The 6th Annual Golf Event at Baltusrol debuted the eGolfScore system, which provided players with wireless scoring on hand-held devices, and a real-time leaderboard.  Check out a recap of scores, winners of our contests, and more pictures from the day at eGolfScore.

United Way also hosted a silent auction, which featured sports memorabilia ranging from Chad Pennington's replica Jersey to a signed photo of the 1980 USA Hockey Team.

United Way of Morris County thanks this year's corporate sponsors: Atlantic Health System; Bearing Point; Commerce Bank; Dell; Discovery Networks; First Morris Bank and Trust; Intel; JCP&L; lock/line, LLC; Pfizer Inc; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC; Sharp Electronics; Schindler Elevator Corporation; Structure Tone; The Ace Group; Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc.; Turner Construction; and Wyeth.  Their generosity helped United Way raise funds for the "Help for People in Crisis" Impact Area, which focuses on helping Morris County residents meet their basic needs in times of emergency or catastrophe.

Carol DeGraw, MSW, LCSW, community impact manager of the "Help for People in Crisis" Impact Area, addressed participants during the evening reception, and thanked them for their support.  Her remarks follow:

"Golf is a lot like life.  You need skill, a strategy, and a bit of luck as you negotiate the challenges – I believe golfers call them the bunkers and hazards.  We all come to the game with different levels of skill and different strategies.  Sometimes it works.  And sometimes – even with a great deal of skill and the best strategy – it doesn't.  The wind changes, a storm begins, an event happens that changes the outcome you were hoping for.

The Help for People in Crisis Action Team directs its efforts toward helping people who are at that critical point.  It doesn't matter how they got there.  Perhaps they didn't plan so well, or they never had the opportunity to learn a skill they needed, or perhaps their luck didn't hold.  Maybe it was one catastrophic event or a series of life events.  What matters is that help is there when it is needed:  A safe haven for victims of domestic violence.  A shelter for individuals and families who are homeless.  Food for those who are hungry.  Support for those who are in emotional pain or traumatized.

I have been told that the Chinese translation of the word crisis is opportunity.  Today, you have provided people in crisis with an opportunity to receive the services they need to move beyond the crisis in their lives toward a safe, healthy and fulfilling life.  For that, each and every one of you have scored a hole in one today.   Thank you for your generosity."

Interested in joining us next year, or helping us plan our 7th Annual Golf Invitational?
Email Andrea Conway.