Michigan Golf Journal June 2018

Meijer LPGA Classic ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ <ĞŶƚ͘ Ž͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ the hundreds of food bank benefactors in the Midwest ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ DĞŝũĞƌ Simply Give ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌŝƚLJ ďĞŶĞĨĂĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĨ tournament. ͞tĞ ŐĞƚ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ 'ƌĂŶĚ ZĂƉŝĚƐ͕͟ >ĂŶŐ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞tĞ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ĐƌŽǁĚƐ ĞǀĞƌLJǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ŐŽ ;Ăƚ ŽƚŚĞƌ >W' ƐƚŽƉƐͿ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŝĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ǁĞ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĂƚ͘ ůLJƚŚĞĮĞůĚ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂůůLJ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ DĞŝũĞƌ͕ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚĂƌŝƚLJ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞŵ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ >W' ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƌĞĂůůLJ ŶŝĐĞ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘ ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ŐƌĞĂƚ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ŐŽůĨĞƌ͕ ƚƌĂǀĞůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͕ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ͕͟ >ĂŶŐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ͘ ͞ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ DĞŝũĞƌ ^ŝŵƉůLJ 'ŝǀĞ͕ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐĞĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂǁĂLJ ƚŚĞ food going to families in need, ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ŶĞĞĚ͘ ŶĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŝƐ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů͘͟ Simply Give , which has three ƐĞĂƐŽŶĂů ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ ĞĂĐŚ LJĞĂƌ͕ ŚĂƐ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ψϯϳ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŝƚƐ ŝŶĐĞƉƟŽŶ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ϭϬ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĨŽƵƌ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ͛ ƉƌŽĐĞĞĚƐ have added $3.1 million to that total, but much of Simply Give’s ƌĂƉŝĚ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ŝƐ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĞdžƉŽƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ golf tournament has given to ĞdžƉĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƵƐĞ͘ ͞KƵƌ ƉĂŶƚƌLJ͕ ŽƵƌ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͕ ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞƐŚ ĨƌƵŝƚƐ ĂŶĚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞƐ͕ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŝƌLJ ;ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐͿ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ DĞŝũĞƌ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ůĂŝƌĞ 'ƵŝƐĨƌĞĚŝ ŽĨ EŽƌƚŚ <ĞŶƚ ŽŶŶĞĐƚ͘ ͞dŽ ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ďĞ able to give out carrots and tomatoes and zucchini, and LJŽŐƵƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƩĂŐĞ ĐŚĞĞƐĞ͕ ŵĞĂƚƐ͕ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƌŝĐŚ ƉƌŽƚĞŝŶ ƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶƵƚƌŝƟŽŶ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ŐĞƫŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚŝĞƌ ĨŽŽĚƐ͙ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƐŽ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ǁĞ ƐĞƌǀĞ͘͟ ZŝĐŬ <ĞLJĞƐ͕ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ K ŽĨ DĞŝũĞƌ ĂĚĚĞĚ͗ ͞ ǀĞƌLJ LJĞĂƌ ǁĞ ǁŽƌŬ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ĞǀĞŶ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ tĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ;ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ĐŚĂƌŝƚLJͿ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ feeding our neighbors through Simply Give ͘ dŚĞ DĞŝũĞƌ >W' ůĂƐƐŝĐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŐŽůĨ event, this is an event that ƌĞĂůůLJ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ for our neighbors in the ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ ŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ the Simply Give ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚĂƚ͘͟ DĞŝũĞƌ ƚŽŽŬ Ă ůĞĂƉ ŽĨ ĨĂŝƚŚ ĮǀĞ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ŐŽůĨ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ʹ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƉĂLJŝŶŐ Žī ŝŶ ŚƵŐĞ ĚŝǀŝĚĞŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĞdžƉŽƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ work here. 'Ğƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ Ăƚ͗ www. ŵĞŝũĞƌůƉŐĂĐůĂƐƐŝĐ .com >W' ŐŽůĨĞƌ ƌŝƩĂŶLJ >ĂŶŐ ƐƉĞĂŬƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ĨŽŽĚ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ WůĂLJĞƌƐ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ DĞŝũĞƌ >W' ůĂƐƐŝĐ ;ĂƐ ŽĨ DĂLJ ϭϱͿ ϮϬϭϳ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ƌŽŽŬĞ ,ĞŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ ϮϬϭϱ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ >Ğdžŝ dŚŽŵƉƐŽŶ ƌŝƩĂŶLJ >ĂŶŐ ŚƌŝƐƟ <Ğƌƌ >LJĚŝĂ <Ž Michelle Wie Morgan Pressel