Nancy Owens Memorial Foundation tournament raises more than $15,000
On Monday, April 22, a total of 31 teams participated in the Nancy Owens Memorial Foundation Golf Tournament held at the Sugar Creek Country Club Golf Course that benefited the foundation. The event raised more than $15,000 toward finding a cure for breast cancer.
The day commenced with a putting contest sponsored by Susan Butler, the 11 a.m. shotgun start began the 18 holes of golf which included contests along the way and team photos by TK Images Real Estate Photography. Players had a chance to win a Chevy Camaro or Equinox with a Hole in One from Classic Chevrolet Sugar Land, along with tickets to the Masters from Larry, the One Arm Bandit, sponsored by Initech Appraisals. An awards ceremony dinner and prizes concluded the day.
The Nancy Owens Memorial Foundation thanked its Diamond Sponsor, Prudential Anderson Properties; Platinum Sponsor, The Jennifer Hernandez Team of Patriot Bank; and Birdie Sponsors, Mitcham Industries, O’Donnell/Snider Construction, PJS Services, Reliant, an NRG Co., and Woodard Financial Management of Raymond James for their support.
Team members from one of the John Daugherty, Realtors teams, were awarded gift certificates to Golf Galaxy for their first-place finish. The second- and third-place finishers were also awarded gift certificates to Golf Galaxy. Each player received a golf shirt sponsored by A-G Geo- physical Products Inc. Lunch was sponsored by FairfieldNodal, and participants received a bag that included goodies from various sponsors, including Golf Galaxy.
Additional sponsors were: A-G Geophysical Products Inc., Appraisal MC, Bank of Houston, Bernstein Realty Inc., Chicago Title Inner Loop office, EES Consulting, Fairfield Nodal Teams I-V, Gallagher Benefit Services Inc., Houston Mortgage Bankers Association, The Jennifer Hernandez Team, John Daugherty, Realtors Teams I-II, Keller Williams Metropolitan, Leash Yu, Leg- acy Mutual, Mark Bunting, Account Manager Cadence Bank Wholesale Second Mortgage, Old Republic Title, Patriot Bank, Patriot Bank Mortgage, Prudential Anderson Properties, Sherry and Gregg Barker, Spectrum Geo Inc., Stewart Title Fort Bend, Sunstates Security LLC, Texas Floor Covering, Texas Insurance Agency, The Financial Advisory Group, The House Store, Inc. — Becky Arnold, Title Houston Holdings, Vicki Fullerton, Wilcox Inspections, Windstream and ShoreTel.
The Nancy Owens Memo- rial Foundation was founded in 2002 to honor Nancy Owens, a beloved Realtor, who lost her battle with breast cancer in 2001. To date, the foundation has raised and donated more than $1,000,000 to fund research, education and early detection related to breast cancer.
The Nancy Owens Memorial Foundation is organized primarily to fund qualified public charities that support education, care and research for breast cancer and has received its 501(c)(3) determination from the IRS.
Plans are under way for the 2014 Swing for the Cure golf tournament, which will be held in the spring. The foundation’s 12th annual luncheon will be held Oct. 7.
For more information about the foundation or upcoming events, visit www.nancyowens.org