By Ben Cox
K’s Creek Golf Club was the site of the annual kickoff event for the Prairieland United Way’s annual fundraising campaign on August 21.
Prairieland United Way covers Morgan, Scott, Cass and northern Greene counties and serves nearly 60,000 people. This year’s campaign goal is $475,000. The co-chairs of this year’s campaign are local sports gurus Daniel Hackett and Ryne Turke.
The Thursday night event also served as a “Business After Hours” event for the Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce. Attendees could play simulated golf and enjoy beverages from local celebrity bartenders.
The bartenders included Ginny Fanning, Audra Nelson, Lisa Musch, Brittany Henry, Rachel Maguire, Mandy Leib, Gary Scott and Mark Whalen.
Sherri Trace and Jerry Best also were announced as the winners of the LEGO and Mega Bloks raffles. Overall, the campaign now sits just shy of 20% of its goal after just the first week.
