Atlanta, Ga. – October 30, 2018 – Christian City hosted celebrities and players at the sixth annual Bob Crutchfield Memorial Golf For Kids Tournament in support of the Christian City Children’s Village. The tournament was held Monday, October 8, at the Chateau Elan Golf Club.
Among the players were celebrity athletes including College Football Hall of Fame Kicker and former Chicago Bears player Kevin Butler, former Atlanta Braves players Alejandro Peña and Luis Gomez, and former standout Georgia Bulldogs DJ Jones and Fred Gibson.
The tournament was followed by a dinner, award ceremony and a panel of celebrity athletes who engaged with the crowd and discussed their professional careers and why they chose to participate in the tournament. Additionally, the Program Executive of the Children’s Village, Sarah Booth, shared a powerful story of her own childhood at the Children’s Village and how she came to work for Christian City later in life.
“We are so grateful for the sponsors and players of this tournament. It is because of their support that Christian City is able to break the chains of generational poverty, frustrate human traffickers and provide hope and healing for abused and neglected children,” says Christian City President and CEO, Len Romano.
All proceeds from the Bob Crutchfield Memorial Golf For Kids tournament benefited Christian City’s Children’s Village, an organization that provides care for homeless and runaway children. For over fifty years, Christian City Children’s Village has acted as a safe haven for these children through residential programs, adoption programs and independent living programs. Additionally, they are partnered with twenty-six QuikTrip gas stations in Atlanta in support of the Safe Place Program.
At the suggestion of Chick-fil-A Founder Truett Cathy, the Golf For Kids tournament was started by Dale Cardwell of TrustDale. The first Golf For Kids Tournament focused on raising money to build a cottage for housing children and subsequent tournaments have provided support for the Children’s Village. This year, Christian City’s Golf For Kids tournament hosted more than 100 golfers, 42 sponsors, and raised $47,000 which was used to help abused and abandoned children who now live safely at Christian City Children’s Village. This year the tournament was named in memory of Christian City CEO Bob Crutchfield who passed away from ALS to honor his legacy of service and his love of golf.
More information on the Christian City Children’s Village is available here.
About Christian City
Christian City was established 53 years ago when the first cottage for abused and abandoned children opened on Valentine’s Day, 1965. Today, there are more than 1,000 residents, both children and older adults, living at Christian City, a nonprofit organization that depends on the generosity of donors for financial support. The 500-acre campus, located 15 minutes from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, includes the Children’s Village Residential Program, Safe Place Program, Independent Living Program, Crossroads Foster Care & Adoption Program, patio homes and apartments for active seniors, a skilled nursing center, assisted living center, memory care, home health and hospice care. For more information, visit www.christiancity.org or call 770-703-2636.
