On November 2, America’s Credit Union (ACU) held its 18th Annual Turkey Shoot Golf Tournament at Eagles Pride Golf Course. Over 100 golfers, including soldiers, local business owners, and ACU members met on a beautiful Fall day to raise money for a good cause. $36,000 was donated to Santa’s Castle, The Food Basket Program, and the Madigan Foundation, all located on JBLM.
The tournament was originally founded to help Santa’s Castle get it’s start and has continued to help the organization grow every year. In 2017, a total of $211,721 was raised by Santa’s Castle, and with ACU’s help they plan to beat this in 2018! As time went on, the Turkey Shoot grew to help raise donations for The Food Basket Program, and the Madigan Foundation, to ensure that our soldiers had food to eat, and low financial stress, around the holidays.
ACU’s President/CEO, Kenneth S. Leonard, is proud to help our soldiers of JBLM every year and has a commitment to giving back to our armed forces. The morale and welfare of our military, and local community, are Ken’s number one priority. Mr. Leonard opened up the golf tournament with a heartfelt speech, stating “It’s a special day, these soldiers do so much for us… I am honored, in our 18th year, to have raised almost half a million dollars for these great organizations!”
ACU wishes to thank the following sponsors for their support of this event:
- Lamar Advertising
- SWBC
- Titus Will Chevrolet
- Capitol City Press
- Cook Securities
- Arrow Cleaning
- Hauser, Jones and Sas
- Access Softek
- Cascade Print Media
- Experian
- Farrelli’s
- Budd Bay
- Rate Reset
- Tactical Tailor
- Air-Streams
- CUNA
- On Approach
- Costco – Lacey
- Demitri’s
- AUSA DuPont – Steilacoom Subchapter
- South Sound Business Magazine
- Northwest Military
- Enterprise Car Sales
