Press Releases
2010 Flight Winners- AM Above/PM Below
Date: July 2011
29th Annual BBCO planned for August 17
By LINDA D. SMITH, Public Relations Director
The 29th annual Bill Butler Champaign Open (BBCO) will be held at the Urbana Country Club on Wednesday August 17. Pioneered by the late Bill Butler, the event is the principal promotional activity held by Champaign Residential Services, Inc. (CRSI). The organization is a provider of choice by over seven hundred individuals and their families in thirty Ohio counties.
“More than $500,000 has been raised over the past twenty-nine years to benefit people with developmental disabilities (DD),” says Linda Smith, public relations director. “This represents tremendous community support for people in the communities we serve who live with the challenges of DD.
“Primarily, there are a wide-range of consumer necessities that are not covered by mainstream funding or personal resources”, says Smith. “Every year, we like to remind the community that Bill’s vision was to create a fund that provides for individuals served by CRSI, in order that they might enjoy the same things we all enjoy while being an integral part of the community. Sometimes individuals’ funds get tight and consumers may apply for help to pay utility bills or unexpected expenses. They may wish to purchase something like a T.V. or have an emergency travel need. CRSI is able to help out, thanks to the overwhelming community support of the BBCO each year”, says Smith.
The tournament features two flights, morning and afternoon. There is A.M. and P.M. competition, and prizes awarded for proximity shots. Trenor Motors is sponsoring vehicles on all four par three holes again this year and all players will have the atypical four chances to win a $30,000 GM vehicle.
The 2010 morning flight winner was the team for the Urbana Conference Center and the afternoon flight winners were playing on behalf of Rush Concerts.
To obtain additional information, contact the CRSI Public Relations Department at (937)653-1324 or go to www.crsi-oh.com/bbco.htm for a registration form.