Woodhaven Scholarship Golf Tournament

Jul 21, 2010

Every fall, Woodhaven Community Development co-hosts a charitable golf tournament with the Woodhaven Neighborhood Association and Woodhaven Country Club. This year’s tournament will be held on Monday, September 20.

The purpose of the tournament is to raise money to fund scholarships for deserving East Fort Worth graduating high school students, non-budgeted needs for college golf programs, and to provide for special educational needs of the Fort Worth East Regional Library, not covered by the City’s Budget. More than $140,000 in scholarships and grants have been awarded since the tournament’s inception.

Various levels of sponsorships are available, including Friends of the Tournament for our non-golfing friends who want to support the scholarship program. Get your team together or have the Woodhaven Pro Shop organize one for you. Applications for Sponsorships and Golfers are below.

For more information on the annual scholarship golf tournament and its awards program, see the Golf Tournament section of this website or contact tournament chairman, Joe Epps, at 817.429.5699 or email WCD at wcd_fw@hotmail.com.

Please see the following links to download the scholorship and golfer applications:
Tournament Sponsor Application
Golfer Application


Woodhaven Awards Night

Apr 15, 2010

The annual Woodhaven Scholarship and Grants Presentation was held on April 14 at the Woodhaven Country Club. Mayor Pro Tem and District 4 Councilman Danny Scarth was the guest speaker.

Scholarships were awarded to 10 deserving East Fort Worth high school seniors who plan to attend a Texas college or university in the fall of 2010. These awards can be used for tuition, educational fees, equipment and supplies, and on-campus boarding expenses.

In addition to awarding scholarships to college-bound students, grants were awarded to Texas Wesleyan University to assist with expenses in direct support of its golf program and to the East Regional Library to fund special educational needs that are not included in the City’s operating budget.

Since its inception in 1998, the Woodhaven Scholarship Account has awarded over $100,000 in scholarships and grants. Funding for these programs is received from the annual Woodhaven Scholarship Golf Tournament, which is jointly hosted by Woodhaven Community Development, Woodhaven Country Club and Woodhaven Neighborhood Association.

Additional information on the golf tournament and the scholarship and grant programs is located in the Golf Tournament section of this website.


The Potter's House to locate in Woodhaven

Mar 11, 2010

Pastor Derick Faison, associate pastor of The Potter’s House of Dallas, and his wife Tanya Faison announced at a recent WCD meeting the Potter’s House purchase of the former Kroger Store shopping area on Woodhaven Blvd. Pastor Faison serves as director of Christian education and ministerial affairs for The Potter’s House, and his wife Tanya shares the call to ministry. They will be actively involved with the development of a Potter’s House campus at its new location on Woodhaven Blvd.

The church became interested in establishing a presence in the greater Woodhaven area as one of its Dallas ministers lives in Eastern Hills. The Dallas congregation was informed in early February of the purchase of the Fort Worth property which includes the former Kroger Store, all buildings connected to it and the free standing Medical Building at the corner of Woodhaven Blvd. and Boca Raton Blvd. The church’s plans are to use most of the space for worship, its sanctuary and its children’s and adult programs. The church’s ministry will mirror that of its Dallas church. Not all of the programs at its Dallas campus will be duplicated in Fort Worth, and some of the space may be used for upscale retail. The church intends to become actively involved with the community redevelopment bringing a positive presence to Woodhaven. It wants to work with WCD and the Woodhaven community meets its needs.

The Potter’s House is currently leasing space at the Fort Worth Convention Center for its Sunday services. It is anxious to correct deficiencies at the Woodhaven Blvd. property and remodel both the interior and exterior prior to occupying the space which they anticipate to be in June, 2010. The church recently sent volunteers to Woodhaven and Eastern Hills to announce the establishment of the Fort Worth campus.

The Potter’s House is a nondenominational church, located in the southern sector of Dallas, Texas, founded in 1996. Since its founding, The Potter’s House has grown from 50 families to more than 30,000 members who step out in force, inspired and spiritually armed by Bishop T. D. Jakes to help others in their communities and across the world.The Potter’s House of Dallas has a $40M campus, totally paid for by its followers and includes the Clay Academy, private Christian college preparatory school. The Potter’s House congregation is actively involved with many community programs, including Habitat for Humanity, MEDC (Metroplex Economic Development Corporation and T.O.R.I. (Texas Offenders Re-entry Incentive), as well as church sponsored programs.

Source: Excerpt from 2-10-10, WCD Executive Committee meeting minutes.


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