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Pine Acres Country Club will host the nineteenth annual CARE ‘fore’ Children Golf Tournament, scheduled for Sunday, August 5, 2012. All proceeds from the event benefit free therapeutic recreation and family support services for children with disabilities; the local Shriners Orthopedic Clinic; fourth-grade disability awareness presentations; and child safety and injury prevention programs throughout McKean County. The tournament is a four-person scramble with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Flighting is based on the team member with the lowest handicap. The entry fee is $45 for Pine Acres members and $55 for non-members, which includes green fees, food, and refreshments on the course. The tournament has a total purse of $3,500 based on 35 teams; there are also prizes on par 3 holes. To field a team, please contact Kirk Stauffer, Pine Acres’ PGA Pro, at 814-362-2005. Carts are an additional fee and can be reserved when registering a team. To find out about course sponsorship opportunitie...

The Orak Grotto’s annual Tag Days recently raised $1,300 that supported scholarships for CARE for Children’s day camp (which was held the 12th, 14th, 19th and 21st of this month), as well as scholarships for specialty camps, all for children with developmental and physical disabilities. During the day camp, held at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, CARE kids took part in inclusive activities such as open gym, crafts, adaptive swimming, gross motor sessions and field trips; as well as a day at Pine Acres Country Club for adaptive golf with PGA Pro Kirk Stauffer. The donation will also enable 10 children to attend camps, including Camp JJ and Woodlands Youth and Teen Sports Camp. Pictured in the front row are: Mike Matto, Orak Grotto Treasurer; Gabe McAvoy; and Zethan Brougham. In the back row are: Kim Murphey, CARE for Children community relations specialist; Ron Thomspon, Orak Grotto Monarch; and Kim Miller, OTR/L, CARE for Children occupational therapist. McAvoy, 10, is th...

Senior Judge John H. Yoder was the keynote speaker for the annual meeting of the CARE for Children Board of Directors held Thursday evening at the Bradford Club. The CARE for Children Board of Directors honored the Bradford Area School District Student Service League and Kinzua Outdoors, Thomas Means Director, with the organization’s Community CARE Award and Kirk Stauffer, PGA Professional with the CARE Volunteer Award. Mandi Wilton-Davis, Development and Marketing Coordinator at CARE, presented the Student Service League represented by Tim Bean, School Board President, and Sandy Romanowski, Superintendent of Schools with the award. “The board chose to honor the Bradford Area School District not just because of the philanthropic efforts of the Student Service League, but the everyday efforts of Bradford’s teachers, administrators, and support staff, in partnership with our therapists, who help children with disabilities and delays, realize their potential,” said Davis. Tina M. Martin, ...