Bob’s Discount Golf Tourney Raises $350K for Charity

August 22, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on August 2007 Bob’s Discount Furniture, Manchester, Conn., announced Wednesday that it raised more than $350,000 for its charitable foundation at a recent golf and dinner event, and awarded over $250,000 to four regional nonprofit organizations.

Last week, with more than 300 business and community leaders in attendance at the 20th Annual Bob’s Discount Furniture Charitable Foundation Golf Event, Bob Kaufman, president of Bob’s Discount Furniture, presented checks for $20,000 to the Scott Mulready Foundation at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, Conn.; $60,000 to The Jimmy Fund, Brookline, Mass.; $70,000 to Family and Children’s Aid, Danbury, Conn.; and $100,000 to the American Cancer Society’s Camp Rising Sun Charitable Foundation, North Branford, Conn.

“The support and participation for our 20th annual event was truly amazing” Kaufman said. “We are trying to improve the lives of so many needy children by raising and distributing these funds every year.”