The Even the Score Golf Outing is back in swing this year, and event organizers hope it will raise lots of dough for those with developmental disabilities.
The outing is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 28 at Weatherwax Golf Course in Middletown. Registration is 10 a.m. Monday; cost is $100 per person or $25 for just dinner.
Last year’s event raised $9,000, which was used to organize and supervise recreational activities for Butler County Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities clients.
Without this event, “a lot of individuals would not get to do anything, because they just don’t have the budget,” said Ross Twp. resident Jean Sparks, whose son Duane, 41, is developmentally disabled.
Duane Sparks has used the money to help pay for trips to Nashville, Gatlinburg and a bat factory in Louisville — all through a group of people with disabilities called the Friendship Club.
“He’s gotten to meet a lot of people because of his traveling that he wouldn’t normally get to meet and see a lot of places he wouldn’t get to see,” Jean Sparks said, adding it gives him “independence” and “pride.”
Before the golf outing, Duane will take part in a putt and chip contest featuring local Special Olympians starting at 10:30 a.m. This will be followed by a shotgun start to the golfing event at 12:30 p.m.
The local nonprofit Arc of Butler County is sponsoring the event.
Contact this reporter at (513) 820-2175 or jsweigart@coxohio.com.
What: Even the Score Golf Outing, benefiting Butler County Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
Where: Weatherwax Golf Course, 5401 Mosiman Road, Middletown.
When: Monday, Sept. 28. Registration starts at 10 a.m.
Cost: $100 per person. $400 for a four-person team. $25 for dinner.
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12:51 PM, 9/27/2009
I mean, my daughter brought home a postcard from school informing us of this. How much money was wasted on that little PR stunt? How many of those cards do you think actually made it past the trash cans at school?
Stop wasting money on stupid crap & you would be able to use it where it is most needed - paying those who are doing the real work.
12:50 AM, 9/27/2009
5:47 PM, 9/26/2009
4:30 PM, 9/26/2009
Unions have played a huge part in the work crisis that has been going on in this Country, which has been going on for many years. If unions didn't demand such high salaries and guaranteed pay increases for its workers maybe large companies wouldn't be forced to outsource jobs, or hire cheap labor (habla espanol?) FYI the UAW once demanded $60 dollars an hour for "tenured" employees,
9:15 AM, 9/26/2009