{"id":221917,"date":"2012-11-01T13:53:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T18:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=221917"},"modified":"2012-11-02T13:11:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T18:11:33","slug":"tisd-foundation-changes-golf-tournament-to-gil-hitt-endowment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=221917","title":{"rendered":"TISD Foundation Changes Golf Tournament to Gil Hitt Endowment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=221918\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-221918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/11\/thumb_TISD-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_TISD-Logo\" width=\"124\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-221918\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; The Tyler ISD Foundation Board of Directors has decided to suspend any plans for a golf tournament during this year\u2019s plan of work.  Historically, the Board hosted the Gil Hitt Memorial Golf Tournament, in memory of the former school board president and local business leader.  The tournament has been held almost 20 years and honored Gil Hitt for about a dozen years.  \u201cOur plan is to create a permanent endowment named the Gil Hitt Memorial Leadership Fund.  This fund will exist  in perpetuity \u2014 no donations will ever be spent,\u201d stated Larry Goddard, executive director of the Foundation. \u201cThe interest earned will be given annually for a classroom teacher grant\u2014long after we are all gone, there will be a teacher assisted in the name of Gil Hitt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The golf tournament had been in mid-June and was held last year in early November on a trial basis.  No golf tourney will be held as planned on Monday, November 5th.   \u201cThis will be a fitting tribute for a fine man.  Classroom teachers and principals need discretionary funding.  And this decision will guarantee that Gil Hitt\u2019s life will be remembered forever,\u201d said Goddard.  \u201cLast year\u2019s golf tournament netted $1711.11. Given the rising costs of staff and volunteer time and fees for country clubs, this is the best decision.  We are not cancelling the tourney idea but as one director said, \u2018Let\u2019s let it rest and if we see good reason to bring it back, it will be stronger than ever.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A 5K\/10K run is being planned for February and possibly a formal gala in the spring.   \u201cIt seems there is a golf tourney every weekend and more of the tourneys are having problems finding underwriters and the teams\u2019 costs are a \u2018push.\u2019  We started this fundraising tourney almost 20 years ago and had such success\u2014we see two or three golf tournaments a week for some nonprofit in our area,\u201d said Goddard.  \u201cThe field is full and we need an innovative plan of action for finding resources for Tyler ISD to inspire learning, enrich teaching, and enhancing opportunities for District students, teachers, staff and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Questions can be directed to <a href=\"mailto:tylerisdfoundation@yahoo.com\">tylerisdfoundation@yahoo.com<\/a> and donations may be mailed to:  Tyler ISD Foundation, 315 N. Broadway, Suite 401, Tyler, Texas 75702 designated for the Gil Hitt Memorial Leadership Endowment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The Tyler ISD Foundation Board of Directors has decided to suspend any plans for a golf tournament during this year\u2019s plan of work. Historically, the Board hosted the Gil Hitt Memorial Golf Tournament, in memory of the former school board president and local business leader. The tournament has been held almost 20 years &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=221917\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TISD Foundation Changes Golf Tournament to Gil Hitt Endowment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-04 07:09:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=221917"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222122,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221917\/revisions\/222122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=221917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=221917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}