Everyone's a Winner on the Greens – Especially the Students

By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. 

ARCA’s third Annual Golf for Scholarships Tournament was an amazing success, raising additional funds to support students in their pursuit of education.    

Arizona Roofing Contractors Association (ARCA) held their 3rd Annual Golf for Scholarships Tournament on January 15, 2021 at the Arizona Biltmore Golf course. This tournament was created to further support the Arizona Roofing Industry Foundation (ARIF) which works to provide scholarship awards to employees and employee family members of ARCA members.  

Alongside the golf tournament, ARIF also receives funding from ARCA’s multiple sporting clay events. In 2020, ARIF and ARCA received additional funding that will go to awarding more students with an ARIF scholarship. The scholarship selection process is highly competitive and both ARIF and ARCA are excited to extend a helping hand to more bright students.  

By supporting students in their educational pursuits, ARCA also hopes that the current roofing industry worker shortage can be alleviated with a future full of skilled, educated workers who are excited about roofing and construction.  

All ARIF scholarship applications will be made available on April 1, 2021 and will need to be completed and submitted by May 1, 2021. The awarded recipients will be for the 2021-2022 school year.  

The golf tournament at the Biltmore Golf course was a true hit among attendees and ARCA has already reserved the course for next year's tournament, taking place on January 14, 2022. 

Congratulations to the winners for the golf tournament: 

Flight A – 1st Place: 
Charles Demeter, Manny Barros, Dustin Sonn and Candias Rivera 

Flight A – 2nd Place: 
Ross Dietrich, Clint Tarpley, Jeffrey McIllece and Brandon Cox 

Flight B – 1st Place: 
Pete Schmautz, Jeff Klein, Michael Reeves and Grant Martin 

Flight B – 2nd Place: 
Sarah Weiss, Alfred Kahn, Bernie Brown and Mark Schouten 

Competition holes:  
Men's Longest Drive: Steven Ramirez, Charly's Roofing 
Men's Closest to Pin: Dale Nelson, Roofing Consultants of AZ, Inc. 
Women's Longest Drive:  Jessica Gonzalez, APOC 
Women's Closest to Pin:  Jen George, Arizona Roofing Contractors Assoc. 
Longest Putt: Brian Fleming, Progressive Roofing 

Learn more about ARCA in their RoofersCoffeeShop® Directory or visit www.azroofing.org.