Committee
MoveUP and USW2009 Host the 7th Annual Bob Derby Golf Tournament – Saturday, August 12th, 2023
March 27, 2023
To: All MoveUP Members
The 7th Annual Bob Derby Memorial Charity Golf Tournament, in support of the Union Protein Project, takes place on Saturday, August 12, 2023 at the Pitt Meadows Golf Club.
This fun-filled, annual outing features 18 holes with driving cart, a driving range warm-up, lunch on the course, buffet dinner, and lots of incredible prizes. This event gets bigger and better every year.
Register Now!
Early bird (on or before May 31):
$275 for MoveUP/USW members
$325 for non-members
Special Foursome Price – $1000 until May 31 only – THIS MUST BE A SINGLE PAYMENT (in other words – only one person can make this payment and your foursome will need to work out payments on your end). Please send separate email to kprinz@moveuptogether.ca with the names and individual email addresses for your foursome.
After May 31:
$325 for MoveUP/USW members
$375 for non-members
Foursome – $1200
Dinner ONLY – $60
This event will sell out so make sure you don’t miss out.
Please click HERE to register.
If you have any questions please email Kat at kprinz@moveuptogether.ca
About The Union Protein Project
The Union Protein Project is working to ensure that no child, family or community needs food banks. People need real choices and good jobs that feed them, their families, and their communities.
Food banks in BC regularly experience shortages of protein-based food and struggle to ensure that vulnerable people get this key nourishment. Many families are struggling to provide the nourishment that is essential for their health, and children make up 45% of the people relying on BC food banks.
Protein is critical to a healthy diet and crucial for mental and physical development. A lack of protein makes it even harder for vulnerable people to improve their lives.
FOOD FOR FOOD BANKS
The Union Protein Project helps food banks by subsidizing shelf stable protein-based foods so food banks can save precious money and maximize their purchasing power. The Union Protein Project subsidizes the cost of protein for food banks allowing them to provide fish, peanut butter, and other items that many at-risk families just can’t afford. They have helped food banks through direct donations of protein-based foods, and to get better volume-based prices which means food banks can save precious money and maximize their purchasing power.
Learn more at proteinproject.ca.
Remembering Bob Derby
Bob Derby was the former Vice-President, Combined Units for MoveUP, then known as COPE 378. Bob spent six years in that role prior to retiring in 2011. He was the sole casualty of a tragic motor vehicle accident in June 2015.
A former mechanic supervisor at the Coast Mountain Bus Company, Bob was a long-time union activist and joined MoveUP’s executive board in 2010 after previously serving as an executive councillor and as job steward. He played a key role in organizing the 2001 transit strike in Greater Vancouver, as well as ordering the shutdown of the entire Surrey Gateway building with pickets after manages reneged on a picketing agreement.
Bob’s greatest legacy at MoveUP was building a strong foundation of social events, providing members from all bargaining units and different communities an opportunity to get together in friendly spaces away from both the workplace, and from union business.
Bob did his best to make sure there was something for everybody, from Sun Run teams to summer golf tournaments, to union days at Hastings Racetrack, to hockey, football and baseball games. He also drove the multi-union pride float in the Vancouver Pride Parade.
Bob took his role as social events coordinator very seriously, and his personality was well-suited for it. The gregarious, affable, back-slapping Scotsman was a friendly face at social events and always did his best to make everyone feel welcome.
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Hotel Information:
There is a group block of 15 rooms on hold until July 11, 2023. The rooms are reserved from August 11 to August 13 (2 nights) – if you only want one night, just let them know.
First come first served.
If you want to reserve a room please call the front desk at 604-460-9859 and state “MoveUP Bob Derby Golf ” when booking your reservation. Standard rooms (with 2 queens) are blocked at a discounted rate of $259.00, and Jr. Suites are blocked at $269.00. Rates are based on 1-4 guests per room and are subject to the applicable taxes. Guests of the hotel will receive a complimentary breakfast, free WiFi, and parking. Please visit the website at www.bestwestern.com to view the rooms and amenities.