“Everything went better than I could have even envisioned... it’s just an amazing feeling..” – Adam Roloff
Pay It Forward
Dec 07, 2016
Golfing for a Good Cause
Adam Roloff started a golf tournament to raise money for people and organizations in need.
Bell Employee
Adam Roloff
Woodbury, Minnesota
Recipient
Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf; a family whose daughter was born without arms; and Kirk Ingram, who was injured in a diving accident
The Need
Inspired by Bell’s Pay It Forward program, Adam Roloff, a senior loan officer in Bell’s Woodbury location, founded the Pay It Forward Golf Classic in 2016 with help from his wife, Sara, and Bell co-workers Shelby Allen and Beth Eider.
Adam and Sara personally donated the initial cost of the event. The tournament drew 146 golfers and raised more than $30,000.
The Impact
Adam and his team divided the proceeds equally among three local recipients: Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf at Woodbury Lutheran Church; a family whose daughter was born prematurely without arms; and Kirk Ingram, a young father who was paralyzed from the neck down following a diving accident. His newborn daughter was just two weeks old when it happened.
“He was barely able to even hold his daughter,” Adam said.
Adam and his team plan to host the tournament annually in September, choosing three new recipients each year.