Golf Classic 08

MONROE, Ga. – “We have to raise every cent.” That’s what Melanie Unchuan, executive director of the John P. and Joyce C. Stevens Boys and Girls Club says when asked how her organization gets money to operate.

The 900,000 cents just donated by Walton EMC employees from their Charity Golf Classic should help. Over 100 golfers braved the cold, damp weather on April 14 at Lane Creek Golf Course to drive, chip and putt so the Boys and Girls Club can continue its mission. As a result, a group of Walton EMC employees just presented the club a check for $9,000.

“Our mission is to enable young people, through quality developmental programs, to become productive adults,” says Unchuan. Boys and Girls Clubs offer programs and services so young people don’t have to turn to the streets to find recreation and companionship.

The Monroe club currently serves 274 young people. Unchuan wants to get that figure to 600.

“I’m impressed,” says Walton EMC CEO Ronnie Lee. “This facility is amazing. The people here are doing good work.”

Walton EMC is a cooperative; that means the customers own the company. One of the seven cooperative principles it follows is “Concern for Community.” That’s why Walton EMC and its employees constantly support community charities.

Walton EMC serves 119,000 accounts over its ten-county service area between Atlanta and Athens.

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Walton EMC employees present a $9,000 check to the John P. and Joyce C. Stevens Boys and Girls Club in Monroe from the proceeds of the Walton EMC Golf Classic. Pictured are (front row) Boys and Girls Club Members Candice Paschal, Khyla Minard and Jimmy Barrientos; (second row) Boys and Girls Club Executive Director Melanie Unchuan, WEMC Employees Eddie Garrett, Brenda Coker, Tassie Beam, Evette Jones, Golf Classic Chair Kathy Ivie, Boys and Girls Club Board Members Mary Felker, Becky Dally and Walton EMC Employee Heather Maynard; (third row) Boys and Girls Club Board Member Virgil Williams, Walton EMC Employee Shane Coleman, Walton EMC CEO Ronnie Lee, Walton EMC Employees John Anderson, Ron Marshall, Boys and Girls Club Board Members Carol Dew, Ginny Metcalf and Boys and Girls Club Regional Vice President Rodney Close.