WMNLA Scholarship Golf Outing

2010 WMNLA Golf outing info (Here)

2010 Golf outing hole sponsorship (Here)

The West Michigan Nursery & Landscape Association is a non-profit organization of green industry businesses located from Saugatuck to Whitehall. Over the years we have focused on providing our membership with educational opportunities through monthly seminars on topics ranging from workplace safety, horticulture, and landscape design to business-building, effective marketing, and ownership transition methods.

In 1998, WMNLA developed a scholarship fund designed to provide support for any West Michigan individual seeking higher education or certification in a green-industry related field. This effort has become a focal point for our membership and our communities who have generously supported the effort each year. The Grand Haven Area Community Foundation administers the fund and they provide information to area schools and students about the opportunity, as well as providing the initial clearinghouse for applications through the website www.ghacf.org. The first year, WMNLA awarded one $1500 scholarship and since then have granted over to $10,000 in scholarships to West Michigan students who we hope will one day become professionals in our industry.

Our primary fundraiser for the scholarship fund is our annual golf outing, the Annual WMNLA Scholarship Golf Outing - organized by WMNLA with the generous support from Earth Service & Supply of Grandville, to be held this year on Friday, September 1 1 at the The Meadows Golf Course at Grand Valley State University in Allendale.

First and foremost, as a provider to many green industry firms and professionals, you are invited to participate and come out for an afternoon of fun, camaraderie, and networking. You can register singly, in pairs, or teams. We will match you up with other players if you do not have a full team.

Second, we would be thrilled if you chose to be a Hole Sponsor for the day for a $50 donation to the scholarship fund. In recognition of your donation, we will place a professionally produced sign with your business name at the tee and your firm will be highlighted in our monthly newsletter that goes out to all member firms. We appreciate any level of support you might be able to offer. Through the generosity of businesses like yours, we were able to contribute over $3,500 to the fund after last year’s outing!

We developed the scholarship fund to provide opportunities to members of our communities and to strengthen our industry by helping to prepare future professionals. I hope you are able to support our efforts and please join us for a fun afternoon. Being a great golfer is definitely not required.

Sincerely,

Kyle Lohman, President 2009/10
West MI Nursery & Landscape Assoc.
(231) 864-5988
kyle@doublelonline.com

Allison Jesky, Treasurer
West MI Nursery & Landscape Assoc.
(231) 864-5988 (616) 395-7399
jesky@hope.edu