Ninth Annual Clubs for Kids set to raise funds for Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley

The 2019 Clubs for Kids Golf Classic Committee

07-01-2019 (Mahoning Valley, Ohio)

The ninth annual Clubs for Kids Golf Classic to benefit Akron Children’s Mahoning Valley will take place at the Youngstown Country Club on Friday, Aug. 2.

Prior to the adult golf outing, the Clubs for Kids Youth Clinic, sponsored by the Tod Family Foundation, will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. It will feature stations for young golfers in three age groups: 6 to 8; 9 to 11; and 12 to 14. The youth clinic will include an observation station focusing on grip, stance, posture and alignment; a hands-on chipping and pitching instruction station and a putting contest. It will conclude with lunch. Space is still available for the youth clinic.

Hole sponsorship opportunities as well as reception-only tickets are still available. The reception includes cocktails, dinner, presentation of prizes and a silent auction.

Cocktail reception sponsors - Jane F. Lamb Charitable Foundation and William M. Neckerman Charitable Foundation

Dinner sponsors - The Schmutz Family Foundation and SERVPRO

Corporate sponsors - Chemical Bank, Farmers National Bank and Farmers Trust Co., Western Reserve Building Trades and York Mahoning Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

Lunch sponsors - Maynard Family Foundation, MCPc, Inc., Morrone Mechanical, Inc., Prout, Boiler, Heating and Welding, Inc. and Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC

Team sponsors - AVI Foodsystems, Brouse McDowell, LPA,  City Printing, CJL Engineering, Inc., First Energy Foundation, Hanger Clinic, Huntington Bank, Johnson Controls, Inc., M. & L. Maynard Family, Mercy Health Foundation Mahoning Valley, Nolfi and Associates Insurance and Financial Services, PNC, Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Strohecker Inc., WFMJ Television, Inc. and WFMJ Television Inc.

The Clubs for Kids Golf Classic committee includes co-chairs Paul and Sallie Dutton, David Tod II, Reid and Judy Schmutz, Jim and Linda Sisek; along with committee members Cathy Campana, Julie Costas, Georgia D’Andrea, DJ Depp, Diana D’Alesio, Amy Gasser, Roxy Gurlea, Paula Jakubek, Denise Kelley, Gayle Kelly, Elaine Klempay, Mary James Lipinsky, Patty Marsico, Diana McDonald, Marlene Morrison, Margaret Nigro, Linda Lee Siegle and Shirley Fluent Smith.

To register for the youth clinic, to purchase reception tickets or for information about hole sponsorships contact Charlotte Diss at 330-746-8712 or cdiss@akronchildrens.org.