Salisbury, MD – Risk Placement Services (RPS) and Gallagher recently presented the 10th Annual Disc Golf Tournament for United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore (UWLES) and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library® program at Schumaker Pond Park. 30 teams and multiple sponsors joined RPS, Gallagher and UWLES for a beautiful day on the disc course, with opportunities for networking, lunch and games while raising dollars for a great cause. Over $26,000 was raised to help UWLES provide free, home delivered books to children ages birth to five across the lower shore.
“This year’s event helps us provide a full year of free books to over 1,000 children in Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties. Increasing access to books through home delivery not only instills an early love for books but also helps build essential developmental and early learning skills children need to be successful when they start school. We are so thankful for the partnership with RPS and Gallagher to help make this significant impact each year,” shared Pam Gregory, President and CEO for UWLES.
The successful fundraiser was made possible thanks to many generous sponsors: Literacy Sponsors – At-Bay, Avery Hall Insurance Group, CFC, The Hanover Insurance Group, Hottle and Associates, Tokio Marine HCC, and Travelers Insurance. Reading Corner Sponsors – Beazley, Cowbell Cyber and Pen Underwriting. Bookshelf Sponsors- Charles Brown Glass Company, Delco Packaging, Draper Media, First Shore Federal, GKD, Shore United and USLI. Tee Sponsors- Integra Administrative Group, The Hartford, and The Salisbury School. Golf Cart Sponsors – Bestemps and Selective. Beverage Sponsor – Corvus. Lunch Sponsor – Risk Placement Services and AXA XL. Additionally, participants and volunteers
enjoyed a wonderful lunch in partnership with Adam’s Taphouse Grille.
“Our 10th anniversary of putting on the disc golf event for United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore was once again a huge success. We appreciate so much our colleagues in the insurance industry and clients in the local community who step up year after year to support this event through their donations, time, and participation. Helping improve the lives of kids in our community is a special cause that we are happy to support through the Imagination library,” shared Steve Robinson, Area President & National Cyber Practice Leader for Risk Placement Services.
The day culminated in a presentation of awards with the top teams Tokio Marine and Dicarlo. Jack Shelton of DiCarlo won the men’s closest to the pin and Catie Windsor with SVN won ladies’ closest to the pin. Ambridge’s Amy Landefeld won the ladies’ longest drive, and the men’s longest drive went to First Shore Federal’s Rich Ashley. Several fun awards were also presented such as Best Team Costumes for Avery Hall, Lumberjack Award to Tokio Marine, Jacques Cousteau award to Jim Miller from The Beazley Group and several others.
Additional photos are posted on the UWLES Facebook page. For more information about future events or sponsorship opportunities contact Emily Brohawn at UWLES at emily@uwles.org or 410-742-5143 or visit uwles.org.
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- 1st Place Team – Tokio Marine
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- 2nd Place Team – DiCarlo
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- Men’s Closest to the Pin Winner -Jack Shelton of DiCarlo.
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- Women’s Closest to the Pin – Catie Windsor of SVN.
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- Rich Ashley of First Shore Federal.
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- Amy Landefeld of Ambridge.
