Golf Outing Raises $20,000 For Manchester Education Foundation

Nearly $20,000 was raised last month at the Manchester Township Educational Foundation/EyesFirst Vision Center’s sixth annual golf outing at Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Lakewood. Golfers enjoyed six holes of golf, despite some afternoon thunderstorms, and Eagle Ridge invited golfers back to play a round of golf on a sunnier day.

The money raised goes to help the education foundation continue its efforts to support the Manchester Township schools. in the past, money raised by the foundation has paid for computers, interactive whiteboards, projectors and MOBI computer tablets; iPads, Kindle electronic readers, musical instruments, art supplies, math, language arts and science materials, and more. The foundation also helped pay for the installation of WiFi in schools.

Since MTEF was created and incorporated as a nonprofit charitable organization, it has worked with scholarship partners to award $81,500 to Manchester Township High School graduates, said Marge Camposano, a member of the MTEF board.

The foundation received support for the golf event from Event Sponsor EyesFirst Vision Center, Drs. Chris and Donna Malloy; Cocktail Hour Sponsor Oliverie Funeral Home; Dinner Sponsor Lakhani Eye Associates; and Lunch Sponsor InVision Eye Care. Corporate sponsors were the Law Office of Kenneth T. Palmer, Ocean County Landfill Corp.; Wiss & Co. Accountants; Seaside Park Service Center; KST Contracting; Anderson & Campbell Funeral Home, and golf shirt sponsor, EyesFirst Vision Center. The Law Office of Kenneth T. Palmer and the Lakewood BlueClaws sponsored hole-in-one prizes, and the MTEF offered its thanks to all others who donated prizes and sponsored various aspects of the event, Camposano said.

“Thank you also to the school district administration, the staff of Manchester Township High School, Middle School, Elementary School, Ridgeway School, Whiting School and Regional Day School for their generous support,” she said.

For more information, visit MTEF4Kids.org.

Photo: Dr. Christopher Malloy of EyesFirst Vision Center (event sponsor) and his foursome at the MTEF golf outing at Eagle Ridge in Lakewood.