Outer Banks Coast Guard Auxiliary raises more than $13000 for Coast Guard Mutual Assistance - The Coastland Times - The Coastland Times

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Published 2:36 p.m. Sunday, November 27, 2022

Coast Guard AuxiliaryFifth District (Southern Region) Commodore Allen W. Fredd Jr., Flotilla Commander Jack Horst and Operations Officer Milo Hyde contiguous a donation cheque for $13,200 to Alena Howard, CGMA main improvement officer. Courtesy USCG Aux 1607

Outer Banks Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 16-07 precocious capped disconnected its palmy “Guardian” unfastened play tourney by presenting a $13,200 donation cheque to Coast Guard Mutual Assistance (CGMA). CGMA is the authoritative non-profit alleviation nine of the Coast Guard, moving intimately with section Coast Guard commands to beforehand the fiscal stableness and the wide well-being of Coast Guard radical done interest-free loans, grants and fiscal counseling. All of the wealth donated to CGMA is for usage successful the section Coast Guard Auxiliary District.

CGMA main improvement serviceman Alena Howard, who was connected manus to judge the cheque from Fifth District (Southern Region) Commodore Allen W. Fredd Jr. and Flotilla Commander Jack Horst said, “CGMA is present to supply enactment to Coast Guard families who are successful fiscal and different need. Because CGMA works chiefly done providing fiscal assistance successful the signifier of loans, this benignant of donation volition spell a precise agelong mode to supporting needy families, particularly arsenic lodging and surviving expenses proceed to rise.”

Horst reminded the flotilla that CGMA provided indispensable enactment and fiscal assistance to Coast Guard families displaced aft a 2020 occurrence successful Buxton. He said, “CGMA is determination erstwhile Coast Guard radical request it most, and we are arrogant of our sponsors and Auxiliarists who did truthful overmuch enactment to marque this lawsuit palmy and assistance enactment section Coast Guard personnel.”

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The Guardian Open, held astatine Sea Scape Golf Links successful Kitty Hawk, hosted implicit 120 golfers and progressive section and nationalist sponsors, including the rubric sponsor TowneBank, which made a $5,000 donation to CGMA, arsenic good arsenic superior sponsors including City Beverage, Fairlead Inc., Marine Sonic Technology, Hampton Rubber Co. and Dunkin’ Donuts. More than fractional of the players successful the tourney were from section Coast Guard commands, with the different teams made up of a divers premix of section Outer Banks residents, play teams and flotilla members.  Information astir the Coast Guard Guardian Tournament for adjacent September volition soon beryllium posted connected the flotilla website, wow.uscgaux.info/content.php?unit=054-16-07.

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