The Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction officially opens for bidding on August 20, 2026, giving golfers, Grace Fellowship families, community members, local businesses, and supporters an exciting new way to participate in this year’s fundraising efforts benefiting Lower Lights Ministries. Every registration, bid, donation, and shared post helps expand the reach of the auction while supporting an organization working to bring hope, opportunity, stability, and lasting transformation to individuals and families throughout Central Ohio.
This Media Kit was created to help Grace Fellowship members, golfers, volunteers, sponsors, businesses, community leaders, Lower Lights supporters, friends, and families easily promote the auction through social media, text messaging, email, and everyday conversations. The goal is simple: build awareness, increase registrations before opening day, and encourage more participation once bidding begins.
For approximately 15 years, an auction has been part of the annual Grace Fellowship Golf Outing experience. This year brings an exciting change. Instead of limiting the auction to those attending the golf outing in person, the auction is moving online, opening the opportunity to participate to a much larger community. Golfers can still enjoy the auction as part of the event, while friends, family members, church members, and supporters who are not on the course can register, bid, and help support the cause from wherever they are.
Unlike generic fundraising templates, everything below has been designed for real-world use. The messages, ideas, graphics, and promotional tools can be copied, personalized, shared, reposted, or adapted for different audiences. Whether someone is posting on Facebook, sending a quick text, sharing with fellow golfers, encouraging coworkers, or asking local businesses to participate, this Media Kit makes promotion easy.
Registration is now open, allowing supporters to prepare before bidding officially begins on August 20, 2026. Early registrations create excitement, increase visibility, and help ensure more supporters are ready to participate the moment the auction opens.
Official Registration Page
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Supporters can register today before bidding officially begins on August 20, 2026. The auction page includes auction items, important dates, updates, and everything needed to participate once bidding opens.
With the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing taking place on August 22, opening the online auction two days earlier gives supporters an opportunity to begin bidding before golfers even arrive at the course. It also allows people who cannot attend the golf outing to participate in the fundraising and support Lower Lights Ministries.
Every early registration strengthens the campaign by increasing awareness and helping Grace Fellowship reach more people who believe in making a meaningful difference throughout Central Ohio. Every share, every registration, and every conversation helps build momentum leading into auction and golf outing weekend.
Grace Fellowship Golf Outing
Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Website
The annual Grace Fellowship Golf Outing brings golfers, sponsors, church members, businesses, and community supporters together for a day of golf, fellowship, generosity, and impact.
The 21st Annual Grace Fellowship Golf Outing takes place on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at Westchester Golf Club. More than simply a day on the golf course, the event creates an opportunity for people throughout the community to come together around a shared purpose while supporting Grace Fellowship’s Local Impact Partner, Lower Lights Ministries.
The auction has long been part of the golf outing tradition. Moving the auction online this year expands that tradition beyond the golf course.
Instead of participation being limited primarily to people attending the event, supporters can now register and participate online. That means church members, friends, family, coworkers, Lower Lights supporters, former golfers, local businesses, and people throughout the community can join the fundraising effort whether or not they are playing golf on August 22.
The online format also creates more time for bidding. Rather than trying to make auction decisions during a busy golf outing, supporters can browse items, place bids, follow their favorites, and participate from their phones, computers, or tablets.
It is the same spirit of generosity that has been part of the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing for years – now with the opportunity to reach even more people.
Supporting Lower Lights Ministries
Proceeds from this year’s Grace Fellowship Golf Outing fundraising efforts benefit Lower Lights Ministries, a Columbus-based nonprofit organization committed to breaking cycles of poverty and addiction and helping individuals, families, and communities experience lasting transformation.
Lower Lights approaches these challenges by building relationships and creating opportunities for people to move toward greater stability, connection, purpose, and hope.
Its work includes programs and initiatives addressing areas such as supportive housing, recovery, mentoring, youth and family support, neighborhood outreach, and opportunities designed to help people build stronger and healthier lives.
Rather than addressing only immediate needs, Lower Lights emphasizes relationships and long-term transformation. Its programs create environments where people can find encouragement, practical support, community, and opportunities to take meaningful steps forward.
The work touches individuals and families facing circumstances that can be difficult to overcome alone. Through committed staff members, volunteers, partners, donors, mentors, and community supporters, Lower Lights helps create pathways toward greater independence and a stronger future.
Every dollar raised through the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction helps strengthen the fundraising effort surrounding the golf outing and its support of Lower Lights Ministries.
More Than a Day of Golf
A golf outing may last one day, but the impact created through it can reach far beyond the course.
Every golfer who participates, every sponsor who gets involved, every business that contributes, every person who shares the auction, and every supporter who places a bid becomes part of something larger.
This year’s move to an online auction makes that circle even bigger.
Someone does not need to play golf to participate. They do not need to be standing at Westchester Golf Club. They do not even need to live nearby. Anyone who wants to support the effort can register online, explore the available auction items, place bids once the auction opens, and invite others to participate.
That expanded participation can translate directly into greater fundraising potential for Lower Lights Ministries.
The goal is not simply to move an existing auction from a room to a website. The goal is to use the online format to introduce the auction to more people, generate more registrations, create more bidding competition, and ultimately raise more money for an important local mission.
Auction Promotion Ideas and Strategies
One of the biggest keys to a successful charity auction is building awareness BEFORE the auction officially opens. The most successful auctions create momentum early by encouraging supporters to register ahead of time, share the auction page widely, and invite others into the mission.
This is especially important for the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction because the online format allows the fundraiser to reach far beyond the golfers attending the August 22 event.
Supporters can help promote the auction by:
- Sharing the auction registration page on Facebook and community groups
- Inviting Grace Fellowship members, golfers, volunteers, family members, friends, neighbors, and coworkers to register early
- Encouraging Lower Lights supporters to participate and share the auction
- Asking golf outing sponsors and participating businesses to help spread awareness
- Posting countdown reminders leading up to August 20
- Sharing information about the mission and impact of Lower Lights Ministries
- Inviting previous Grace Fellowship Golf Outing participants to register
- Including the auction link in church communications and email updates
- Sending personal text invitations to family and friends
- Encouraging sponsors, golfers, church leaders, volunteers, and supporters to repost auction graphics
- Promoting the auction before and during the August 22 golf outing
- Asking local businesses and community organizations to help spread the word
- Reminding people that they do not have to attend the golf outing to participate
- Encouraging golfers to invite spouses, friends, coworkers, and family members to bid
- Sharing specific auction items as they become available
- Reminding supporters that bidding begins two days before the golf outing
Additional promotion ideas and strategies can be found here:
The most important strategy before auction day is simple: increase registrations and awareness.
Every new registration creates another potential bidder who will already be prepared once bidding officially opens. Because the auction is online this year, every golfer and Grace Fellowship supporter has an opportunity to bring additional people into the fundraiser.
One golfer can invite ten friends. A sponsor can share the auction with its customers. A church member can send the link to family members. A business can post the auction for its employees. A Lower Lights supporter can introduce the fundraiser to an entirely new circle of people.
That is how an online auction grows.
Donation Ideas for Charity Auctions
Successful charity auctions often include a wide variety of donated items, experiences, services, gift certificates, baskets, collectibles, entertainment opportunities, and community-sponsored items.
The Grace Fellowship Golf Outing already has a natural connection to businesses, golfers, golf courses, sponsors, and community partners, creating excellent opportunities for donated items that can generate additional bidding and fundraising.
This year’s auction includes green fees from several golf courses, providing natural auction items for golfers while the online format also allows the fundraiser to offer a much broader selection of items and experiences.
Popular donation ideas include:
- Golf course green fees
- Golf foursomes
- Golf lessons
- Golf equipment and accessories
- Restaurant gift cards
- Vacation stays
- Sporting event tickets
- Concert and entertainment tickets
- Local business gift certificates
- Spa and wellness packages
- Family entertainment packages
- Art and handcrafted items
- Dining experiences
- Photography packages
- Home and garden items
- Electronics and technology
- Professional services
- Specialty gift baskets
- Automotive services
- Outdoor recreation experiences
- Lessons and classes
- Local attractions
- Unique Central Ohio experiences
- Business-sponsored packages
More donation request ideas can be found here:
Amazing Auction Donation Ideas
Even smaller donated items can play an important role. A successful online auction benefits from having items at a variety of price points so more supporters have an opportunity to participate.
Businesses do not need to make an enormous contribution to make a difference. A gift certificate, service, experience, product, golf package, or donated item can create additional bidding activity while introducing that business to auction participants.
The combination of donated community items, golf-related experiences, and the additional items available through Your Charity Auction gives supporters more reasons to visit the auction, place bids, and return throughout the event.
Auction Graphics and Memes for the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction
Supporters should download and save the auction graphics from this Media Kit directly onto their phones and computers so they can easily share them across social media, text messaging, email, church communications, and community groups leading up to auction day.
Graphics work especially well when combined with short messages highlighting the golf outing, introducing Lower Lights Ministries, promoting the move to an online auction, featuring golf-related auction items, sharing countdown reminders, encouraging early registration, and reminding supporters that they can participate even if they are not attending the golf outing.
Simple and consistent visibility before the auction officially opens helps create familiarity and encourages more supporters to register ahead of time.
The auction URL should remain prominent whenever graphics are shared:
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Using QR Codes to Help Promote the Auction
QR codes make sharing the auction fast and simple. Instead of asking supporters to manually type a website address, people can instantly scan a QR code with their phones and go directly to the auction registration page.
This makes QR codes especially valuable for the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction because promotion can happen both before the event and throughout golf outing day.
QR codes can be displayed at Grace Fellowship, Westchester Golf Club, registration areas, sponsor tables, golf carts, tee boxes, dining areas, event signage, local businesses, and anywhere golfers and supporters are interacting in person.
They also provide an easy way to introduce the new online auction format. Someone who may have participated in the traditional live auction in previous years can simply scan the code, register, and immediately access the online auction.
Custom QR Code for the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction
A custom QR code linking directly to the auction page can become one of the easiest promotional tools available to Grace Fellowship.
The QR code should direct supporters to:
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
QR codes help bridge offline and online promotion by making it incredibly easy for golfers, church members, sponsors, volunteers, Lower Lights supporters, businesses, and community members to register quickly.
Because the auction opens on August 20, two days before the golf outing, QR-code promotion should begin well before golfers arrive at Westchester Golf Club.
The goal is to have as many supporters as possible already registered and ready to bid when the auction officially opens.
Great Places to Use QR Codes
- Grace Fellowship
- Westchester Golf Club
- Golf outing registration tables
- Golf carts
- Tee box signage
- Sponsor signs
- Golf outing programs
- Event schedules
- Lunch and dining areas
- Silent-auction or promotional displays
- Lower Lights Ministries promotional materials
- Church announcements
- Grace Fellowship information tables
- Local businesses
- Restaurant counters
- Sponsor locations
- Flyers
- Posters
- Volunteer packets
- Golfer information packets
- Email signatures
- Printed handouts
- Presentation slides
- Social media graphics
- Community organization meetings
- Golf-related businesses
- Pro shops
- Community events
People are far more likely to quickly scan a QR code than manually type a website address. Reducing friction increases participation.
The easier registration becomes, the more momentum the auction can build before bidding officially opens.
Best Practices for QR Code Promotion
- Place QR codes in highly visible locations.
- Combine QR codes with short, meaningful messaging.
- Include QR codes on printed materials and promotional graphics.
- Add the QR code to golf outing materials whenever appropriate.
- Encourage golfers, church members, volunteers, and supporters to share QR codes digitally.
- Ask participating businesses and sponsors to display the QR code.
- Add QR codes to social media graphics and presentation materials.
- Place QR codes where golfers naturally have downtime.
- Remind people that they can participate even if they are not attending the golf outing.
- Encourage supporters to register before August 20 instead of waiting until the golf outing.
One simple scan can create a new registration. Registrations create potential bidders, and bidders create competition.
Small promotional tools used consistently throughout Grace Fellowship, the golf community, local businesses, and the broader Central Ohio community can create significant momentum for the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction.
Taglines
- Tee Up for a Great Cause.
- Great Golf. Great Bids. Greater Impact.
- Take Your Best Shot for Lower Lights.
- Golf for Good. Bid for Impact.
- Your Bid Can Help Shine a Light.
- Register Today. Tee Up Your Bids August 20.
- From the Fairway to the Community, Every Bid Matters.
- Bid Online. Give Back. Make a Difference.
- A Great Day of Golf Can Create Lasting Impact.
- The Auction Is Online. The Mission Is Local.
Social Media Posts
Registration is now open for the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction! This year, our longtime golf outing auction is moving online, which means you can participate whether you’re golfing with us or cheering us on from somewhere else. Bidding officially begins August 20.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
The Grace Fellowship Golf Outing is almost here, and this year we’re taking the auction beyond the golf course! Register now for our online auction benefiting Lower Lights Ministries and be ready to start bidding August 20.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
You don’t have to play golf to make an impact! The Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction is online this year, allowing friends, families, church members, businesses, and supporters everywhere to participate. Register today and join us in supporting Lower Lights Ministries.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Golfers, check out the auction before you hit the course! Bidding opens August 20, two days before the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing. Register now, browse the auction, and be ready to bid.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Great golf can create an even greater impact. Join us for the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction benefiting Lower Lights Ministries. Every registration, share, and bid helps strengthen this important local mission.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Looking for your next round of golf? Several golf-course green-fee opportunities are part of this year’s auction, along with many other great items. Register now and see what’s waiting when bidding opens August 20!
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
For years, the auction has been part of the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing. This year we’re expanding the opportunity by taking it online! More people can participate, more people can bid, and together we can create even greater support for Lower Lights Ministries.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
The countdown is on! The Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction opens August 20, followed by the golf outing on August 22. Register early, invite your friends, and help us build momentum before the first golfer tees off.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Every registration helps us reach more supporters. Every share introduces someone new to the auction. Every bid helps increase what we can accomplish for Lower Lights Ministries. Join us!
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Tee up a bid for a great cause! The Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction is going online this year, making it easier than ever to participate. Register today and be ready when bidding begins August 20.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Quotes
- “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
- “Great things happen when a community comes together.”
- “Generosity turns ordinary opportunities into extraordinary impact.”
- “Hope grows when people choose to invest in one another.”
- “A stronger community begins with people willing to help.”
- “Sometimes the smallest act of generosity can become someone’s turning point.”
- “Giving creates possibilities that extend far beyond the moment.”
- “When people come together for a purpose, lives can change.”
- “Community is built when we choose to carry hope together.”
- “Every opportunity to give is an opportunity to make a difference.”
Friendly Text Invites
Hi! I wanted to share the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction with you. The auction is online this year, so you don’t have to attend the golf outing to participate. Registration is already open and bidding begins August 20. Proceeds help support Lower Lights Ministries.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Thought you might enjoy this one! Grace Fellowship is hosting an online auction in conjunction with our annual golf outing. Registration is open now and bidding starts August 20.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
You don’t have to be a golfer to participate! Our golf outing auction is online this year, so anyone can register and bid while helping us support Lower Lights Ministries.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Registration is open now for the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction. Take a look and get registered so you’re ready when bidding begins August 20!
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Know someone who loves golf? There are several golf-related opportunities in our upcoming online auction, plus plenty of other items. Please pass this along!
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Please take a minute to check out the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction. Every registration helps build momentum before bidding begins.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Our golf outing auction has moved online this year! That means more friends and family can participate even if they aren’t golfing with us. Bidding begins August 20.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
This is a great opportunity to have some fun bidding while supporting Lower Lights Ministries and the important work they do in Central Ohio. Hope you’ll take a look!
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
The Grace Fellowship Golf Outing is August 22, but you can start bidding online beginning August 20. Register now so you’re ready!
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Help us spread the word! You don’t have to attend the golf outing to participate in the auction. Every share can introduce another potential bidder.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Follow-Up Texts
Just a quick reminder that registration is already open for the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction before bidding begins August 20.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
We’re getting close! Register now so you’ll be ready when the online auction officially opens August 20.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Thanks again for helping us spread the word about the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction. Every share helps us reach another potential supporter.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Friendly reminder—the auction opens August 20, and you don’t have to attend the golf outing to bid. Registration is available now!
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Sharing this again in case you know someone who loves golf or would enjoy supporting a great Central Ohio organization.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Opening day is almost here! Register now and be ready to support Lower Lights Ministries when bidding begins August 20.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Every early registration helps increase awareness before the auction begins. Thanks for helping us build momentum for the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing!
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
One simple share can introduce someone new to the auction. With the auction online this year, we’re able to invite far more people to participate than ever before.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
We appreciate your support! Together we’re helping turn a great day of golf into an opportunity to create even greater impact for Lower Lights Ministries.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
August 20 is almost here! Register now, check out the auction, and get ready to bid before the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing on August 22.
https://YourCharityAuction.com/GraceFellowship
Final Thoughts
The Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction represents much more than another part of a golf tournament. It is an opportunity for golfers, Grace Fellowship families, businesses, sponsors, Lower Lights supporters, friends, and community members to come together around a shared purpose.
For years, the auction has been part of the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing tradition. Moving the auction online creates an opportunity to take something that has already been successful and open it to an even larger audience.
Now the person who cannot play golf on August 22 can still participate. A golfer can invite friends and family members to bid. Sponsors can share the auction with employees and customers. Grace Fellowship members can send the auction to people throughout their personal networks. Lower Lights supporters can participate from wherever they happen to be.
That increased reach matters.
Every registration, every donated item, every bid, every social media share, every text message, every conversation, and every volunteer helps expand awareness and strengthen the fundraising effort benefiting Lower Lights Ministries.
The most successful charity auctions begin building momentum long before bidding officially opens. Early registrations, consistent promotion, community involvement, business participation, donated items, and personal invitations all contribute to stronger bidding once the auction begins.
This year, that momentum can begin before anyone tees off.
Bidding opens August 20.
The Grace Fellowship Golf Outing takes place August 22.
Between now and then, every Grace Fellowship member, golfer, sponsor, volunteer, business, and supporter has an opportunity to help introduce another person to the auction.
Thank you for helping spread the word about the Grace Fellowship Golf Outing Auction. Register early, invite others to participate, and help turn a great tradition into an even greater opportunity to support Lower Lights Ministries.