Rent-to-own News - Petra Industries annual golf charity raises $60,000

National CE distributor Petra Industries drew 117 participants to its 10th annual Charity Golf Tournament last week, generating over $60,000 for Mercy Ministries of America and Whiz Kids.

This year’s festivities began on September 24 with a cocktail reception and a “Show your helping hand” Texas Hold ‘Em tournament at the Fox and Hound Pub & Grille.

The next day 117 participants started with a shotgun-start golf scramble at the prestigious Oak Tree Golf Country Club in Edmond, Oklahoma. An awards luncheon concluded the day’s events and included awards for the longest drive, longest putt and bonus ball.
 

Petra Industry representatives present a check for $30,000 to Mercy Ministries of America reps.

Checks for $30,000 each were presented to Selah Hirsch, Director of Development for Mercy Ministries of America, and Masie Bross, Program Director for Whiz Kids.

“Petra has a strong commitment to giving back to our community," says Bill Stewart, president of Petra Industries. "We believe it is our responsibility to contribute when we can to help others, and we are so proud to work with so many companies that also have the same strong service convictions. This year we increased the donations to the two charities by 20 percent over last year’s contribution"

For more than 25 years, Mercy Ministries of America has provided hope and healing to generations of desperate young women who are seeking freedom from life-controlling problems like drug and alcohol addictions, depression, eating disorders, unplanned pregnancy, physical and sexual abuse and self-harm.  The free-of-charge program serves as a diverse population of young women from various backgrounds. For more information about Mercy Ministries of America, go to www.mercyministries.org or call 615/831-6987.

Whiz Kids is a faith-based, on-on-one volunteer tutoring/mentoring program focusing on first through eighth grade students who live in areas which have some of the highest drop-out rates and lowest socioeconomic levels in Oklahoma City.  The mission of CityCare’s Whiz Kids is for volunteers to improve the well being of disadvantaged youth through academic tutoring, positive mentoring relationships and spiritual nurturing. For more information about Whiz Kids, go to www.whizkidsok.org or call 405-232-3232.
 
Petra is a leading national wholesale distributor of consumer electronics, custom installation products, mobile audio/video accessories and appliance connection supplies. Headquartered in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area for more than 20 years, Petra carries more than 20,000 products from more than 400 manufacturers. Petra is a member of CEA, CEDIA, PARA. For more visit www.petra.com or call 1-800-443-6975.