First Annual Burn Foundation Golf Tournament

In a region of America renowned for outstanding and fabled golfing events, this one deserves to be ranked near the top – the Southeastern Firefighters’ Burn Foundation 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament held at Savannah’s Southbridge Golf Club.

The participants: 74 local golfers made up 19 teams, including 2 teams from Imperial Sugar Company. Also hitting the links: scores of volunteers from the community and the generous sponsorship support of more than 20 Savannah-area companies, restaurants and golf courses.

The goal: To raise money for the Augusta-based Southeastern Firefighters’ Burn Foundation, an organization devoted to lending support and a helping hand to the families of burn victims treated at the Joseph M. Still, Jr. Burn Center in Augusta, Ga.

Members for Imperial Sugar’s teams were chosen at random a few weeks ago via rigorous scientific method: Associates at the company’s sugar refinery at nearby Port Wentworth who wished to play dropped their names into a jar and selection was made through a drawing.

The Southeastern Firefighters’ Burn Foundation, run entirely by volunteers and contributions, provided invaluable support to families of those who were burned as a result of a tragic explosion and fire at Imperial Sugar’s refinery in February 2008 and taken to the Burn Center in Augusta for intensive treatment.

Photos from the Southeastern Firefighters’ Burn Foundation 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament are available for just $5 each. Contact Dawn Gantt at the Burn Foundation – email: dawn.gantt@yahoo.com.

To learn more about the Burn Foundation, click here.