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The MN Section of AIPG's 14^th annual Education Committee golf scramble and bicycle ride fundraiser will be held on Monday, June 12, 2023!

Registration is closed!  Please email us at [email protected] if you have any questions regarding the event or have an auction item to donate.

We'll be golfing at the award-wining Stillwater Country Club!

Don't golf, no problem.  We have a large group of folks that don't golf and they participate in the lunch and auction.  Or join us for the bicycle ride, followed by the lunch, auction, and networking!

Timeline

8:00 AM - Registration Begins

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM - Practice Range (carts to range and range balls included). Club rental is available.

9:00 AM - Shotgun Start (breakfast sandwich and coffee can be picked up anytime)

9:30 AM - Bicycle Ride Start in the parking lot of the Stillwater Country Club (water and snacks provided). App-based bicycle rentals are available in downtown Stillwater, please make arrangements prior to the bicycle ride.

1:00 PM - Lunch Buffet (burgers/fish sandwiches, cowboy potato salad, leafy salad, and the famous giant chocolate chip cookies) with cash bar along with Silent & Live Auctions

Sponsorship Details

• Up to 4 golfers* with breakfast & lunch/auction admission included
• Sponsor recognition on the AIPG MN Section website and auction materials
  

• Up to 2 golfers* with breakfast & lunch/auction admission included
• Sponsor recognition on the AIPG MN Section website and auction materials

• Up to 2* people for lunch/auction admission included
• Sponsor recognition on the AIPG MN Section website and auction materials

*Team Prizes will be awarded based on total scores per team. Individual Prizes for Longest Drive, Closest to the Pin and Longest Putt winners qualify only with purchase of at least one Eagle Card. An Eagle Card is $25 and allows the golfer 2 mulligans (replay a stroke), entrance into the Individual Prizes and entrance into the door prize! Eagle Cards are availabe to golfers and non-golfers alike, as they are the only way event attendees can receive entry into door prizes! Since this is a fundraising tournament there is no limit to the amount of Eagle Cards that can be purchased!

Individual Registration

• 1 golfer with breakfast and lunch/auction admission included

• 1 person with lunch/auction admission included

Scenic Bicycle Ride Option (Back for the 2^nd year)

• 1 bicycle rider and lunch/auction admission included (Join us for a scenic bicycle ride around Stillwater followed by the auction/lunch. We'll meet in the Stillwater County Club parking lot at 9:30 AM. Our experienced tour leader, Michael Torres, expects the ride to take 2-3 hours at a leisurely pace and a few photo opportunities. We'll provide some snacks and bottled water. There is no cost for the bike tour, just the lunch.)  

Fundraising Benefits The Education Committee

Proceeds from this event are used exclusively for funding the MN Section of AIPG's Education Committee, awarding an annual Student Grant of $1,000 and purchasing mineral hardness kits that are given to k-12 teachers at the annual Minnesota Mineral Education Workshop (MMEW).  In addition, the MN Section of AIPG MN supports undergraduate geoscience majors by providing free registration to our monthly technical luncheons and by providing free copies of our national publication, see more on our Education Fund - Giving Back webpage.

Please email our Fundraising Committee Chair, Curtis Hudak, at [email protected] if you would like to volunteer your time or donate an auction item!

Auction Items (Updated Often)

A foursome with carts for the Stillwater Golf Club
A copy of Minnesota's Geologist: The Life of Newton Horace Winchell by Sue Leaf
Up your summer appetizer game with this Appetizer Basket.
2 tickets to the Minnesota United Football Club (MNUFC) game on Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 7:30 PM. Section 29 (west side of field).
Ammonite Fossils!
Large Leaf Fossil
Fluorite specimen
Kirby Puckett 5x7 Hall of Fame induction card