DSNWK

ELLIS — Developmental Services of Northwestern Kansas is hosting the eighth annual Esther McMurtrie Memorial Golf Tournament at 8 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 3, at the Ellis Golf Club, 301 Spruce, Ellis.  

This tournament is a four-person scramble with raffle prizes and giveaways.

Teams are currently full, but hole sponsors are still needed.  A hole sponsorship is $300 and includes a sponsorship sign with name on a tee box.

To register, contact Steve Keil at 785-621-5335 or [email protected]. Online registration is also available by clicking the banner on the homepage of www.dsnwk.org.

Like most parents of children with intellectual or developmental disabilities, Esther wanted the best for her daughter. It was Esther’s wish that after she was gone her daughter Jamie would be taken care of in a beautiful home. After Esther’s battle against cancer ended in 2008, Vaughn McMurtrie and his friends created a golf tournament to support the construction of Esther’s Place — the DSNWK group home where Jamie and six others live.

“When it originally started, it was to raise money to build Esther’s Place. Now that it’s built, the money raised from the tournament will be going toward other eight group homes in Ellis County,” said Sami Montgomery, event organizer for DSNWK. “The remodels and other things that need done will be what the money goes toward.”