Putting for Kids
A Seth Vining Youth Foundation fundraiser
What: A miniature golf tournament
When: Saturday (9:30 a.m. for elementary school students, 11 a.m. for grades six through eight, noon for grades nine through 12, and 1 p.m. for families/open)
Where: The Oaks Miniature Golf, 3709 Whiting Road
Fees: $15 per person
Contact: 770-654-5431 or ginakendrick@att.net
A Seth Vining Youth Foundation fundraiser
What: A miniature golf tournament
When: Saturday (9:30 a.m. for elementary school students, 11 a.m. for grades six through eight, noon for grades nine through 12, and 1 p.m. for families/open)
Where: The Oaks Miniature Golf, 3709 Whiting Road
Fees: $15 per person
Contact: 770-654-5431 or ginakendrick@att.net
A hole-in-one won’t be all that’s celebrated Saturday at The Oaks Miniature Golf in West Hall.
Proceeds from the Putting for Kids Mini Golf Tournament will go toward the The Seth Vining Youth Foundation, a fund set up in honor of Vining’s father to support youth in Hall County, along with children in Polk County, N.C.
Vining is Lakeview Academy’s boys basketball coach.
His father, Seth Vining Jr., was a World War II veteran who served in various roles in Polk County, including as county commissioner, school board chairman and Little League umpire and coach. He died Oct. 20, 2008.
“My goal is to help youth of all economic backgrounds, all ethnic groups — just try to help youth in general,” Vining said.
Saturday’s benefit, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and open to all ages, will help pay for a basketball clinic set for Nov. 7.
Vining, a championship coach at a previous stint at East Hall High School, will direct the clinic, which will take place at Lakeview Academy and feature Lakeview players and coaches.
The clinic is set for 9 a.m. to noon for students in grades three through five in one session, and 1-4 p.m. for students in grades six through eight in a second session. The event is open to the first 120 students to register per session.
The foundation was formed by Lakeview parents as a surprise for Vining.
The night before a home game, parents called a meeting in the classroom in the gym. The team mom, Sharon Clarke, presented Vining with money and said the parents had collected it in honor of his father.
“They actually were meeting and talking about this before they even told me we were going to do it,” Vining said of the initiative, laughing. “They have been the driving force behind this.
“They are the reason this is happening, and I am real appreciative of all the things they have done.”
He said the parents, more than anything else, “want to provide some things we could do on a yearly basis that would help us generate funds for the foundation and help us keep things going.”
“We’re so excited,” said Clarke in an interview earlier this year, about the foundation. “It’s going to give kids so many opportunities that they wouldn’t have otherwise.”
Proceeds from the Putting for Kids Mini Golf Tournament will go toward the The Seth Vining Youth Foundation, a fund set up in honor of Vining’s father to support youth in Hall County, along with children in Polk County, N.C.
Vining is Lakeview Academy’s boys basketball coach.
His father, Seth Vining Jr., was a World War II veteran who served in various roles in Polk County, including as county commissioner, school board chairman and Little League umpire and coach. He died Oct. 20, 2008.
“My goal is to help youth of all economic backgrounds, all ethnic groups — just try to help youth in general,” Vining said.
Saturday’s benefit, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and open to all ages, will help pay for a basketball clinic set for Nov. 7.
Vining, a championship coach at a previous stint at East Hall High School, will direct the clinic, which will take place at Lakeview Academy and feature Lakeview players and coaches.
The clinic is set for 9 a.m. to noon for students in grades three through five in one session, and 1-4 p.m. for students in grades six through eight in a second session. The event is open to the first 120 students to register per session.
The foundation was formed by Lakeview parents as a surprise for Vining.
The night before a home game, parents called a meeting in the classroom in the gym. The team mom, Sharon Clarke, presented Vining with money and said the parents had collected it in honor of his father.
“They actually were meeting and talking about this before they even told me we were going to do it,” Vining said of the initiative, laughing. “They have been the driving force behind this.
“They are the reason this is happening, and I am real appreciative of all the things they have done.”
He said the parents, more than anything else, “want to provide some things we could do on a yearly basis that would help us generate funds for the foundation and help us keep things going.”
“We’re so excited,” said Clarke in an interview earlier this year, about the foundation. “It’s going to give kids so many opportunities that they wouldn’t have otherwise.”