The 27th annual Boothbay Charities Classic event, Sept. 21-23, was another year of great success, thanks to our major sponsors, the many volunteers, 110 golfers, 24 celebrities, the many tee, hole and cart sponsors, and the monetary, auction item and room donations from businesses and individuals. We were pleased to have been able to present a check to Special Olympics of Maine this year in the amount of $55,000 after expenses.

The committee would like to thank the following:

Sponsors: Leroy’s Seafood LLC, Hancock Lumber, Knickerbocker Group, Woodard & Associates, Oberuch Electric, Midcoast Payroll & Accounting, Horizon Beverage, Frederick Wildman & Sons-Importers and Wine Merchants, Barbara Newell, Hannaford, Bill Shea and Family, Ocean Point Inn, First National Bank, Laurie and Josh Taylor, The Manuel Gordon Foundation, Pepsi Products, Rogue wear, Deb and Tom Yale, Perry, Fitts Boulette, & Fitton CPA, J Edward Knight & Hammond Lumber, Wiscasset Ford and Enterprise and North Center Foods (PFG).

Food donations: Downeast Coffee, Atlantic Edge, Mill Cove Lobster, Pinkham’s Seafood, the East Boothbay General Store, Chuck Cunningham, Estelle Appel and Dawn Gilbert.

Accommodations: Oceanside Golf Resort, Bayside B & B, Flagship, Tugboat, Fisherman’s Wharf, Seagate, Boothbay Harbor Country Club, Brown Bros. & Ocean Point Inn.

Lobster bake and auctions: Boothbay Railway Village, Special Olympics, Mark and Laurie Bailey, Leon Blackman, Ralph Smith and bartenders, Oberuch Electric and crew, Robbie Ham, Eddie Tibbetts and Atlantic Edge, Chuck Cunningham, Darrell Gudroe, Dave Gergley, Laurie Taylor and the silent auction crew, the 12 First National Bank employees, with special thanks to Sue Norton and Stacy Flagg, and the many businesses and individuals that donated items for auction baskets.

Thanks to The Gallery Catering and Events (Steve and Laura Francis) for hosting the meet and greet; the Boothbay Register for publicity; the many volunteers at the golf tournament; the volunteers who taxied celebrities to and from the Portland Jetport; J. Edward Knight for sponsoring the hole in one prizes; and Paul Coulombe and the Boothbay Harbor Country Club and staff for their support.

Again we would not have been able to achieve our goal without the support that we received from everyone. It is greatly appreciated and we look forward to having you all on board next year. If you would like to get involved another year, please feel free to talk to one of the committee members as we are planning for another year. We are always looking for sponsors and volunteers.

The Boothbay Charities Classic Committee: Tony Krason, Brenda Blackman, Leon Blackman, April Pinkham, Estelle Appel, Bonnie McKinney, Steve and Laura Francis, Russ Ham, Krystal Navarrete, Laurie and Mark Bailey