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The 2022 Bent Tree Foundation Golf Challenge was a Roaring Success! by Brian Orletsky The Bent Tree Foundation’s annual golf tournament, known as the Bent Tree Foundation Golf Challenge, was held on June 22nd this year. The event was a tremendous success with 11 teams participating. The leaders of the groups took action! An appealRead More

For several years the Bent Tree Foundation has hosted the annual golf tournament “Longest Day of Golf” to raise money for scholarships for qualified Pickens County seniors and teacher/school grants. Under the direction of Dino Colston and Carol Carlsen, the format of our annual tournament was redesigned. The product of their efforts is our newRead More

Bent Tree Tennis & Pickleball Tournament for Scholarships By Jesse Hunter and Photography by Sheila Thompson The 11th Annual Bent Tree Tennis & Pickleball Tournament for Scholarships was held at Bent Tree on Saturday, September 25. Twenty-seven men and women participated in the event that was highlighted by a beautiful day and a desire toRead More

Bent Tree Tennis & Pickleball Tournament for Scholarships By Jesse Hunter and Photography by Sheila Thompson The 11th Annual Bent Tree Tennis & Pickleball Tournament for Scholarships was held at Bent Tree on Saturday, September 25. Twenty-seven men and women participated in the event that was highlighted by a beautiful day and a desire toRead More

Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, we were unable to hold our annual Wines of the World fundraiser.

Longest Day of Golf Scores Another Win for Scholarships By Steve Lawrence 2018 marked the third year of the newer format whereby anyone in the community plays anytime during the day of this event and can make a donation to the Foundation a part of their round that day.  In so doing, more Pickens CountyRead More

2020 Bent Tree Foundation Scholarship Awards By:  Debbie Davis The Bent Tree Foundation, in partnership with the Bent Tree Tennis and Golf Community, awarded $14,000 in scholarships this year with funds raised through a variety of events including a very successful tennis tournament, a new and very successful golf tournament sponsored by the Bent Tree Foundation,Read More

2020 Bent Tree Foundation Scholarship AwardsBy: Debbie Davis The Bent Tree Foundation, in partnership with the Bent Tree Tennis and Golf Community, awarded $14,000 in scholarships this year with funds raised through a variety of events including a very successful tennis tournament, a new and very successful golf tournament sponsored by the Bent Tree Foundation,Read More

2019 Bent Tree Foundation Scholarship and Grant Reception By Debbie Davis On Sunday, April 28, 2019 the Bent Tree Foundation held a reception at Club Tamarack to honor 22 Pickens High School senior scholarship recipients and 8 teacher grant recipients from five Pickens County schools.  The Bent Tree Foundation, in partnership with the Bent Tree TennisRead More