where they were and what they were doing on December 7, 1941.  Did you know that 2,403 people died at Pearl Harbor?  There were 2,996 casualties plus at least 11 unborn babies killed as a result of the cowardly attack on 9/11.  
 
While driving to the club on Veterans Day, 11/11/01, the idea of having a Veterans Outing to salute current and former members of our armed forces at GBCC entered my mind.  After obtaining the unanimous approval of the board of directors at the November 2001 meeting, the idea transformed into the first annual Veterans outing on 11/11/02.  Rain, snow, sleet and hail pelted 96 participants that day. One of our guests, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Ken Stumpf, commented that the rice paddies of Vietnam had provided better conditions!
 
Since that first outing over 1,600 Veterans, along with their relatives and friends, have enjoyed being treated like a member of our club for a day.  I am happy to report this year's outing will be our largest ever.  Last year was our largest, with 142 golfers. This year we are at capacity with 148 registered!

The club charges $75.00 for greens fees, cart, continental breakfast, lunch, hors d'oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages.  (Adult beverages are available for purchase.)  Over $120,000 has been raised by this event and donated to local Veterans organizations.  In 2010, 101 members of the club voluntarily funded the GBCC "Adopt-A-Soldier" program.  With the assistance of local Veterans groups we sent out 101 "Care Packages" valued at about $10,000 to local soldiers deployed to various desert destinations.
 
Please know that the event costs the members of GBCC nothing.  It is a zero income, zero expense event.  We simply provide the use of our facilities to recognize those that have served.  If you would like to join us as a volunteer, an observer of the opening ceremonies at 10:00 AM, or for the program after the event around 5:00 PM, please do so.  
 
Come help us salute our Veterans!
 
Sincerely,
 
Jerry Miller
Event Chair

Veterans Golf Outing Set for October 3rd, 2016

Veterans interested in playing in the October 3rd outing should bring the $75.00 entry fee along with the names of other veterans in their foursome to the Main Clubhouse at Green Bay Country Club, 2400 Klondike Road, Green Bay, WI. Those who do not have a foursome will be paired with other golfers.

This is a member-sponsored event and veterans do not need to be a member to participate. The fee includes 18 holes of golf with cart, continental breakfast, lunch, heavy hors d'oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages. An awards ceremony and program will follow golf. No Club funds are being used to host the event. 

For additional information please call the Golf Shop at (920) 339-GOLF (4653). 

Veterans Enjoy Outing at Green Bay Country Club

We received some wonderful feedback about the Veterans Golf Outing held here on Monday, October 5th:

Yesterday I participated for the first time in the veteran's appreciation golf outing at your country club.  I just wanted to say how much your and Jerry's efforts in putting this outing together was appreciated.   Your support of the veterans is a far cry from what we experienced coming back from overseas during the Viet Nam war.  Our young troops today receive the respect and thanks from the country that they rightly deserve.  That is something that we did not experience then, but your efforts in today's environment have really made me feel more appreciated for my service than I have felt in a very long time.

During the flag ceremony, I was impressed to learn of the large amount of money that you raise for veterans organizations and how you distributed it among the many veterans groups.  This is very generous of your country club and I know that it is very much appreciated by the veteran groups that you support.  Thanks for all that you do for us veterans.

As a first-timer at your golf outing, I did not know what to expect from your golf course.  All I knew about the course was that it was private.  As private courses are a step above the public courses,  I saw the veteran's golf outing as an opportunity to play a course that I would not normally been able to play.  I have played at private courses in many parts of the country so I know how nice private courses can be.  I've also played on PGA tour courses such as Doral, TPC Sawgrass, Medina and Olympia Fields.  As much as I enjoyed the challenge of those courses, I found your golf course to be just as challenging, but I think that your course has a far superior layout compared to any those PGA tour courses.  Every hole was just as beautiful and challenging as the one before it!  It was truly a great pleasure to play your course.  My golf partner was probably tired of hearing me tell him how beautiful and wonderful I thought your course was.  You have a real gem up there in the Green Bay area.

Thanks again for opening your club to us veterans and putting on this wonderful golf outing for us.  I cannot thank you enough for the opportunity to play your fantastic course and I am looking forward to the outing next year.  I already have my calendar marked for the first sign-up day next year.

With much thanks and appreciation for all your efforts,

The event was also covered by WBAY: