Golden String sets golf classic June 22 to benefit disabled people June 22 to benefit disabled people

The co-sponsor of the event is Moore's Tavern.
HUBBARD -- Golden String Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of disabled people in the Mahoning Valley, will sponsor the inaugural Moore's Tavern-Golden String Drive for the Disabled Golf Classic.
The four-person scramble will be held June 22 at Pine Lakes Golf Course. The cost is $65 a person and includes a continental breakfast, lunch, dinner and beverage.
Golden String also is seeking corporate and individual sponsors for each of the 18 holes. Signs will be created and displayed at each tee to designate the sponsor. A bronze sponsorship is $100 and includes a sign; a silver sponsorship is $250 and includes a plaque and sign; and a gold sponsorship is $500 and includes a plaque, golf foursome and sign. All donations are fully tax deductible.
Deadline for golfing foursomes or sponsorships is June 11. Contact Betsy Klingensmith, assistant director at Golden String, at (330) 743-3444.
Background
Golden String, founded May 14, 2001, by Jimmy Sutman Jr., executive director, is located at 16 S. Phelps St., Youngstown. The organization, a small private agency, solicits donations from foundations, charitable trusts, local businesses and through its own fund-raising efforts. Golden String is a member of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals and has met the Better Business Bureau Standards for Charitable Solicitations. Funds support the organization's programs and services.
Programs offered
Golden String operates two separate programs. They are:
UGolden String summer camp, geared to mentally challenged and physically disabled children. The special-needs camp offers morning sessions with music appreciation, gross motor and fine motor skills practice and self-help skill development. Afternoons are dedicated to daily field trips into the community to encourage appropriate social skills. Golden String also works with the downtown YMCA to offer campers a weekly swim session. Participants also make pottery and paintings and explore neighborhoods along with making new friends.
UCommunity Arts Training Program organizes social activities for participants such as bowling, going to the movies, out to dinner or the theater; provides culinary training for self-help skills; initiates peer mentoring (how to be a friend and how to act in a group); and teaches arts enrichment.