Late August Golf Tournament Benefits Veterans

Saint Cloud, MN, USA / KNSI

Aug 12, 2024 | 4:30 PM

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(KNSI) – An area golf tournament will raise funds to help veterans once they return home from deployment and leave the military.

The 11th Annual Tee It Up for the Troops event is scheduled for Monday, August 26th, at St. Cloud Country Club. It begins with a lunch and opening ceremony, followed by 18 holes of golf and a silent auction.

The tournament organizers, Brigadier General (Retired) Robert Corley and Mike and Kathie Wendel say money from the event helps veterans in six ways. It includes job placement, physical rehabilitation and mental health therapy, suicide prevention, and recovery from PTSD and traumatic brain injuries.

“Tee It Up for the Troops” has driven investments in area resources like Eagle’s Healing Nest in Sauk Centre and the Recovery Community Network of St. Cloud. The local event has raised over $200,000 in its first decade.

The 26th has been proclaimed as “Tee It Up for the Troops Day” in the city by Mayor Dave Kleis.

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