Partnership Hosts Inaugural Golf Tournament

The Columbus County Partnership for Children (CCPC) announces its Inaugural Golf Fundraiser! This charity golf tournament will be held September 24, 2021 at Land O’ Lakes Golf Club, 2950 Bill Hooks Rd., Whiteville, NC. This is a Captain’s Choice tournament with four-person teams. Individual registration is $70 and team registration is $260. Deadline for registration is September 13, 2021. Registration includes green fees, food, golf cart, and a mulligan. Prizes will be awarded to all players. Registration begins at 11 a.m. with a shotgun start at noon. For more information, call the Partnership at 910-642-8226.

The Partnership is seeking corporate level and hole sponsors to support this event as well as donations of supplies, prizes and financial gifts. All donations are welcome and volunteers are needed! Proceeds from the event will go to support programs that promote pre-kindergarten literacy and children’s health, empower parents, and advance a high-quality system of early care and education.

The Columbus County Partnership for Children is a nonprofit and is one of 75 agencies in the Smart Start network. Locally and statewide, Smart Start continues its tradition of offering services that focus on raising the quality of early care and education, supporting families, advancing child health and expanding literacy throughout the state. By investing in these areas, it is the goal that all children are prepared to enter kindergarten and that as they learn and grow; they are equipped to lead productive lives and contribute to a global society.

CCPC offers services that address needs of pre-Kindergarten aged children by supporting early education providers through wage supplements and quality enhancement programs; improving early literacy through Raising A Reader, Reach Out and Read and the Imagination Library projects; and by providing medical transportation for children ages birth to five and expectant mothers who do not have Medicaid reimbursable options. The Partnership also operates the Smart Start Early Learning Facility (ELF), where young children, families, child care providers and community members have access to a variety of books, toys, curriculum resources, classroom materials and equipment, including a laminator and dye cut machines.

To register to play or sponsor the golf event or to serve as a volunteer, call (910) 642-8226 or visit the website at www.columbussmartstart.com. Checks should be made payable to Columbus County Partnership for Children and mailed to 109 W. Main St., Whiteville, NC 28472.

For additional information about programs or services of the Partnership for Children, call 910-642-8226. Visit the website at www.columbussmartstart.com or the Facebook page @ColumbusSmartStart.