First Clubs for Kids Golf Classic will help support Akron Children’s
Committee members for the first Clubs for Kids Golf Classic, to take place Aug. 5 at the Youngstown Country Club are, from left, Paul Dutton, Susan Berny, Sallie Tod Dutton and Greg Strollo.
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A Clubs for Kids Golf Classic, to benefit Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley, is scheduled for Aug. 5 at Youngstown Country Club, 1402 Country Club Drive.
Registration and lunch will begin at 11 a.m., and the golf tournament will begin at noon. The event will include a cocktail reception, presentation of prizes and a silent auction.
A limited number of team sponsorships and reception-only tickets are available.
Silent auction prizes include a Myrtle Beach golf vacation package, a YSU football game-day package including breakfast with the team and sideline passes, four Cleveland Indians Terrace Club passes, a Firestone Country Club golf/lunch package, two round-trip Air Tran airline tickets and more.
Before the adult event, a Youth Clinic will take place from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The clinic will feature three stations for young golfers in three age groups: 6 to 8, 9 to 11 and 12 to 14.
The clinic will include an observation station focusing on grip, stance, posture and alignment; a hands-on chipping and pitching instruction station; and a putting contest. The Clubs For Kids Youth Clinic will conclude with lunch, and each golfer will receive a goodie bag, $20 gift certificate and prizes. Cost of the Youth Clinic is $10 per person.
Sponsors of the fundraiser include Tod Family Foundation, Youth Clinic sponsor; Farmer’s National Bank, Farmer’s Trust and the Jane Lamb Charitable Foundation, cocktail reception sponsors; Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell LTD, W.E. Bliss Foundation and Preston Auto/Toyota of Boardman, major corporate sponsors; Huntington Bank and Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC, lunch sponsors; and Albco Foundry and Machine, Brouse McDowell, the DeBartolo Corp., Eye Care Associates, First National Bank, Charlotte Gelhaar, Atty. James Gentile, Hill Barth & King, HMHP Development Foundation, Marucci Gaffney Excavating, Merrill Lynch, Olsavsky Jaminet Architects, Partner’s Insurance, Refresh Dental/Dental Express, Dr. Elena Rossi, University Electric, WFMJ TV and WKBN/WYTV/WYFX/MyYTV.
The Clubs For Kids Golf Classic committee is made up of Paul and Sallie Tod Dutton, honorary chairmen; Susan Berny and Gregg Strollo, co-chairmen; and Dr. John Babyak, Julie Costas, Georgia D’Andrea, Dr. Robert Gerberry, Julie Ginnis, Donna Hayat, Paula Jakubek, Ray Jaminet, Gayle Kelly, Mike Lesch, Raquel Pacheco, Dr. David Ritchie, Dr. Elena Rossi, Earl Runcan, Suzyn Schwebel-Epstein, Joe Staffeld and Amanda Watanakunakorn.
For registration and more information about the day’s activities, call JoAnn Stock, Akron Children’s director of development, at 330-746-9122 or visit www.akronchildrens.org/mv.