Wildflower golf tournament gives back to the community

Times Reporter

 

Wildflower Ranch hosted their annual charity golf tournament on Sept. 22, with all of the proceeds being put into the Wildflower Ranch Community Support Foundation. 

“We had 78 golfers out for the tournament, and they were all involved with Wildflower Ranch in one way or another, either through our builders or our trades people,” said Ken Struss with Cancorp, and an owner of the Wildflower Ranch development.

“They all paid $120 a golfer to golf, so the proceeds from that went to our charity as well as sponsorship. We had about eight to ten sponsors that donated money and we raised … close to $12,000 for our charity.”

The Foundation was set up as a way to give back to the community, providing a helping hand for those who may not qualify for funding from other organizations or government grants. The mandate of the Foundation is to be there when no one else is and try to fill the gaps where traditional social services organizations fall short.

Applications to request help have been circulated throughout town. There is a board for the applicant to submit their request to. The board then reviews the application and the funds are advanced to applicant, or the applicant is reimbursed. 

“The purpose of it is, is that (it’s) for anybody that is in need of a helping hand. We’ve helped out single families that needed money for kids for school supplies or for clothing. We’ve helped several people that needed food hampers that just didn’t have the money,” said Struss. 

“It’s a non-profit charity that we set up, we raise money through our company. There are no admin fees, we look after all of the administration ourselves at no cost to the charity.”

To date there has been between $50,000 to $60,000 raised for the foundation and the community.