Yesterday, we finally had our public debut at the first annual Woodlawn Community Academy charity golf tournament. The event was held at the Belleview Biltmore Golf Club in Belleair and was coordinated by the WCA parent board. Pat Shriver who is a Woodlawn parent and a professional golf instructor at the Shriver Golf Academy, coordinated a lot of the event details and did an incredible job. The funds that were raised are all going towards our transition program and the Swanky Swine. Thank you so much to everyone who worked tirelessly to make this day a success!
Our students were thrilled to participate in the event by putting together a swanky lemonade stand on hole 14. This was a great opportunity for us to showcase our store and allowed the golfers to interact with the students they were helping.
At the beginning of the day, the students were a bit nervous; however, they quickly became more confident as they interacted with the golfers. Everyone was so nice and so impressed with their customer service skills. We may have received more tips than actual sales!!
In addition to water balls, our menu for the day included several types of fresh fruit lemonade including strawberry lime, watermelon and blueberry. We also had Arnold Palmers of course!
We received a lot of compliments on the drinks but the most popular item by far were our baked goods. On the Thursday and Friday before the tournament our students baked their hearts out.
We had bacon brownies and our signature pink pig cookies. After trying our cookies, one golfer even returned to the hole to buy three more bags! By the end of the day we didn’t have to encourage anyone to stop. One of the last carts told us, “We’ve been hearing about these cookies all day and have been looking forward to trying them!” The kids were so proud that everyone loved something they had made.
Other than the fact that it was a bit windy, the weather was perfect and it was a wonderful day.We would have a group of 4 golfers come through every 10 or 15 minutes. The employees are used to serving 100 people in 30-40 minutes so they enjoyed the slower pace of the tournament. We had plenty of time to enjoy the weather and take some fun pictures!
Don’t worry, we didn’t actually let Dimitri drive 🙂 He did get a chance to hit a ball in the longest drive contest though thanks to a generous golfer who let him use his club.
There were even some of our regular customers from the school at the tournament. They were happy to see their favorite store along the course.
It was such a great day and a wonderful chance for the students to show off everything they have learned this year. We hope this is the first of many opportunities for our store. We are thankful for everyone who has come alongside of us and bought into our vision. We can’t wait to see what is in store for the future.
The Swanky Swine 
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