A Veterans Day Tradition at Wampatuck
The Wampatuck Veterans Charity Golf Tournament is an annual Veterans Day tradition started informally over 30 years ago by Wampatuck military veterans. It began as an informal Veterans Day golf outing among Wampatuck Country Club members who had served in the US armed forces, many of whom had served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. The veterans would pool their money to pay for food and drinks after the golf outing. After a few years and as the golf outing became more popular among the Wampatuck membership, there was suddenly money left over after bar tab was paid. It was around 1996 that three Vietnam veterans and long-time Wampatuck members Jim Mahoney, John Sullivan, and Kevin Morrissey met and decided to donate the excess funds to veterans’ charities/organizations…thus began the annual Wampatuck Veterans Charity Golf Tournament.
The veterans committee works diligently vetting out the organizations/causes who receive funds to ensure your donations go to the Veterans themselves, and not to the salaries of the executives running them. Some of the local and national organizations that have received donations from the Wampatuck Veterans include:
By playing in the Wampatuck Veterans Charity Golf Tournament, you are having an impact on the men and women who fought and sacrificed themselves for our freedom. Freedom is not Free!
• American Legion• Braintree Vietnam Vets
• Canton Vets Tournament
• Town of Canton Vets
• Cape & Islands Vets
• Disabled American Veterans
• Fisher House
• Folds of Honor
• Gary Sinise Foundation
• Healing on the Fly
• Home Base
• Homes for our Troops
• NE Home and Center for Vets
• Town of Norwood Vets
• Town of Easton Vets
• Our Military Kids
• Army veteran/Canton Police Sergeant Ruane
• TAPS
• USO
• VFW
• Wampatuck Veterans' Scholarship
Sincerely,
The Wampatuck Veterans Committee
Jim Mahoney
John Sullivan
Kevin Morrissey
Ken Starr
Tony Giordano
Rob Dickson
Bobby Barrett
Marie Pezzone
Craig Campagna