The first place Sunset Air team, which featured the Overall Top Shooter, Kory Lindemayer, far right. PROVIDED<\/p>\n
The Lee Association for Remark-able Citizens hosted its 8th Annual Aiming for Ability Clay Shooting Tournament Friday, May 1, bringing together community members, sponsors and outdoor enthusiasts for a day of friendly competition in support of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. <\/p>\n
Presented by Grampy\u2019s Charities, the event took place at Sarasota Trap, Skeet & Clays in Nokomis and raised more than $50,000.<\/p>\n
Participants enjoyed a morning on the course followed by lunch, awards and camaraderie, all while raising critical funds to support LARC\u2019s life-enriching programs and services.<\/p>\n
Top honors for the day included:<\/p>\n
\u2022 First Place Team: Sunset Air<\/p>\n
\u2022 Second Place Team: DEWALT Superstore\/HWGA Supply<\/p>\n
\u2022 Third Place Team: EHC Con-struction<\/p>\n
\u2022 Top Female Shooter: Kinsey Leonardi<\/p>\n
\u2022 Overall Top Shooter: Kory Lindenmayer<\/p>\n
\u201cThis event continues to grow each year, and we are so grateful for the incredible support from our participants, sponsors, and volunteers,\u201d said Angela Katz, executive director of LARC. \u201cAiming for Ability is more than a tournament-it\u2019s a meaningful way for our community to come together and invest in opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to learn, grow and thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Additional sponsors include HONC Marine, All Star Equipment Rentals & Sales, Strayhorn & Persons-Mulicka, P.L.L.C., Lee Health, Crews Environmental, Mark Loren Designs, DEWALT Superstore, Sunset Air, and Enclosure Rescue.<\/p>\n
For additional information about the LARC organization or to get involved in future events, please visit larcleecounty.org<\/a> or contact Angela Katz at (239) 334-6285, extension 210, or email angelakatz@larcleecounty.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n About LARC<\/p>\n Established in 1954, LARC is a training center for success for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. LARC serves more than 300 individuals annually, and participants range from 14 to 83. LARC offers life skills vocational training, youth programs, community residential and employment services, and a vast array of other state-of-the-art community inclusion services on a full-time, year-round basis. LARC\u2019s main campus is located at 2570 Hanson St., Fort Myers. LARC also operates two residential group homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first place Sunset Air team, which featured the Overall Top Shooter, Kory Lindemayer, far right. PROVIDED The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-271743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271743","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=271743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}