Golf Scramble Raises $25,000

​Foundation supporters enjoyed a day on Fargo’s Rose Creek Golf Course while helping to fundraise for Sanford Children’s Hospital and the new micropreemie care unit. 

                  Photo above shows Foundation board members (L to R) Kylee Lemieux; Jeff Olson, Holly Steier, Keith Mantz, and Jim Schaefbauer.
The Dakota Credit Union Foundation held their 7th Annual Golf Scramble on Wednesday, August 16, at the Rose Creek Golf Course in Fargo, ND. More than 80 individuals making up 20 teams representing 14 unique credit unions as well as many of our business solution partners made their way through the popular course. It was a beautiful day of comradery and networking, with a chance to win $10,000 if they scored a hole-in-one on hole #7. At the end of the day, even though no one was able to capture the hole-in-one prize, fun was had by all.

​Thanks to a $5,000 Miracle Match from Co-op Solutions, a surprise contribution of $1,000 from the Red River Chapter of Credit Unions, along with the many sponsors and players, the Foundation presented a check to Sanford Children’s Hospital for $25,000. The funds will be dedicated to the new Micropreemie Care Unit. As always, Dakotas’ credit unions are happy to support the kids and the special care provided to sick and injured children at our regional CMN Hospitals. 

L to R: Ashley Erickson, Executive Director Sanford Children’s Fargo; Dr. Jake Fish, Pediatric Hospitalist/Medical Director of Sanford Children’s Fargo; Jeff Olson, President/CEO Dakota Credit Union Association, Hillery Mork, Children’s Miracle Network Program Director, Sanford Children’s Fargo; Keith Mantz, Board Chairman Dakota Credit Union Foundation; Jim Schaefbauer, Treasurer, Dakota Credit Union Foundation.

Dakota Credit Union Foundation board members generously volunteered their time to assist with this event. Special thanks to Keith Mantz, Jim Schaefbauer, Holly Steier, and Kylee Lemieux for making time to manage the registration table this year.

“Having such a great turnout for our annual event is certainly encouraging as we continue to build on the momentum we have realized over the past several months,” stated Keith Mantz, Foundation Board Chair and Capital CU. “We sincerely thank the many credit union leaders who registered as individual or team sponsors, as well as the many business sponsors for their financial support for a very worthwhile cause,” he concluded. 

Here are the results of the team and individual winners:

First Place Team: Ryan Heyer; Matt Kuhne; K.C. Krumwied; Jeremy Magelky.
Second Place Team: Clayton Lilleby; Jake Klobuchar; Jason Rockswold; Chad Cota.
Highest Score Team: Steve Streier; Renee Kulesa; April Schaeffer, Chris Harper.
Men’s Longest Drive: Carter Onkka
Women’s Longest Drive: Jeanne Witt
Longest Putt: Steve Schmitz

We would like to specifically recognize our many sponsors who contributed very generously:
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Birdie Sponsor: Southeast 605 Chapter
Par Sponsor: StateNational
Dinner Sponsor: Red River Chapter
Hole in One Sponsor: OpenLending
Beverage Sponsor: HTG Architects
Boxed Lunch Sponsor: Hometown Credit Union
Hole Sponsors: ComputerOne; Securitas Technology; Red River Chapter of Credit Unions; Capital CU; United Savings CU; Western Cooperative CU; Millennium Corporate; Strategic Resource Management (SRM); WildCRG; First Class Mortgage; Alloya Corporate; North Star Community CU; and ​KASASA.