Make Your Mark Day created
The Shaw Charity Classic is challenging you to make your mark on kids’ lives.
The title sponsor of the PGA Tour Champions event in late August, Shaw Communications Inc., is teaming up with 20 Calgary area golf courses to make a difference in the lives of kids across Southern Alberta by launching the first-ever Shaw Charity Classic Make Your Mark Day.
On Sunday, Aug. 6, golfers in Calgary can play at one of the participating courses and attempt to make a birdie at the designated Make Your Mark Par-3 hole.
For every birdie, Shaw will donate $100 to support children and youth charities across Alberta through the Shaw Charity Classic, up to $100,000.
Every Make Your Mark Day participant will also be entered to win an exclusive, inside-the-ropes experience at the 2017 Shaw Charity Classic.
“As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Shaw Charity Classic, Make Your Mark Day gives local golfers an exciting opportunity to be part of the incredible legacy of giving the tournament has created over the past four years,” said Chethan Lakshman, vicepresident, external affairs, Shaw Communications.
“By playing golf with family and friends, visitors and residents of Calgary can help make a difference in the lives of thousands of kids and youth across Alberta.”
Since 2013, the Shaw Charity Classic has raised more than $ 13.8 million dollars to support more than 150 children and youth charities in Alberta — raising a record-breaking $5.2 million in ’16 alone.
“There are all kinds of ways for Calgarians to make their mark on our youth through the Shaw Charity Classic — be it sponsorship, playing in the pro-am, spectating at the event, or in this case, by simply making a birdie while playing a Sunday round of golf with your friends,” said Sean Van Kesteren, executive director of the Shaw Charity Classic.
“Regardless of the role you play, all of these efforts in support of our golf tournament give children battling a wide range of personal challenges the opportunity to dream and enjoy life’s precious moments.”