The 2013 Price Cutter Charity Championship raised $819,079 for Ozarks children's charities, but missed the high water mark set last year. The
2012 event brought in a record $854,262.
During the annual Celebration of Sharing held yesterday at Highland Springs County Club, the John Q. Hammons Foundation distributed funding to 48 nonprofits. The latest round of donations brings the tournament's total to $10.9 million since its launch in 1990, according to a news release.
The
2013 event, a PGA Tour golf tournament on the Web.com Tour, was held Aug. 8-11 at Highland Springs. The 2014 event is scheduled Aug. 7-10 at the Springfield country club.
Nonprofits distributed funding yesterday, in alphabetical order, were:
- A Sporting Chance, $23,158;
- AIDS Project of the Ozarks, $6,645;
- Ambassadors for Children, $14,326;
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks, $17,111;
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield, $18,165;
- Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks, $20,705;
- Burrell Working Solutions, $4,385;
- Camp Barnabas, $11,171;
- Cardinals Care Foundation, $25,000;
- Champion Athletes of the Ozarks, $15,447;
- Champions Committed to Kids, $7,246;
- Chances of Stone County, $9,531;
- Children’s Smile Center, $23,135;
- Convoy of Hope, $33,088;
- Developmental Center of the Ozarks, $3,760;
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes, $59,161;
- Fordland Clinic, $7,300;
- Habitat for Humanity, $17,109;
- Heart of the Ozarks Junior Golf Foundation A, $4,850;
- Heart of the Ozarks Junior Golf Foundation B, $6,270;
- H.O.P.E. Foundation, $11,815;
- Jordan Valley Community Health Center, $4,325;
- K-Life Taney County, $6,392;
- Least Of These Inc., $15,934;
- Life’s Journey, $4,400;
- Mercy Kids, $88,164;
- Missouri Junior Golf Foundation, $18,200;
- Missouri State University Foundation, $2,550;
- National Alliance on Mental Illness, $9,090;
- Ozarks Area Community Action Corp., $13,091;
- Project H.O.P.E., $10,055;
- Rare Breed, $2,000;
- River Street Food Pantry, $5,625;
- Ronald McDonald House, $45,971;
- Shriners Hospital Dads, $32,462;
- Silver Dollar City Foundation, $48,900;
- Southwest Center for Independent Living, $8,005;
- Special Olympics Missouri, $17,071;
- Springfield Advocates for Youth, $14,342;
- Springfield-Greene County Park Board, $13,538;
- St. Joseph Catholic Academy, $15,883;
- St. Jude-Mercy Affiliate, $2,000;
- Summit Foundation, $4,650;
- The Arc of the Ozarks, $9,170;
- The First Tee of the Ozarks, $5,000;
- The Hamels Foundation, $16,355.00;
- Webster Electric Foundation, $33,300; and
- White River Valley Electric Foundation, $33,228.
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