Fore the Macs: Playing it Forward Golf Outing
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual Fore the Macs: Playing it Forward Golf Outing on Thursday, August 21, 2025! It was a MIGHTY evening celebrating our community and the 2025 Caring Heart Award recipient, the Tom Hopkins Foundation!
The Golf Raffle and Notre Dame Raffle will be open until Monday, August 25 at noon!
Golf Raffle
Seven chances to win an 18-hole round of golf with 3 players of your choice + club member at these private, exclusive golf courses!
Beverly Country Club | Chicago Highlands Club | Edgewood Valley Country Club | Long Beach Country Club | Lost Dunes Golf Club | Midlothian Country Club | Ridge Country Club
The Fore the Macs Golf Raffle offers the chance to play an 18 hole round of golf with three players of your choice with the club member at one of seven beautiful golf courses. One winner will be selected for each course, offering you 7 CHANCES to win!
1 raffle ticket - $150
6 raffle tickets for the price of 5 - $750
Notre Dame Raffle
Cheer like champions for the Fighting Irish!
The leaves are starting to change color and a cool, crisp breeze welcomes football season! Enjoy the perfect fall day as you immerse yourself in the rich tradition of Notre Dame football with ten (10) tickets and two (2) parking passes to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Boise State Broncos game on Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 2:30pm ET!
Seats are separate and located in:
- Two seats - Section 9, Row 20, Seats 5-6
- Four seats - Section 20, Row 9, Seats 1-4
- Four seats - Section 21, Row 14, Seats 13-16
1 raffle ticket - $100
6 raffle tickets for the price of 5 - $500
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Caring Heart Award
Every year at the Fore the Macs: Playing it Forward Golf Outing, we honor an alumna or organization with the Caring Heart Award at the After Par-Tee.
In 2017, Mother McAuley established this award in tribute to Caroline Griffin '12. Caroline was a member of the McAuley golf team. She also was a heart transplant recipient who never let her congenital heart condition get in the way of enjoying life. While a sophomore at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, Caroline passed away as a result of ongoing heart issues.
We are proud to announce that this year's Caring Heart Award was presented to the Tom Hopkins Foundation.
About the Tom Hopkins Foundation
Tom "Papa Hops" Hopkins was larger-than-life with a big, "caring heart." He always took care of others, by volunteering his time in the community and local schools as a coach, referee and mentor to the children living on the southside.
At age 23, Tom was diagnosed with melanoma. Thirty years after remission, his cancer returned. Tom never lost hope and fought every day with a positive attitude and the right mindset to beat cancer. After his passing, his four children - Liam, Martin, Tommy and Annie '13 - wanted to continue the legacy he instilled in them: to give back and help others.
They established the Tom Hopkins Foundation in the summer of 2014 in honor of their Dad. The 1st Annual Papa Hops 16" Softball Tournament was held at Kennedy Park with 16 participating teams playing into the night under rented lights. Today, the foundation has grown tremendously. The tournament now features 32 teams across three community parks, and is supported by thousands of people united for a great cause.
Funds raised support the foundation's mission to help families who have been affected by cancer and to assist local youth athletics. Over the past 11 years, more than $1 million has been raised, assisting over 95 families and 10 local Catholic school athletic departments. Most recently, the foundation partnered with the Southside Catholic Conference to host 8th-grade All Star games in boys' football and both boys' and girls' basketball and volleyball.
Papa Hops truly loved life, living each day to the fullest and always inspiring his family and friends to do the same. A proud supporter of youth athletics and a determined fighter of cancer, his spirit lives on through the foundation.
PapaHops #NeverEndTheFight
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Supporting our Students
Your support of the Golf Outing directly impacts our legacy students with the Tradition of Excellence Scholarship and helps make the dream of a Mother McAuley education a reality for so many families.
"Thank you for supporting me in my next adventure as I look forward to becoming a Mother McAuley Mighty Mac. The Mother McAuley legacy has been in my family for over 50 years, and has always had a special place in my heart. Receiving the Tradition of Excellence Scholarship means the world to me and my family. I hope to represent what it means to be a Mighty Mac and carry this amazing tradition."
-Josephine, Tradition of Excellence Recipient, Class of 2029
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