Folds Of Honor Tennessee Raises Over $324,000 At 2nd Annual Celebrity Golf Tourney
Folds of Honor 2nd Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament winning team, Team IB3 Global Solutions. Photo: Courtesy of Wortman Works
Folds of Honor Tennessee raised over $324,000 this week at the 2nd Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament at the Governors Club. Celebrity players included Lee Brice, Michael Ray, Kid Rock, Tyler Braden, Jordan Rowe, Jelly Roll, and Cortland Finnegan, among many others.
The tournament brought together friends from sports, entertainment, and corporate America with foursomes teeing off in support of Folds of Honor’s mission to provide opportunity to the families of our nation’s injured and fallen veterans in the form of scholarships.
Speaker Rachel Faulkner Brown, Photo: Courtesy of Wortman Works
The day’s winner was Team IB3 Global Solutions headed by executive board member, Sean Gleason of Knoxville. The event also featured a post-golf dinner, a concert by Edwin McCain, and a live/silent auction. The guest speaker was Rachel Faulkner-Brown, founder of Be Still Ministries.
“What a blessing! The energy in the air was electric on Monday. Thank you to all the sponsors, board members, celebrities, players, and volunteers who helped the Tennessee Chapter of Folds of Honor raise nearly 65 scholarships for our military families. Our ‘squadron’ is unmatched!” states Jenner Kreifels, the Regional Development Officer for Folds of Honor Tennessee.
Folds of Honor will distribute nearly 9,000 academic scholarships worth approximately $40 million for 2022-23. Since its inception in 2007, the organization has awarded nearly 44,000 scholarships valued at nearly $200 million.
Folds of Honor Tennessee hosts several fundraising events throughout the year to raise funds for the scholarships, including Drams ‘N Jams, Rock ‘N Jock Celebrity Softball tournament, and Heroes and Holidays in partnership with John Rich, among others.
