GOLF OUTING - SEPTEMBER 15

This is where we will be playing, the Black Bear course at Crystal Springs Resort, about a 50-minute drive from the George Washington Bridge.

The cost for the day is $150 - Yup only $150 - and that includes breakfast at 8 AM, modified shotgun start at 9 AM (Best Ball format, a day of fun golfing including gifts for all golfers), contests for closest to the hole, longest drive, and Mulligans and Strings available for purchase. After golf, a raffle with several great prizes, and lunch. You leave before the traffic starts and get home before the evening rush.

Fee includes golf carts, driving range, locker room - and if you want to come and you don't play golf, you can get a complimentary Minerals Sports Club pass so you can use the spa amenities including indoor and outdoor swimming pools.

Obviously it's not a a fund-raiser, but a way to enjoy a day out, play some relaxed golf and meet new people. It's our first shot at a golf outing, so we tried to make it as affordable as possible.

Only 60 slots available, so sign up now. Tell (or better yet, bring) your friends. To make a reservation or for more information, call (212) 473-7800

or

Email: xaviersocietyfortheblind@Yahoo.com

(I know - it's really long, but it's really easy to remember.)

Thank you for your support and I hope to see someone on the golf course. (Boy, if no one comes, it is going to be one expensive round of golf for me. I figure it's worth the $150 just to see me play.)

SEE THE HOLY LAND FOR $50

Would I lie to you?

I am leading a pilgrimage to the Holy Land from December 1 to 10. Cost: $2,800 which includes air fare, hotel (2 to a room), most meals and air-conditioned local transport for sight-seeing. Great deal, eh? What better way to see the Holy Land than with a Jesuit priest - who looks like a Jew?




But in case you feel you can't commit to the $2,800 (plus a couple of hundred for taxes, tips and buying presents - be realistic) there is an alternative.

We are having a raffle. ("We" being the Xavier Society for the Blind) and the First Prize is two (2!) tickets on the pilgrimage. Yup, air fare, hotel, meals, etc (See above).

Second Prize is $1,000 and Third Prize is $500.

Only 250 tickets are being sold, and each ticket is $50. If you win the First Prize and don't wish to go, it IS transferrable - you can give it to someone, or turn it in to the Xavier Society for a tax credit for the full value and we will take two blind people who would not otherwise have been able to go.

Call and buy a ticket using your credit card (212) 473-7800, or send an email so we can hold a ticket for you and send us a check

Email: Xaviersocietyfortheblind@Yahoo.com

Snail Mail address: 154 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010.

Drawing will be held on September 15, the day of our Golf Outing.

What?!? You don't know about our Golf Outing? See the post at the top of the page.

And good luck!