Turning Stone Resort Championship

Oneida Nation Homelands - Charities from throughout the region are raising much-needed funds through the 2009 Upstate New York Empowerment Fund's Tickets for Charity program. This is the third year of the initiative, being held in conjunction with the Oneida Indian Nation's Turning Stone Resort Championship, an official PGA TOUR event. The program has raised nearly a half million dollars for philanthropic efforts during its first two years.  

The 2009 Turning Stone Resort Championship, held at The Atunyote Golf Club, is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 28 - Sunday, Oct. 4. Its $6 million purse is the largest in the PGA TOUR's Fall Series.  The defending champion is Dustin Johnson, who already has three top ten finishes on the PGA TOUR in 2009, including a win at The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.  The 2008 field also included Robert Allenby, Woody Austin, Notah Begay III, Brad Faxon, 2007 winner Steve Flesch and Davis Love III.   

Participating charitable organization are selling advance tickets to the Championship and each group will receive a check for 100 percent of the face value of all tickets that it distributes. The Good Any Day tickets, now priced at $25, can be used any day during tournament week from Wednesday to Sunday. Those same tickets will cost $35 at the gate. Tickets for Charity runs through Friday, Sept. 18.

2009 Tickets for Charity participants:

Cortland County

YWCA of Cortland

Herkimer County
 
Ilion Central School District  Foundation
 
Lewis County
 
Constable Hall 

Madison County  

Building Futures Foundation
Chittenango Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
Hidden Treasures-Church on The Rock
Madison  County Habitat for Humanity
Madison County Office for the Aging, Inc.
Operation Wildcats, Inc.
St. Patrick's School
Sullivan Free Library

Oneida County
 
Boonville Black River Canal Museum
Central Association for the Blind
Clinton Swim Club
Clinton Youth Hockey
Family Advocacy Center, Inc.
Family Services of the Mohawk Valley, Inc.
First United Methodist Church
Friends of the ARC  Foundation
HealthFriends
Hemophilia Connection, The
House of the Good Shepherd, The
KEYS Program
Kids Oneida, Inc.
Kirkland Town Library
N. Utica Senior Citizens Community Center, Inc.
Notre Dame Jr/Sr High School
Parkway Senior Center
Rome Catholic School
Rome Youth Hockey Association
Sauquoit Valley Foundation
St. John the Evangelist Church
St. Louis Gonzaga Church
St. Paul's Church
Stevens-Swan Humane Society of Oneida County
Thea Bowman House, Inc.
Vinnie Coluzza Memorial Scholarship Fund

Onondaga County
 
Baldwinsville Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc.
Believers' Chapel Upward Ministry
Bob Allison Ataxia Research Center
Boys & Girls Club of Syracuse
Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund of CNY
Cathedral Emergency Services
Central New York Challenged Champions Fund
Chadwick Residence, Inc.
Crouse Health Foundation, Inc.
Eastwood Rotary Foundation
Elmcrest Children's Center
Erie Canal Museum
Everest Foundation
Fayetteville Senior Center
Fayetteville-Manlius Crewsters, Inc.
FM-JD Meals on Wheels
First Tee of Syracuse, Inc.
Friends of the CanTeen, Inc.
From the Ground Up Therapeutic Horsemanship, Inc.
Hiawatha Seaway Council, Boy Scouts of America
Hope for Bereaved Inc.
Interreligious Food Consortium
Junior Achievement of CNY
KARE Foundation
Meals on Wheels of Syracuse (Kosher MOW-N. Utica MOW)
Mercy Works, Inc.
Multiple Sclerosis Resources of CNY, Inc.
Positively Pink Packages
Rescue Mission, The
Ronald McDonald House Charities of CNY
Sisters of St. Francis
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center Foundation
St. Lucy's Church
SUNY College of ESF, The Alumni Association
Tully Boy Scout Troop 62
Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital

Oswego County
 
Friends of Oswego County Hospice, Inc.
Greyhound Outreach, Inc.
Oswego YMCA
United Way of Greater Oswego County
 
Rensselaer County
 
New York State Association of Fire Chiefs