Registration Still Open for DARE Golf Tournament

It’s not too late to sign up for this year’s annual DARE Golf Tournament. So grab your clubs and head out to Valley Gardens on Friday for a day of golfing and good times all for a great cause.

Money raised from the 14th-annual event will go toward supporting DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), a curriculum that SVPD officers teach to fifth-grade students. The program teaches life lessons they can use every day, such as building self esteem, learning assertiveness, managing stress, reducing violence, saying yes to positive alternatives and making decisions about behaviors and resisting drugs, alcohol, gangs and other negative situations. Proceeds will also go toward programs such as Red Ribbon Week.

“Your support of DARE through your participation in this annual fundraiser is greatly appreciated and shows your leadership role is a true commitment toward making Scotts Valley a safer place for our youth,” the SVPD said in a press release.

Spots in the tournament are still available, and sponsors are still needed. The entry fee is $60 per player, which includes green fees, two drink tickets, a continental breakfast and a Scotts Valley Market barbecue lunch. The tournament is Friday at Valley Gardens Golf Course, 263 Mt. Hermon Rd. Registration and breakfast is at 6:45 a.m., and shot gun start is at 7:30 a.m.

For registration information, contact Jeanette Roland at the Scotts Valley Police Department at 831-440-5649 or jroland@scottsvalley.org.