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Champions Tour Time: March 28-April 3
Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic 228.896.6365 • www.2016mgrc.com
Mark your
calendars for
March 28-April
3 and make your
way out to Fallen Oak
Golf Club to witness outstanding golf at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic presented by C Spire. Some 81 Champions Tour players will compete for a $1.6 million purse ($240,000 winner’s share) and spectators will
have opportunities to see some favorite golfing legends, such as Fred Couples, up close and personal.
The economic impact for the
area has been more than $70 million since
2010. The benefitting charity is Habitat for
Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The format is a three-day, 54- hole stroke play competition. Previous winners include David Frost, 2015; Jeff Maggert, 2014; Michael Allen, 2013; Fred Couples, 2012; Tom Lehman, 2011; and David Eger, 2010.
Three days of live television coverage on The Golf Channel brings positive national attention to South Mississippi.
story by
Lynn Lofton
WALK
TO HELP
EXTRA
TABLE
story by Lynn Lofton An inaugural One Rotary + One
Coast walk will be held on March 18 to raise awareness of hunger in the area. Participants will walk from each of the Highway 90 bridges to meet in Jones Park in Gulfport. Each walker pays $100 to participate and sponsors pay $500, all of which goes to Extra Table to provide healthy food to local food pantries. Check-in is at 5:30 a.m. each bridge and the 13-mile walk begins at 6 a.m.
Extra Table was founded by Hattiesburg restaurant owner and chef Robert St. John after he received a call from a mission pantry that
had completely exhausted their food inventory and desperately needed help to supply their clients. “To be completely honest, I was skeptical there was a need, and wondered if we had a hunger problem,” he recalls.
St. John found that despite government assistance programs, many senior citizens and working
poor have food insecurity. He began working with bulk supplier Sysco to provide healthy food to food pantries.
“Rotary Clubs on the Coast are joining hands to raise dollars to help our food pantries feed our hungry neighbors, “ Gulfport Rotary President Sandi Dulaney said.
Thania Averett, 228.314.1479 Ron Roland, 228.234.5960 www.extratable.org
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