It’s all fore the kids

Neighbors For Kids will hold its 12th Annual Kids Zone Classic Charity Golf Tournament on Saturday, July 17, at Chinook Winds Golf Course in Lincoln City.

There will be a 9 am shotgun start with a foursome scramble format. The entry fee is $400 per foursome, or $100 per individual golfer. The cost covers green fees, golf cart, breakfast snacks, executive box lunch, goody bag and opportunities for contests, silent auction, awards and prizes. All golfers get a chance on hole 18 to make a hole-in-one and win a brand-new Jeep Cherokee.

All of the proceeds from this fundraising event will go toward NFK’s programs to support children and families living on the Oregon Coast.

Since March 2020, NFK has responded to hunger and food instability in the local community with weekly “picnic baskets,” which provided healthy, kid-friendly meals and fun enrichment activities. The organization also sponsored a program providing kids with five days’ of freshly prepared breakfasts and lunches. Each week, thanks to an ODE-Farm to School grant, staff distributed enrichment supplies, ingredients and cooking projects that taught kids about Oregon agriculture, health, culinary arts and gardening.

In addition to continuing picnic basket efforts, in February NFK re-opened the Little Kids Zone Preschool for ages three to five; this was the first in-person program back on site in the Depoe Bay facility. In mid-June, NFK launched a summer day camp for school-age kids which will operate until late August.

For more information, or to sign up to play golf in the tournament, go to www.neighborsforkids.org or call 541-961-7985.