Auburn course to hold APOA scramble

The Auburn Police Officers Association will hold its ninth annual charity golf tournament at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Auburn Golf Course, 29630 Green River Road.

August 5, 2008 2:07 am
Devin Harder worked on his putting at the annual Auburn Youth Resources Tournament at Washington National. The AYR event on July 24 kicked off a series of benefit tournament.
Devin Harder worked on his putting at the annual Auburn Youth Resources Tournament at Washington National. The AYR event on July 24 kicked off a series of benefit tournament.

The Auburn Police Officers Association will hold its ninth annual charity golf tournament at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Auburn Golf Course, 29630 Green River Road.

Organizers invite players, donors and sponsors to join in this year’s fundraising effort.

In 2007, the tournament garnered more than $14,000 and this year’s goal is to surpass $20,000 to support local charities such as Auburn Youth Resources, Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, Children’s Home Society, the Auburn Food Bank, Youth Sports Sponsorships, Young Life, Special Olympics of Washington and many others.

Sponsorships start as low as $250 and organizers also will accept donations of items that can be used in a raffle or silent auction.

Player entry fee is $100 per person and includes golf, cart, box lunch, dinner and beverages. The tournament is a four-player scramble event and is known throughout the region as the largest law enforcement tournament in the area. There will be several individual contests, team awards, silent auction and raffle. Brochure can be downloaded at www.auburnwa.gov.

For more information, contact Officer Leslie Jordan at 253-804-5004 or ljordan@auburnwa.gov.

Elsewhere

• The 23rd annual Valley

of Auburn Kiwanis Golf

Classic, “Helping Kids Out of the Rough,” is Friday at the Auburn Golf Course. The scramble tees off with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Proceeds from the tournament, presented by Auburn Regional Medical Center, will benefit several community programs, including the Kiwanis International Foundation, high school scholarship fund, ACAP and APPLE parenting program, Auburn Youth Resources, middle school builders clubs and Young Children Priority One. The event will include a raffle, auction and refreshments.

For information, call 253-217-3873 or visit www.kiwanisclubofthevalley.org.

• The second annual Scramble for Safe Families Charity Tournament – a benefit to raise money for local child abuse and domestic violence – will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Auburn Golf Course. The event includes a four-person scramble, hole-in-one contest, putting contest, banquet, auction, raffles and awards.

Prizes include a 2008 Mustang, a set of Ping irons, $500 cash prize and a Garmen GPS Navigation System.

Television personality Pat Cashman will emcee the event.

For more information, visit www.jnbfoundation.org/news.htm.

• The Jenna Latsha Memorial Tournament, a benefit for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, is set for Washington National on Saturday.

Registration and a silent auction will be conducted at noon at the golf course, 14330 SE Husky Way, Auburn.

The foursome scramble will tee off with a shotgun start at 2 p.m.

Dinner will follow after the tournament, culminating with a 7:30 p.m. live auction.

Proceeds will benefit the Jenna Latsha Memorial Fund and juvenile diabetes research.

Latsha, daughter of Pam Costner and Allen Chery of Renton, passed away last December to the disease. Latsha, 20, was a Kentridge High School graduate.

For more information, please e-mail allenpamc@comcast.net.