{"id":217191,"date":"2025-10-16T11:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/217191\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:45:08","slug":"pcl-golf-tournament-raises-250000-for-edmonton-food-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/217191\/","title":{"rendered":"PCL golf tournament raises $250,000 for Edmonton food bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON \u2013 PCL Construction\u2019s Second Annual Charity Golf Tournament, \u201cTee Off Against Hunger,\u201d raised $250,000\u00a0in support of Edmonton\u2019s Food Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Held in late September at The Quarry Edmonton, the event saw the support of more than 126 sponsors, 216 golfers and a team of volunteers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tournament is about coming together as a community to make a real difference,\u201d said Jason Portas, vice-president and district manager at PCL Edmonton, in a statement. \u201cWe are incredibly grateful to our industry partners, clients, and friends who showed up with generosity and heart. Their support helps ensure that families in our city have access to the food and resources they need.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the tournament will go directly to Edmonton\u2019s Food Bank, which continues to serve over 40,000 households each month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttending events like this always humbles me, as they raise not only awareness but also the funds that make our work possible. I had an idea of what the donation might be, but the magnitude of the final announcement left me overwhelmed,\u201d added Tamisan Bencz-Knight, manager of strategic relationships and partnerships with Edmonton\u2019s Food Bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDMONTON \u2013 PCL Construction\u2019s Second Annual Charity Golf Tournament, \u201cTee Off Against Hunger,\u201d raised $250,000\u00a0in support of Edmonton\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-217191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}