YELLS has been actively involved in uplifting the Franklin Gateway community for years, but it’s easy to forget that we are a small grassroots organization that relies on community support to continue the good fight. It is a blessing that our mission to empower the youth of Franklin Gateway resonates so strongly with other groups and organizations, and that they see YELLS as a vessel for them to get involved and make meaningful contributions to this community. In this spirit, we are thrilled to announce that YELLS was chosen to be the beneficiary of this year’s Marietta Country Club ThanksGIVING Charity Golf Classic!
Every November, Marietta Country Club hosts a charity golf tournament with the goal of galvanizing their membership around a good cause. Last year MCC raised over $155,000 for the Center for Children and Young Adults, so it is a huge honor for YELLS to be chosen as the beneficiary for this year’s event! More so, it’s also a great opportunity to build a new partnership with a club that has shown a deep dedication to supporting local community organizations through their unique charitable events.
“We do try to focus on charities within the local community, specifically Cobb County,” said Stacy Haubenschild, COO of Henssler Financial and chair of the MCC ThanksGIVING Classic. “We do focus on charities that serve children and young adults that face challenges, whether it’s low income, healthcare, education, safety. So those are kind of our two high level governing pieces that we start with when we start reaching out to charities that we feel we can make a definite impact on by the funds that we raise.”
Stacy is president-elect of the Board of Directors at Marietta Country Club, and she says that she’s seen the golf tournament fundraiser grow leaps and bounds since she first joined MCC as a member around 10 years ago. Over that time they’ve watched as the proceeds from this event grew from around $20,000 in its early days to over $155,000 last year! For Stacy, this event is about bringing the broader Marietta community together through a day of exciting golf tournaments, putting contests, silent auctions and raffles, further strengthening community support for MCC’s fundraising efforts.
“We reach out to a lot of local areas, whether to see if they want to participate in the tournament for golf, or sometimes even just looking for auction items”, Stacy said. “We have a number of local companies, from artists to restaurants that will donate, whether it’s dinners or pieces of artwork. Other golf course facilities around the area will donate rounds of golf for the people to bid on during the tournament and that sort of thing. So it really does bring the entire community together from all these different reaches, not just from the membership of Marietta Country Club.”
We had the opportunity to present to MCC’s selection committee, and we shared a video that helped them fall in love with YELLS and choose us, just like all of our YELLS youth, parents, and alumni!
One thing that will be different this year is that MCC will be hosting a wine tasting for its membership on October 20th in anticipation of the ThanksGIVING Golf Classic. Just like the Golf Classic, proceeds from ticket sales for the wine tasting will also go to YELLS as part of their larger fundraiser!
This year’s MCC ThanksGIVING Charity Golf Classic will be on November 7th, 2022, with all proceeds directly benefiting YELLS and our programs. If this tournament fundraiser interests you, consider participating by engaging your company (or a group of friends!) as sponsors to enjoy a day of fun and networking with The movers and shakers of Cobb while supporting YELLS!
We would like to thank Marietta Country Club for choosing to support our organization in such a monumental way, and we are so excited to continue to build this great new partnership! We would also like to thank Cobb Community Foundation for their continued support and advocacy for YELLS! The Cobb County community is in good hands.
“I think that’s one of my favorite pieces and what I enjoy being a part of is actually this event,” Stacy said. “We call it a golf tournament, but that’s just what we do to try to raise the funds. But it really is to give back to the community.”
