Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation’s 3rd Annual Sports for Charity event was the biggest ever with over $130,000 raised for non-profit organizations. 387 Keiretsu Forum members and friends participated in the auction and dinner, which took place at the beautiful Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton.

Highlights for the evening included live and silent auction items which raised over $60,000, choral music by the Oakland School for the Arts, presentations from several of the charities present including OPTIC, Foster A Dream and the Foodbank of Contra Costa and music by Michael Fender and Friends. Two Keiretsu Forum members matched the auction total, which added over $32,000 to the Charitable Foundation funds. A special thanks to those anonymous donors for their extraordinary generosity.

The winning golf foursome consisted of Larry Winsten, Lisa Winsten, Paul Klapper and Jake O’Malley with a score of 59 or 11 under par. A formidable foursome that even Tiger would have trouble beating.

In tennis, the winners were: Deborah Chan, Mark Miller, Bob Miller and Alice Brinckerhoff.

The Sports for Charity Event is the primary fundraiser of the Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation for the year. The funds will benefit a wide variety of charitable organizations in which the members are involved. For more information on the activities of the Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation, please contact Tom Dowd, Chair of the Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation, at: tdowd@dowdandguild.com or call Tom at 925-820-7222.

Golf Tournament Starts	Longest Marshmallow Drive
Before the Tennis Tournament	Silent Auction
Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown with Hanna Boys	Choral music by the Oakland School for the Arts
Dinner	Live Auction