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GAIN at Cortez Park
“Celebrating Community, Celebrating Diversity”
Sat, Oct 29 from 9am - 1pm
Cortez Park – Dunlap & 35th Ave
Hosted by: Anna & Georgia Sepic
Supported and Sponsored by:
• Phoenician Palms
• Alta Vista
• Cactus Wren
• Metro Neighborhood Block Watches
• Cactus Park Community Alliance
• Metro Business Alliance
• City of Phoenix
• Phoenix Revitalization Corp
• Grand Canyon University
G.A.I.N. stands for Getting Arizona Involved
in Neighborhoods. G.A.I.N. is Arizona’s answer
to National Night Out (NNO), which is held in
August. Because of the soaring temperatures
in August, communities statewide decided to
observe NNO in October and call it G.A.I.N.
October is also Crime Prevention month. G.A.I.N.
is a day of celebration for the successes of crime
prevention through community involvement.
For information on next year’s G.A.I.N. events
please visit phoenix.gov/police/neighborhood-
resources/gain
What is G.A.I.N.?
CANYON CORRIDOR CONNECTION 2016
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Communi t y Highl ights
Maryvale Revitalization Corporation (MRC) hosted the Jacori Rufus Memorial College Scholarship charity golf tournament at Grand Canyon University
(GCU) golf course on December 12, 2015. The tournament, named after a former Maryvale High School graduate, began in 2000 and has had several
home courses over the years. For a number of years it had been held at Maryvale golf course, which was closed for renovations and reopened in 2016 as
Grand Canyon University golf course. GCU was kind enough to allow MRC to have access to the course for their annual charity event. The event raises
money for college scholarships offered to qualified students at Alhambra, Carl Hayden, Maryvale and Trevor Browne high schools. Qualified students
must be varsity athletes and in National Honor Society.
Thanks to the excitement generated by the opportunity to play the brand new course, this year’s event filled quickly! It sported a full complement of 128
golfers along with raffle, silent auction and ball drop. To date, the scholarship fund has helped 34 students go to college and written over $100,000 in
scholarship checks.
MRC wants to thank GCU for allowing its golfers and charity event on their brand new course before it had opened to the public.
Maryvale Revitalization Corporation
Hosts Jacori Rufus Memorial College
Scholarship Charity Golf Tournament
The new course is ready for the golfers
Jacori Rufus’ uncle with Jacori Cup and winners
Luncheon served on site in the beautiful setting