Calgary home builders enjoy charitable day on the links

Your faithful social scribe was certainly on the move Aug. 20 attending and covering not one, but two golf tournaments. After the CHAS tournament at Silver Springs, it was off to Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club for the Canadian Home Builders Foundation (CHBF) Presidents’ Charity Golf Tournament. The 17th annual was attended by a veritable who’s who in the industry including scores of past presidents.

The CHBF builds shelter for those in need. In 29 years, CHBF has raised more than $7 million in support of 14 shelter projects in our community, which in turn has provided safe living spaces for over 7,000 individuals – and growing.

From 1999-2002, the tournament was a joint initiative with the Calgary Real Estate Board Charitable Foundation and profits were shared between the two. In 2003 the CHBF ventured out on its own at Valley Ridge Golf and Conference Centre where the tournament participation was capped at 144 golfers. In 2005, the tournament moved to Heritage Pointe and hosted 216 golfers. In 2007, due to increased demand, the tournament was moved to Priddis Greens to accommodate 256 golfers. The tournament honours the 68 presidents that have served the association since 1946 and the nine presidents that have headed the foundation since 1986. Tournament proceeds go directly towards CHBF’s mandate of providing shelter to people with special needs, low-income families and seniors, the brain injured, troubled youth and the physically and mentally challenged.

Golfers enjoying themselves at the Calgary Herald-sponsored tournament included: CHBF president Glenn Davies; tournament chair Jim Kerr; Calgary Herald’s Carol Lewis; Statesman Group CEO Dr. Garth Mann; past foundation chair Ann Donald; Giusti Group of Companies’ Dwayne Bedwell, Robert Fischer, Cory Wright and Domenic Laratta; All Weather Windows’ Colin Wiebe, Sheila Caro and Mike Delaney; emcee, Terry “The Mantracker” Grant; Shane Homes’ Shane Wenzel and Dave Rickett; CHBA CEO Donna Moore; and CHBA past presidents Doug Whitney, Carol Oxtoby, Jay Westman and Deep Shergill, to name but a few.

The Calgary Home Builders Foundation Presidents’ Charity Golf Tournament held Aug. 20 at Priddis Greens was a great success thanks to all involved. From left, at the post-tournament dinner are All Weather Windows’ Colin Wiebe, Sheila Caro and Mike...

Among those having a great day on the links were past presidents Doug Whitney, back left, and Deep Shergill, with past foundation chair Ann Donald, front left, and Carolina Oxtoby.

Among those in attendance were Calgary Herald’s Carol Lewis, left, with Statesman Group CEO Dr. Garth Mann. The Calgary Herald was the platinum sponsor of the annual tournament.

Pictured, from left, at the tournament are Shane Homes’ Dave Rickett, emcee Terry Grant aka “The Mantracker” and Shane Homes’ Shane Wenzel.

Pictured are tournament chair Jim Kerr, left, and foundation president Glenn Davies. Tournament proceeds will go to community shelter projects.

Pictured, from left, at the post-tournament dinner are Giusti Group of Companies’ Dwayne Bedwell, Robert Fischer, Domenic Laratta and Cory Wright. Giusti was a registration gift sponsor.

PHOTOS: BILL BROOKS/ CALGARY HERALD With good reasons to smile are Canadian Home Builders Association CEO Donna Moore, left, presenting Jayman’s Jay Westman with the Bill Beattie Memorial Award for his outstanding service and leadership to the industry.