Still Time to Golf & Support Etown Public Library

Posted on | June 11, 2009 | No Comments

ELIZABETHTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESS RELEASE

June 10, 2009

For Immediate Release

Contact: Bethleen Bradford, 717-367-7467, ext. 28

Elizabethtown Public Library Looking for Golfers

Elizabethtown Public Library invites all golfers to participate in the seventh annual Tee It Up Fore Your Library!/Doug Pfautz Memorial Golf Tournament on June 20, 2009. The tournament is in a scramble format at Groff’s Farm Golf Course in Mount Joy, PA with a 7:30AM shotgun start. Both male and female golfers at all levels can participate and support Elizabethtown Public Library. All proceeds from the tournament will go directly to the Library at this critical time.

Anyone interested in golfing in the tournament may contact Elizabethtown Public Library at 717.367.7467 or information@etownpubliclibrary.org. People may also visit the Library’s website at www.etownpubliclibrary.org and click on the link for golf on the home page to find the registration brochure which may be returned to the Library in person or by fax at 717.367.5019 or email. Pre-registration is requested.

Funding for public Libraries in Pennsylvania is an ongoing challenge. Less than one third of the needed funds for basic operations at Elizabethtown Public Library come from the state and local governments. The remaining funds come from Library generated programs and events, such as the Tee It Up Fore Your Library!/Doug Pfautz Memorial Golf Tournament. With the state considering major cutbacks to public Library funding, it is even more imperative that people show their support for public Libraries like Elizabethtown in order to keep their Libraries open.

 Several years ago, the Tee It Up Fore Your Library! tournament began as the major fundraiser for Elizabethtown Public Library. Since that time, it has also become the Doug Pfautz Memorial tournament to honor a champion of the Greater Elizabethtown Area.

From high school and college students to senior citizens and from all over Lancaster and Dauphin Counties and even way beyond, people come together to enjoy a great morning of golf, a refreshing lunch, and many prizes at the Tee It Up Fore Your Library!/Doug Pfautz Memorial Golf Tournament. Occasionally, a business person will even pay the way for students to participate which makes the event even more extraordinary. Deborah Drury Beisell, Executive Director of Elizabethtown Public Library says, “We’re hoping that the community rallies around the Library tournament again this year to support their Library and all of its services to the Greater Elizabethtown Area.”

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