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Carl Boyett Michelle
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Dreams Real Endowment Fund Marketing
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Boyett
Petroleum’s Make Dreams Real Endowment Fund Exceeds $1 Million Dollar Goal
June
11, 2015 Modesto, California
The Make Dreams Real Endowment Fund,
founded by The Boyett Family, hosted the 26th Annual Make Dreams Real Golf
Tournament on Thursday, May 14, 2015. The tournament, played at 3 courses; Del
Rio Golf and Country Club, Oakdale Golf and Country Club and Saddle Creek Golf
Resort (Copperopolis), was sponsored by 85 businesses and individuals and had
310 golfers participating in the tournament. With the help of more than 75
volunteers and the generosity of many, the tournament was a great success,
raising approximately $306,000 for the Make Dreams Real Endowment Fund. The
Endowment Fund has exceeded it’s 2016 goal of a $1million dollar balance, with
a current balance of nearly $1.1million dollars. The fund distributes 10% of
the balance annually as grant funding throughout Stanislaus County. Boyett
Petroleum’s "Cruisers" gas stations and convenience stores also collected
donations during April and May during their annual "Send a Kid to Camp"
campaign collecting over $15,000 from generous customers throughout the
community.
The Make Dreams Real Endowment Fund was
established by The Boyett family in 2009 to provide funding support for
children’s programs in Stanislaus County. The mission of the Make Dreams Real
Endowment Fund is making dreams real for school aged children in Stanislaus
County through participation in programs that enrich and stimulate their minds
and bodies and teach values through service learning. Children that participate
in the supported programs, and their families, are encouraged to volunteer
within the program, fundraise and help with community events. The Make Dreams
Real Endowment Fund has awarded more than $280,000 in grant funding since the
fund’s inception. The Stanislaus Community Foundation administers the Fund.
Fundraising is conducted solely through the annual Make Dreams Real Golf
Tournament. Boyett Petroleum underwrites the entire cost of the tournament so
that every dollar received goes into the endowment fund with absolutely no
deductions.
Past recipients of
Make Dreams Real Endowment Fund grants include:
Society
for Disabilities, Adapted Bike Camp
Salida
Union School District, Foothill Horizon’s Outdoor Education Camp
Stanislaus
Union School District, Foothill Horizon’s Outdoor Education Camp
Empire
Union School District, Foothill Horizon’s Outdoor Education Camp
Cardozo
Middle School, Foothill Horizon’s Outdoor Education Camp
Girl
Scouts Heart of Central California, Outreach Program
C.A.S.A.
of Stanislaus County
Modesto
Symphony Orchestra- Youth Program
Tuolumne
River Adventure Club (TRAC)
Oakdale
Education Foundation
Riverbank
Language Academy, Foothill Horizon’s Outdoor Education Camp
National
Ag Science Center, Summer Science Camp
Organizations with programs that are
aligned with the Make Dreams Real Endowment Fund’s mission, vision and grant
guidelines are encouraged to apply for funding annually. The 2015 grant
application period concluded June 1, 2015. Award recipients will be announced
later this month.
The
next Make Dreams Real Annual Golf Tournament will be Thursday, May 19, 2016.
More information can be found on the Fund’s website: www.makedreamsrealfund.com.
Carl
and Carole Boyett visited Foothill Horizons
Winning
Team from Saddle Creek Golf Course, 2015
News
Release Provided By:
Michelle
Gill, Marketing and Events Director
BOYETT
PETROLEM
www.boyett.net/