21st Annual Jonathan Ferguson Memorial Golf Tournament to be held May 20

Members Choice Credit Union (MCCU) will host the 21st Annual Jonathan Ferguson Memorial Golf Tournament on Friday, May 20. The event will raise money for the Jonathan Ferguson Fund and the Continuing the Legacy Foundation.

The event will be held at the Hidden Cove Golf Course, Olive Hill, Kentucky. It will include a luncheon and door prizes, and an 18-hole scramble. Continental breakfast at the course and registration begins at 7:30 a.m., followed by a shotgun at 8:30 a.m. Participants will enter various competitions held in conjunction with the tournament for prizes, including hole-in-one, longest drive, and closest to the pin contests.

Jonathan's diagnosis of cancer, passion for helping children, and interest in golf, sparked the start of this tournament by Pat Ferry in 2001. Since then, the event has become MCCU's most significant yearly fundraiser and has generated over $100,000 to promote and assist the youth in our community. This year all funds raised from the golf benefit will be able to fund multiple projects for pediatric oncology patients in Eastern Kentucky.

"The Jonathan Ferguson Memorial Golf Tournament has become a fun and important annual event to support local children," Business Development Manager Tiffany Black said. "Thanks to the generosity of the many people who make it successful, we can make a significant difference in the community." 

This event is scheduled for rain or shine.

The Legacy Foundation will be the "Presenting Co-Sponsors" for the event, continuing their long tradition of partnering with MCCU on projects and programs that benefit the community.

"I am so pleased that we have continued this golf tournament for 21 years," said Cheryl Deborde, President of MCCU. "It has been a great success over the years, in raising over $100,000 for children's charities. We hope this year's event proves to be our most successful in the tournament's history and, in turn, allows us to raise more money to help more children. A big thank you to all the sponsors in years past. Together we are helping to make a difference and working for a great cause."

For more information on the golf tournament or how you can make a difference in the lives of local children, contact Tiffany Black at 606-326-7069 or email: tblack@mccu.net.

Members Choice Credit Union has been in business since 1932 and serves 33 counties in Eastern Kentucky. The Credit Union is $335 million in assets over 22,000 members. Members Choice is a full-service financial institution that offers consumer loan products and services. Members Choice is a not-for-profit cooperative association formed by the people, for the people, created explicitly to encourage thrift among our members, and create a source of credit at a fair and reasonable rate of interest. A volunteer Board of Directors controls operations. Headquartered in Ashland, Kentucky, Members Choice operates five branch offices in the Ashland, Russell, Bellefonte, and Cannonsburg communities. For more information, visit mccu.net. 

Continuing the Legacy Foundation Formerly the OLBH Foundation, which was established in 1990, the CTL Foundation's mission is to provide resources to our community and strengthen the common good locally by continuing the charitable work OLBH Foundation. The Jonathan Ferguson Endowment was established in 2002 to assist the youth in our community.