For the Animals: Charity Golf Outing

Animal advocates and golf enthusiasts listen up: This upcoming event is for you.

And the animals.

The Washington Area Humane Society will host its Fifth Annual Charity Golf Outing on Sunday, Aug. 12, at Lindenwood Golf Club in —with all proceeds benefiting the nonprofit.

Both individuals and businesses are invited to participate in the fundraiser, organizers said. 

What's planned? Golf-oriented contests, for one.

There will be a hole-in-one competition, as well as ones for consecutive putts, and closest to the pin.

Did we mention there will be a $25,000 shootout?

A donation of $125 provides participants with a round of golf (with a cart), lunch, a post-tournament cocktail mixer and an awards ceremony.

Chinese and silent auctions also will be held (with prizes such as golf vacation packages and autographed sports memorabilia).

A range of five sponsorship levels are an option for businesses, and contributions of gifts and prizes are also welcome as donations. 

To register, contact Kelly Backo at 724-222-7387 x110 or mpd@washingtonpashelter.org by July 31, because space is limited.

Unable to attend but still want to help support the WAHS?

The nonprofit encourages residents to send donations payable to the WAHS, P.O. Box 66, Eighty Four, PA 15330 (attention K. Backo Golf Outing."

"For (more than) 100 years the WAHS has been providing shelter, safety and food to the orphaned and abused animals of Washington County with the goal of placing them in loving homes," organizers said in a statement. "We educate the public about the humane care and treatment of animals along with providing affordable veterinary outpatient services including spaying and neutering."

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