CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of the 31st Judicial District is sponsoring its 12th annual Father’s Day charity golf tournament on Saturday at the Allen County Country Club.
The CASA program was founded in 1977 in Seattle, Wash., by a judge who was concerned about making decisions about abused and neglected children’s lives with sufficient information. The judge came up with the idea of using trained community volunteers to speak for the best interests of the children in court and in 1990, the U.S. Congress encouraged the expansion of CASA with the passing of the Victims of Crime Act.
CASA of the 31st Judicial District serves the children of Allen, Neosho, Wilson and Woodson counties.
“CASA is an excellent organization made up of primarily volunteers,” 31st Judicial District Chief Judge Daniel Creitz said. “Its beneficiaries are those children that are seriously abused.”
The tournament fees are $60 per person or $240 per team (four-person scramble) which includes cart rental, green fees and a homemade lunch. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with the event beginning at 9 a.m.
Cash prizes are awarded in each fight and other prizes are available as well.
CASA would like to thank its tournament sponsors: Hofer, Hofer and Associates; Copy Products, Inc.; Ash Grove Cement; Community National Bank of Iola; Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center; Peck Cattle; Nelson Quarries; B&W Trailer Hitches; Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline and State Farm (Jennifer Dietsch).
CASA hits the links Saturday
