27 teams teed up to help raise money to bring the message of the dangers of drugs to local school students. The 5th annual Andrew Elder Memorial Golf Outing returned to the Springbrook Golf Course to raise money for drug addiction education for area students.
The outing is organized by the family of Andrew Elder who died of an overdose in 2017. They say that it was important to them to catch people in the community while they are still young so that they will have a better chance of actually being able to help them.
“It was our goal the whole time to try and raise money and help the community as much as we could,” says Brooks Elder, Andrew’s Brother. “To hopefully, if we could save one or two kids that is what we are trying to do.”
This year the golf outing will raise money to bring in Tony Hoffman to share his life experiences with battling drug addiction after an accident. He will be talking to students at some area schools like Wapakoneta, St Marys, and Delphos Jefferson.
