Missouri Works Initiative to host inaugural Topgolf ‘Top Contender’ Tournament fundraiser March 2

Sign-up deadline Feb. 20

By SHERI GASSAWAY
Missouri Correspondent

The Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit organization sponsored and supported by the Missouri AFL-CIO, is hosting its Inaugural Topgolf (Top Contender) Tournament fundraiser March 2.

The event, which includes lunch, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at Topgolf, 16851 N. Outer 40 Road, in Chesterfield. Topgolf is a popular driving range game in which players take aim at giant outfield targets with micro-chipped balls that score themselves.

“We chose Topgolf for this event because what better way to have fun in this gloomy, cold weather than inside golf, food and drink and good company?” said AFL-CIO President Jake Hummel.

LIFE-SUSTAINING EMPLOYMENT
Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the initiative, which has solidified itself as a known and trusted organization to eliminate barriers for individuals seeking life-sustaining employment, Hummel said. The event will celebrate its community impact and also seek financial support to keep the programs running that provide a pipeline of skilled and diversified talent to our locals, contractors and employers.

“The initiative’s construction pre-apprenticeship and dislocated worker programs are grant-funded,” Hummel said. “It’s important to us that we draw upon as many federal and state resources as possible to carry out our community work, but the reality is that grants come with important terms and sometimes uncertain appropriations that leave some of our work without a guaranteed funding stream.”

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS
Sponsorship levels include:

• Platinum – $10,000 (Event room sponsor) Includes two teams of six golfers, the opportunity to speak at the event, printed recognition at tables in golf bays, verbal recognition at the event, signage with vendor table in the event room, recognition on electronic monitors at each bay and recognition on the initiative’s website.
• Gold – $5,000 (Beverage sponsor) Includes one team of six golfers, signage at bar(s), printed recognition at tables in golf bays, verbal recognition at the event, recognition on electronic monitors at each bay and recognition on the website.
• Silver – $2,500 (Hole-in-one game sponsor) Includes one team of six golfers, signage at hole-in-one bay, verbal recognition at the event and recognition on the website.
• Team Sponsor – $1,000 One golf bay with four to six golfers and recognition on the website.
• Individual ticket – $200 Golfer will be assigned to a bay to form a group of six.

The deadline to register for the event is Feb. 20. To sign up, contact Megan Price at mprice@moaflcio.org or Amy Phillips at aphillips@moaflcio.org.