Mission House sets fund raiser

On Monday, Oct. 29, 2007, Eagles Bluff Country Club will be the site of a fun-filled day of golf, games, silent and live auctions concluding with dinner in support of the Bullard Mission House.

The Mission House, a faith-sponsored community outreach project, is located on S. Phillips St. and provides a medical clinic, food pantry and clothes Closet to the needy.

The entire community is invited to participate in the fund-raising events, which support the Bullard Mission House services.

Events include a golf tournament, ladies card

games, silent and live auctions and dinner at Eagles Bluff Country Club on Lake Palestine in Bullard.

The registration fee to play golf is $100 per player (including dinner). Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by a Shotgun Start at 12:30 p.m.

Lady's Day Games, which will include Bridge and Mah Jongg, costs $25 per participant (including dinner), and will begin at 1 p.m. Please bring your own boards if you wish to play Mah Jongg.

In the evening, an informal dinner (costing $20 per person for nonparticipants of golf or the card games) will be served starting at 5 pm The Silent Auction will conclude at around 5:30 p.m. and the Live Auction will follow.

Local businesses are supporting this fun day. Hall Buick of Tyler has donated a 2008 Crew Cab truck as a hole in one giveaway.

Please come out and enjoy a great day of golf or cards, or just come for dinner and the auctions.

The live auction will feature bidding on a one-week stay at a 4-bedroom vacation home in the Palo Alto Golf Community of Ruidoso, N.M.

To purchase tickets, or sponsor the event contact Sharon Starwalt at 903-825- 3910 or Hazel Mason at 903- 581-2504.

October dates

The Bullard FUMC Mission House, located at 226 S. Phillips, will be open in October on the following dates: 9 a.m. - noon, Wednesday, Oct. 17 -- food pantry and clothing closet and from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25 -- health clinic, food pantry and clothing closet.