This is a non-fishing related topic and from time to time I will mention things of importance where people can step up and be a part of their community.
There will be a golf outing held at the Lilac Golf Course, formerly the Wyndridge Course, in Memorial of Chris Morin. Chris was a young man who passed away this past December in a tragic car accident. His mother graciously signed the consent forms to have her son’s organs donated to help others in need of transplants. With this self-sacrifice, his gift could help out as many as 52 folks in vital need of transplants who have been waiting as long as decades for much needed relief.
Joe Abate, who received Chris’s kidney’s will also be attending the event to meet folks and the rest of Chris’s family. He waited ten years on the organ transplant list, the whole time receiving dialysis treatments. He has gained his life back after getting these treatments anywhere from three to four times a week, he finally has the freedom to take his loved ones on family vacations for the first time in over a decade.
The golfing event is being held September 27th, which is a Saturday with a shotgun start at 8 am. Its is an 18 hole event, in a 4 person scramble format, with a cost of $65 per person attending. This will include use of a cart, and lunch after 9 holes and a dinner after the event is completed, with prizes to boot.
The 1st Annual Chris Morin Memorial Golf Outing is to benefit “The Gift of Life Foundation”. For more information, please contact Chris’s cousin: Phil Piepsney at 734.625.0156 and Chris’s friend, John Poupard at 734.777.5229. If golfing is not your thing, feel free to please donate what you can, and if you are part of an organization or have a business and would like to help sponsor this worthy event, please contact Phil and John.
In addition to helping out this worthy cause, people can step up to the plate to help others by registering themselves with the Michigan Organ Donor Registry at www.michigan.gov/sos or visit www.giftoflifemichigan.org