Local Golf Tournament to Benefit Children
October 2, 2013
Enjoy a Fun-filled day of Golf, Networking, Contests and Prizes to Support Children Served by Healthy Learners
COLUMBIA, SC – October 2, 2013 – Healthy Learners will hold its 14th Annual Healthy Learners Champions for Children Golf Tournament in Memory of George Younginer on Wednesday October 16, 2013, to benefit the children served by Healthy Learners. The event is set for a noon shotgun start on the Wildcat and Old Hickory courses at the Fort Jackson Golf Club in Columbia and will conclude with an awards ceremony including dinner as well as an exciting Take Me Home Drawing. Join this year’s Premier Exclusive sponsor, Colonial Life, for one of the largest and most successful charity golf tournaments in the Midlands, which traditionally hosts more than 225 golfers.
The annual golf tournament is our largest fundraiser. We are truly grateful for the many sponsors and volunteers who continue to join us in meeting the unmet health needs of children by supporting the golf tournament, said Jo Pauling-Jones, Executive Director of Healthy Learners. In an effort to continue to provide health care services for children who are in need and without resources, Healthy Learners partners with schools and community health care providers to not only help children secure needed health care services, but also to provide transportation to medical appointments.
Healthy Learners will name Judi Gatson, WIS-TV Anchor as the 2013 Champion for Healthy Learners. The presentation will take place during the 14th Annual Healthy Learners Champion for Children Golf Tournament in Memory of George Younginer.
Healthy Learners is a faith-based non-profit that connects children to care so that poor health is not an obstacle to doing well in school. The organization addresses poverty at its root, so that future generations can lift themselves, and their communities, to a better life.
Gatson, a community advocate, is anchor of WIS News Live at 5, WIS News at 6 and WIS News at 11. As co-anchor of WIS News at 6, Judi has won three Emmy awards for best newscast. In 2012, Judi was honored to be named Reporter of the Year by the National Alliance on Mental Health, South Carolina (NAMI). She’s also won several Associated Press Awards for Business/Consumer reporting and Education reporting. Gatson is very involved in the community and has served on the boards of Healthy Learners, the Palmetto Health South Carolina Cancer Center, Palmetto Center for Women and United Way’s Palmetto Society. She also speaks at many schools and community events and enjoys making regular visits to mentor teenage girls in the transition program at the Department of Juvenile Justice. As a former member of the Healthy Learners Board, Judi also served as the chair of the Healthy Learners Public Relations and Marketing Committee. She continues to be an advocate of the mission and vision of Healthy Learners.
Coach Dawn Staley, Head Women’s Basketball Coach, University of South Carolina and Michael A. Younginer, Younginer LLC Engineered Products and son of golf tournament founder George Younginer are Co-Chairs for this statewide event. As Co-Chairs, they invite others to help make a difference in a child’s life by playing golf or supporting a golfer in the 14th Annual Healthy Learners Champion for Children Golf Tournament in Memory of George Younginer.
Sponsorship, as well as In-kind donation opportunities is still available. Please consider joining Healthy Learners for this year’s tournament. For tournament or sponsorship information, feel free to contact Jacki Labat, Golf Tournament & Events Director at (803) 727-8797 or [email protected]. For more information on Healthy Learners please visit healthylearners.com.
Healthy Learners was founded in 1992 based on the belief that children learn better when they are healthy. A ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System, Healthy Learners has five programs that serve 145 schools across nine South Carolina school districts. The counties served are Allendale, Dillon, Georgetown, Greenwood, Lexington and Richland. For more information, see healthylearners.com.
