By Sylvie McCarthy<\/p>\n
Vicar\u2019s Landing Foundation will host its 21st annual Drives and Dinks Charity Classic on April 14 at The Yards.<\/p>\n
The Yards is a 15-hole golf course that also has 12 pickleball courts. Drives and Dinks moved to The Yards three years ago, and Vicar\u2019s Landing Foundation made the decision to add pickleball to the tournament.<\/p>\n
For the past 20 years, Drives and Dinks has been raising money for charities that are centered around nourishment for seniors. This year\u2019s charities will include Meals on Wheels, Pie in the Sky, Epic-Cure and the University of North Florida\u2019s (UNF) Wings on Meals. This program was developed by UNF students specifically targeting seniors who are on the waiting list for Meals on Wheels.<\/p>\n
Bruce Vorsanger, chief development officer at Vicar\u2019s Landing, is proud to work alongside these charities to help raise awareness for this growing need.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is Vicar\u2019s Landing\u2019s way of giving back to the community and the greater Jacksonville area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Last year, Drives and Dinks raised a little more than $140,000, and this year Vorsanger\u2019s goal is to raise $200,000.<\/p>\n
This year, First Tee will be joining Drives and Dinks, and Sherie Smith, executive assistant at Vicar\u2019s Landing, believes this addition will benefit everyone involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thought it would be a nice idea to put the generations together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
First Tee is a youth development organization that enables kids to\u00a0build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges. By integrating the game of golf with a life skills curriculum, First Tee creates active learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence and resilience.<\/p>\n
First Tee will be present at the putting contest at Drives and Dinks and all the money raised at the putting contest will go directly to their organization.<\/p>\n
On tournament day, there will be a representative from the sheriff\u2019s office to kick things off with the Pledge of Allegiance. Golf and pickleball will begin at 1 p.m. and conclude around 4:30. The Charity Classic celebration party will begin around 5 p.m. and Vicar\u2019s Landing members as well as community members are invited to attend. There will be a silent auction at the party as well as a live auction, a DJ and food and drinks.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big community event,\u201d said Vorsanger.<\/p>\n
Vicar\u2019s Landing Foundation is excited for this year\u2019s tournament and hopes the community will come out and join in the fun.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis tournament turns around and gives back to a community that has been so good to us,\u201d said Vorsanger.<\/p>\n
For more information on the tournament and the after-party, go to vicarslanding.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Sylvie McCarthy Vicar\u2019s Landing Foundation will host its 21st annual Drives and Dinks Charity Classic on April…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-206990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}