Two Leeward Oahu parishes are set to benefit this summer from the love of golf.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Ewa Beach is hosting its first annual golf tournament fundraiser, “Out of the Rough”, June 26, at Coral Creek Golf Course in Ewa Beach. All are welcome.
The event will help collect money to build a larger church for the growing parish community, a vision that goes back years to when Father Scott Bush was pastor. The parish’s administrator now is Father Edmundo Barut Jr.
Check-in is 9:30 a.m., start time is 12:30 p.m. The cost is $150 a player; $450 for a three-person team and covers green fees, cart, bento lunch, drinks and snacks on the course, door prize ticket, dinner buffet and goodies. The hole in-one prize is a car from Aloha Kia. Come and enjoy! To sign up, contact Jerome or Bernie Kanalulu at jbkohana@gmail.com / 685-2906; 225-8716. Or call the parish office at 689-8681.
The second tournament is Aug. 14, the TGFG (Thank God for Golf!) Golf Club’s second annual charity tournament, also at the Coral Creek Golf Course.
The event will benefit St. Jude Church food pantry ministry in Kapolei which feeds hundreds of people every month year round.
The tournament is a three-person team scramble, $160 per person or $480 per team, which covers golf fees, cart, goody bags, lunch, refreshments on the course, buffet dinner, beverage, dessert and entertainment.
The event will also include games and contests, team prizes, raffle prizes, door prizes and more. Cutter Buick GMC of Waipahu is sponsoring a hole-in-one car.
The St. Jude food pantry ministry is a year-round task. About a dozen volunteers pick up, sort, count and store the food, and sorts, inspects and folds the used clothing. The ministry works Tuesdays and Thursdays, every week of the year.
For information, contact Jr. Udani, 341-9120 or jayar@hawaii.rr.com; Bobby Kaneshi, 782-1321 or hawaiigrade@gmail.com; Ed Campos, 286-5121; or Genara Buza-Campos, 927-4774 or tgfg@hawaii.rr.com.
TGFG is a non-profit charity organization. Donations are tax deductible.