MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
The date for the 2012 tournament has been set for:
Friday, September 7th at the Colonnade Golf & Country Club.
Thanks to all participants, sponsors, and volunteers for making The Molly charitable golf tournament last year a wonderful event. You helped us raise more than $23,000! All proceeds were directed to Kingston Interval House, R.I.C.E., the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign and the Pediatric Unit at Kingston General Hospital.
Hosted by The Rotary Club of Kingston, The Molly is a fun tournament for women, organized by women to benefit women and children in the greater Kingston area. While entertaining and truly non-competitive, it provides a terrific venue for women to support such worthwhile causes. They continue to believe in the benefits of this tournament and return every year, bringing more members of their family as well as friends and colleagues to join in.
The sister tournament to the annual Syl Apps Classic, The Molly commemorates the tireless volunteer work of Syl's wife Molly and all women who dedicate endless hours to organizations helping women and children.
The Molly's 2012 Beneficiaries
Kingston Interval House
Kingston Interval House (KIH) has provided safe shelter and services for abused women and their children since 1975. Services include a 24-hour crisis line, supportive counselling, safety planning, referrals and advocacy. Outreach services include counselling for women and children in both English and French, an Aboriginal program, court support, and access to funds for safety needs and legal assistance. All services are free and confidential. KIH has opened a 19-unit apartment building - Robin's Hope - to provide short term, transitional and supportive housing for women and children leaving the shelter. This second stage housing will alleviate housing issues for longer term residents and improve access to the shelter for more women and children.
R.I.C.E.
The Rotary Club of Kingston established Rotary Initiated Child Enrichment in 2001 to complement the province's Early Years Initiative and focus on children's literacy programs. Most recently, R.I.C.E. has partnered with the Kingston Frontenac Public Library on the 'Kingston Frontenacs Read' role model initiative and also works with such agencies as Better Beginnings, the Boys & Girls Club and Partners in Mission Food Bank on book distribution programs. R.I.C.E. also created A Library Card in Every Hand program that ensures every grade 1 student in the region received a public library card and library visit. R.I.C.E. also responds to requests for emergency funding for families in serious need.
YMCA Strong Kids Campaign
YMCA Strong Kids ensures all children are given a safe place to be a kid. Funds raised go directly to children and youth in our community and support financially assisted memberships and recreation programs at your local YMCA. This includes, but is not limited to, helping a child attend day camp for the first time, helping teens find employment, enabling a child to participate in a recreation or fitness activity and assisting families pay for YMCA Child Care. YMCA Strong Kids also supports the work of the YKnot Abilities Program, helping Vicki Keith build her competitive swim program for physically disabled children.
KGH Pediatric Unit
2012 marks the fourth year The Molly will dedicate partial proceeds from the tournament to the Kingston General Hospital Pediatric Unit as part of the Rotary Club of Kingston's five year commitment to the project. The inpatient unit has been relocated, expanded and redesigned to better serve children in Southeastern Ontario. Thanks to the province's 9 to 1 Redevelopment Matching Opportunity through the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation, local clubs have coordinated their fundraising activities with a goal of designating a new "Rotary" patient room or suite.
Please contact us for more information about the beneficiaries, player registration, or volunteer and sponsorship opportunities.
