Championship Fore Charities is a new golf event in the Fort Smith area benefiting eight local charities. The concept was developed by a few local community volunteers to bring together one event that would benefit many non-profits in the Fort Smith area.
The eight charities that will be benefiting from this event are: United Way, Girls Inc., Project Compassion, Optimist Clubs of Fort Smith and Crawford County, Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House, Crisis Intervention Center, Clothes Closet, and The Boys Shelter.
The event will take place Wednesday, Oct. 15 at Hardscrabble Country Club. There are two flights scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and at 1 p.m. Lunch will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. provided by Arvest Bank. The field is almost full and the Championship Fore Charities committee says it can still take a few more teams.
With the local support from corporations and individuals in the community, Championship Fore Charities presented by Sykes has already raised over $70,000 and it is the plan of the committee to donate after expenses $6,000-$10,000 to each of the eight charities.
The main sponsors include: Sykes: Title Sponsor, Arvest Bank: Lunch sponsor, Mercy: Driving Range Sponsor, United Federal Credit Union: Towel sponsor, First National Bank: Beverage Cart Sponsor and Rheem as the Putting Green Sponsor. Teams and hole sponsorships round out the giving to the event and would not be a successful first year event without everyone’s support.
The Championship Fore Charities committee understood how hard it is to choose to between so many non-profits events, so the process was simplified to make it easy to support eight at once. Also, with the business owner in mind, having only one event keeps workers from having to attend multiple golf events throughout the year and spending that many more hours out of the office.
“The Championship Fore Charities. The event touching many lives. One day out of the office impacting important area charities.”
Link here for more information or call Beth Presley at 831-9038.