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.

Motivational speaker Tony Hoffman gave his life's story to an audience of students at Delphos St. John's. As someone who faced addiction head-on, he speaks with students about his experiences and motivates them to make a decision that could change their lives, for the better - and avoiding substances that can affect how they feel.

Golfers hit the links in Van Wert to help battle drug addiction in their community. The annual Andrew Elder Memorial Golf Scramble returned to the Hickory Sticks Golf Course to raise money for drug addiction education for Van Wert students. The scramble 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.

Last summer, the Elder and Ashby families held a special golf scramble to remember their loved one, Andrew Elder, who had lost his battle with addiction.

The money raised at that outing went towards drug and addiction education, and one way that was achieved was through motivational speaker Tony Hoffman stopping in to Van Wert to talk to students about his experiences in life.

It's been a hard year for the family of Andrew Elder; the 24th of July marked the one year anniversary of losing him to an opiate overdose. But the Ashbys and the Elders decided to make something positive out of this negative time, and put together a golf outing in Andrew's memory.