Golf tournament nets $7,753 for schools

The Friends of Ramona Unified Schools (FORUS) golf tournament presented by Supreme Lending Branch Manager Shelly Heimer netted $7,753 for health and safety projects at Ramona schools.

“I don’t know how to express in words how elated Lindsey (McNerney, her assistant) and I feel, how smooth it went, how many people participated,” Heimer said. “We’re just so pleased.”

Held at San Vicente Resort & Golf Course on Friday, June 17, the tournament started with a putting contest at noon and a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Sixty-two golfers participated, with most of the 16 teams having four players.

Food, golfer swag bags, prizes and a silent auction that brought in $1,175 added to the afternoon event that spilled into early evening.

The first place trophy went to the four-member team that ended the 18-hole course with a score of 57. On the team were Brandon Bogotay, Mark Anderson, Roger Fontanini and Robert Krasuski. Placing second with a score of 59 was the team of John and Roger Rajcic, John Buckley and Jack Murphy.

Heimer expressed appreciation for the tournament volunteers and for San Vicente Resort’s Jack Anderson, “who showed us the way.”

“The golf course was amazing,” she said, adding in a note after the fundraiser, “I was truly honored to be able to do this tournament and look forward to doing it again next year.”

Heimer, a 1993 graduate of Ramona High School with three elementary school-aged daughters, said she became passionate about FORUS after Ramona Unified School District’s 2014 bond bid, Proposition Q, failed -- “so in lieu of Q,” she became a FORUS supporter.

FORUS, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit established after the district’s 2012 Proposition R bond effort failed, focuses its fundraising efforts on health and safety projects at the schools.

“We could not have done it without all our sponsors and, of course, our golfers,” Heimer said in a Facebook post. “Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your support and commitment to Ramona schools.”

Sponsors included Coldwell Banker Country Realty, Stage Presence Homes Real Estate, Regina Flores Group, MJN Real Estate, Karen Domnitz, KirE Builders, Grace Care Management, Pest Patrol, Foresight Sports, Ramona Town Radio, Dixon Golf, PBC Printing & Branding, Lindsey McMorran with Here with Hope, Christie Carlson with San Vicente Mortgage, Patterson Brothers Lighting, Kitty Brisendine with Something Delicious, Brenda Fonzi McGuinness and Mary Carter-Vail with doTerra Essential Oils, and Lisa Wagner.