Charity Golf Tournament and Online Auction

Published: 2022
By Juli Thurston

Sanders County 4-H was selected this year as the recipient of the Avista 12th Annual Charity Golf Tournament and Online Auction. The Avista Charity Golf Tournament was introduced in 2009 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Clark Fork Management Committee and the 50th anniversary of Avista’s Noxon Rapids Hydroelectric Dam. Avista has continued the annual golf tournament as part of its ongoing commitment to support the communities in and around Sanders County. Past beneficiaries include Sanders County Council on Aging, Thompson River Animal Care Shelter, Sanders County Coalition for Families, Sanders County Community Housing, Cancer Network of Sanders County, Senior Citizen Centers of Sanders County, Western Montana Mental Health Center, and Project ASCENT. Community businesses were asked to sponsor or be an auction donor for this year’s tournament. By helping support this event, they were promoting their company to a group of loyal patrons of area businesses, and to the many area citizens who participated in the charity golf tournament itself. This year’s tournament was highly successful and well-attended. All sponsorship dollars and donations went directly to Sanders County 4-H, breaking their fundraising record by raising $23,600. Local 4-H clubs, their members, parents and volunteers gathered sponsors and silent auction items and helped promote and volunteer during the event. Proceeds have been put into a Montana 4-H Foundation-managed account and will help the Sanders County 4-H Program impact youth development for years to come!