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Chamber tourney raises more than $22,000

The annual Airdrie Chamber of Commerce Woodside Golf Course tournament was a big success, raking in more than $22,000 for the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation, Aug 20.
The 2010 Airdrie Chamber of Commerce golf tournament winners Alan Tennant, Matt Carre, Dallas Morrison, Jan Morrison and Bruce Morrison pose with the trophy after the event
The 2010 Airdrie Chamber of Commerce golf tournament winners Alan Tennant, Matt Carre, Dallas Morrison, Jan Morrison and Bruce Morrison pose with the trophy after the event at Woodside Golf Course, Aug. 20.

The annual Airdrie Chamber of Commerce Woodside Golf Course tournament was a big success, raking in more than $22,000 for the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation, Aug 20.

More than 80 local businesses took part in the tournament, which started at 1:30 p.m. under rainy skies.

This is the second year the Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Woodside Golf Course in an effort to boost the amount of money raised.

“Woodside has committed to donate a large portion of the revenues for the day to the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation. Last year, we partnered with the Chamber to start this off,” said Chris McNicol, executive director of Woodside Golf Course. “Anybody who came out to hit balls, or eat lunch, or even have a drink helped out. One hundred per cent of golf revenues go toward the cause and 60 per cent of the food and beverage revenues.”

McNicol said that they chose this year’s charity because everyone knows someone who has used the services of the Children’s Hospital.

“The whole goal for us in this is not to hold a Woodside (Golf Course) event, but an Airdrie community event,” McNicol said. “We want the funds to go to a worthy cause and we know there are so many great charities out there and the Children’s Hospital is one.”

The event invited a local family who was affected by cancer years ago and became very familiar with the Children’s Hospital.

Dallas Morrison was diagnosed with Leukemia when he was six years old, and his mother Jan and father Bruce were devastated.

While he was in treatment, the community stepped behind the family helping out in any way possible.

“If it wasn’t for the community, our friends and family and everyone that was in Airdrie, we probably wouldn’t have made it through the way we did,” said Jan. “Every night we came home from the hospital, there was a meal at our doorstep. Dallas had gifts given to him where we didn’t even know the names on the card.”

Dallas pulled through years of treatment, and is now 15 years old. Jan and Dallas started the Kids Curing Kids charity, which has raised nearly $50,000 for the Children’s Hospital.

“We have fundraisers throughout the year raising money for kids’ cancer research. That money is going to help other kids,” said Dallas. “It’s good to know that other people in Airdrie care about this kind of thing.”

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