Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Open Charity Golf Tournament

September 14, 2024 – Okoboji View Golf Course – 1PM START

The Iowa Great Lakes Knights of Columbus Council 5043 will help local children and adults with special needs with its Tootsie Roll Open Charity Golf Tournament September 14 at Okoboji View Golf Course.

    The event includes 18 holes of golf with cart in a 4-person best shot format. There will be range balls, pin prizes, a meal before and Tootsie Roll Mulligans for purchase! It is open to all golfers, with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.

    Sponsorships are available at $200 per hole and include your sign on a tee box.

    For more information on sponsoring a tee box, or on donating logo merchandise, or to register as a team or individual, please contact Mark Maeyaert at 507-530-8406.

    As with much of the work the Knights do in our community, the proceeds from this golf tournament will go to organizations like Special Olympics to help those with special needs.   

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    Iowa Great Lakes Council 5043 is one of the most active in Iowa, in the past two years contributing more than $20,000 to local community needs, including Hope Haven, Iowa Helping Hands Fund, Special Olympics, American Wheelchair Mission, the Grotto of the Redemption, Cherish House, as well as to local family, community and parish needs.

    Spirit Lake Knights sponsor annual youth events including the Free Throw Competition and the Knights of Columbus Spelling Bee. They also run the Tootsie Roll Drive for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Labor Day weekend, and their annual Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Open charity golf event for Special Olympics and other local organizations.

    The Knights of Columbus is an international Catholic family fraternal service organization with 1.9 million members in more than 16,000 local councils, with each Knight called to live a life of charity, unity, and fraternity. Last year, Knights donated more than 49 million volunteer hours and nearly $200 million to charitable and benevolent causes, sponsoring projects to benefit their church, councils, communities, families, and youth. A few examples of their work include distributing 8,891 wheelchairs, supporting more than 1,200 pregnancy resource centers and maternity homes, and giving nearly 181,000 coats to help warm children in need.