Gary Lipman Initiative

Everyone deserves access to clean water.

Since 2011 the Gary Lipman Initiative has partnered with the local church and WORLD HOPE INTERNATIONAL to drill wells and complete nearly 200 clean water projects, bringing health, safety, education, and economic empowerment to vulnerable West African communities.

 

Your monthly donation allows the ongoing costs of our all-volunteer organization to send more of our event revenue straight to our benefactors! Thanks in advance!

 
 
 
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Our Cause

 

Each year, more people are killed from dirty water than all forms of violence. Globally, about 2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water, which includes approximately 780 million people lack even a basic drinking-water service; of that, 115 million people are dependent on untreated surface water.

Please join us in bringing health and hope to more communities this year!

 

14+

years serving communities

$2M+

dollars raised

700K+

Lives Impacted

 

 

 

Our Events

 

Banquet - 2026

Time & Place TBD

GOLF - 2026

Time & Place TBD

LIVE & Silent auctionS

Easily donate to the live and silent auctions through our Wish List! You may also Contact Us to donate gift cards, services, getaways, tickets, or other items.

 

 

Volunteer

 

We love our volunteers!

Our events wouldn’t happen without our many generous volunteers. We have volunteer opportunities leading up to both events, to support our live and silent auctions, and during the Friday night banquet and golf on Saturday. We’d love to see you get involved!

 

 

About Us

 

A Lasting Legacy…

The annual golf tournament takes place in honor of Gary Lipman, faithful Christ follower, loving husband, father and friend. While he had a passion for golf, he had a bigger passion for helping others.

After his sudden passing in 2008, a group of Sent Church men decided to hold a golf tournament in his honor. The goal was to raise half the funds for one well. Instead, enough was raised to build two wells!

What’s taken place since has gone beyond what anyone imagined!

See Aaron’s blog, “Golf for Water: Get the “T” from the Texas Tee,” on Worldhope.org

Gary Lipman’s son, Aaron, and his family. Aaron serves as GLI Chairman and continues the good work his father began.

 

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