Tall Paul Golf Outing: Welcome

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Tenth Annual Tall Paul Golf Outing
Moss Ridge Golf Course
Ravenna, Michigan
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Scramble Format - Men & Women
8:15 A.M. Shotgun Start
Cost - $55/person - $220/team
See below for early bird specials


Registration Info

Early Bird Specials

  • Sign up and pay before May 18 --  $45/Person - $180/Team
  • Sign up and pay before June 6 --  $50/Person - $200/Team

    • Mail the names of the players on your team along with your payment to:
     
    Mark Stephens
    14057 Windemere Drive
    Grand Rapids, MI 49534
     
    Please make checks payable to Mark Stephens.

    If you can't get a foursome together, submit your entry anyway.  We will fill out your foursome. Remember this is a coed event.
     
    This year's lunch will be catered. 

    Click on 2009 Team Rosters to see who has already signed up.  Updated June 18, 2009

    Important

    If you and/or your company can donate a prize for the outing, it will be welcomed.  Prizes can be anything from a sleeve of golf balls to a week for two in Hawaii.  We're not picky.  We also need volunteers to solicit businesses for prizes and donations to the scholarship fund.  If you are available, contact anyone listed below.  We have a list of candidate businesses to contact.

    Scott Sander (231) 343-7051 rdwngs1fan@comcast.net
    Mark Stephens (231) 780-5583 stephenm@gdls.com
    Pat LaBelle (616) 249-9031 paddylab@hotmail.com 
    Bill Schimanski (231) 798-4212 Cobmoosa@aol.com

    Financial Results for 2008 Tall Paul Golf Outing

    The Ninth Annual Tall Paul Memorial Golf Outing was held June 21, 2008. Income from the outing including sponsor cash donations totaled $2,488. The proceeds have been turned over to The Community Foundation for Muskegon County to augment the Paul Schimanski Memorial Scholarship Fund. As of December 31, 2008, the Fund was worth $37,764.

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    Scholarship Recipients

    The scholarship is awarded annually to a Muskegon County high school graduate who majors in Engineering at Michigan Tech University. It is renewable each year for four academic years so long as the student maintains a 3.0 average.  Amie Juusola, a 2003 graduate of Oakridge High School, received the scholarship for four years and graduated from Michigan Tech in June, 2007, with a degree in Chemical Engineering.

     

    We are pleased to announce that Lena Wilson is the recipient for the 2007 through 2010 academic years.  Lena is a graduate of Holton High School.

    TP Golf Outing Supports Paul Schimanski Scholarship Fund


    The Tall Paul Memorial Golf Outing solicits and accepts donations to support the Paul Schimanski Memorial Scholarship Fund. The entire net proceeds are contributed to the COMMUNITY FOUNDATION for MUSKEGON COUNTY, a Michigan nonprofit corporation that administers the Scholarship Fund.   A copy of the agreement establishing the Scholarship Fund is attached. The organization has no relationship to the above FOUNDATION other than as a donor.

    The Outing raises money through donations of cash and items of golf equipment (e.g., balls, bags, gloves, shirts, etc.). Donated items are given to participants as prizes or raffled.

    Donations to the outing are not tax deductible as charitable contributions but may be considered as an advertising expense. However, contributions of cash or stock made directly to the Paul Schimanski Scholarship Fund at the COMMUNITY FOUNDATION for MUSKEGON COUNTY are tax deductible. If the contribution is appreciated stock, the donor also avoids the capital gains tax. In addition, those of you lucky enough to live in Michigan may be eligible for tax credit of 50% of your donation.

    The scholarship is to be awarded to a Muskegon County high school graduate who majors in Engineering at Michigan Tech University. The fund was established in 2000 by the Schimanski family. To find out how to make a direct donation click here.

    Paul Schimanski's Biography

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    Bill and Marilyn Schimanski established The Paul Schimanski Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of their son, Paul, who died in an automobile accident in 1999. Paul was born in Muskegon in 1963 and attended Mona Shores Schools. He graduated from Mona Shores High School in 1981. In 1985 he graduated with High Honors from Michigan Technological University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Paul also received a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1986. He was an avid golfer and hockey player. Paul was a Project Engineer with General Dynamics at the time of his death.

    Paul valued the high quality of the education he received at Michigan Tech. This scholarship will afford others the opportunity to receive these same benefits.

    Tall Paul Golf Outing History

    After Paul passed away, his friends decided to hold a golf outing in his memory. The Tall Paul Memorial Golf Outing was organized by Gregg McGahan, Alan Kranzo and Steve Herniman. The purpose of the outing was to raise money for the Paul Schimanski Memorial Scholarship Fund established in 2000 by the Schimanski family. The first outing was held in September, 2000, at the Grand View Golf Course in New Era, Michigan.

    Sixty-eight of Paul’s friends participated as golfers along with six volunteers who served the food and ran the prize raffles. Donations were received from twelve businesses and nine individual sponsors. The outing earned $1400 that was donated to the COMMUNITY FOUNDATION for MUSKEGON COUNTY that administers the Scholarship Fund.   The outing’s success prompted Paul’s friends to make it an annual affair.

    Tall Paul Golf Web Site Archives

    If you have any suggestions or comments, favorable or otherwise, regarding the Tall Paul Golf Outing or web site, please E-mail them to Bill Schimanski. Include the words "Tall Paul" in the subject box so the E-mail will get by our spam filters.