ROTARY ASSUMES LARGER ROLE IN SKI TOWN USA GOLF CLASSIC

For more than ten years Steamboat Rotarians have supported the Ski Town USA Golf Classic, one of the major fund raisers for the Hospital Foundation of the Yampa Valley.  A portion of the net proceeds have also been allocated to the local Rotary clubs for community grants and other worthwhile causes.

Starting next year, however, the Steamboat Springs and Ski-Town USA Rotary Clubs have agreed to take on more responsibility for the two-day golf and auction event.  Steamboat Springs Club President Mike Forney will chair the event, assisted by morning club Rotarian Jim Swiggert.  “Although Rotary will receive a larger share of the proceeds next year, the Hospital Foundation will still receive substantial revenues from the event,” Forney said.

Nearly 100 volunteers participate in the Golf Classic each year.  In addition to Rotarians, members of the Hospital Foundation board, other foundation volunteers and community members will pitch in to organize more than 200 golfers and some 400 who typically attend the live and silent auction and benefit reception. 

 The event will be organized and directed by a five-person Executive Committee, including, Forney, Swiggert, Yampa Valley Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Karl Gills, Foundation President Marilyn Johnson and Foundation Board chair Diane Tarnoff.

“The real financial success of the event is dependent on the participation of our many sponsors and the results of our live and silent auction,” Forney said.  Sponsors are already being contacted and the search is on for exciting and unusual live auction items, he said. 

Next year’s event will kick off on Thursday, June 18 with golfer registration, followed by two days of golf at Rollingstone Ranch Golf Club and the Catamount Ranch and Club and a gala benefit auction and reception on Friday night, June 19^th. 

Rotary board member Alice Klauzer (l) and past president Sandy Evans Hall greeting golfers at last year’s Ski-Town USA Golf Classic.