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Left: Golfers and students gather together for a picture after the 2016 Golf 4 Kids event. Above: Students help out by selling raffle
tickets to golfers during the 2017 Golf 4 Kids, held at Valley Hi Country Club on Aug. 7.
Miller began the day by reading out
the story of how the event started to
all of the golfers and children pres-
ent, to help them understand the
“essence” of the tournament.
“Parents bring their children out
and they assist with selling raff le
tickets and really just being present
to meet our golfers,” Miller says. “Ev-
eryone participating can meet these
kids and their families and see what
kind of an impact their donations
have.”
Many of the tools that are nec-
essary in these special classes are
technical and expensive, Miller says.
This year, some of the funds raised
from the tournament will go toward a
special, adaptive physical education
program at the Ralph Richardson
Center and Luther Burbank High
School that will pay for special bikes,
mats and other equipment to im-
prove mobility and independence.
“People really have become at-
tached to the tournament and enjoy
knowing the funds go directly to
these kids,” foundation vice presi-
dent Jeannie Reese says. n
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Jim Leet, president of the founda-
tion. “It’s a discreet need, but an
important one.”
Funds from the event support the
children’s programs in a variety of
ways, but most often by providing
specialized computers, keyboards
and communication devices. There
is also a need for wheelchairs — such
as those operated merely by head
movements. Other money goes to-
ward equipment and activities that
the four schools cannot cover on
their own.
Bob Miller, chairman for the
event, says nearly 100 golfers partic-
ipate every year. This year’s Golf 4
Kids was held on Aug. 7 at Valley Hi
Country Club in Elk Grove. As usual,
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