Ron Rubin, tournament director for the 8^th Annual Henderson Kiwanis Club Golf Tournament, was recently on WIZS’ Town Talk program to provide a history of the organization and its mission and inform listeners of tournament details.

This year’s tournament will feature a four-person superball format and will be held on Saturday, June 16 at Kerr Lake Country Club in Henderson.

Cost is $50 per person or $200 per four-person team and includes green fee, cart and lunch. Pre-registration is encouraged, but not required. Fees may be paid at the tournament.

Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. with a shotgun start to begin play at 1 p.m.

Cash prizes will be awarded for first and second place, $400 and $300 respectively. Hole in one prizes will be awarded, including the chance to win a new automobile courtesy of Advantage Ford Lincoln of Henderson.

Various other door prizes will be awarded and chances to enter a 50/50 raffle will be available.

The Henderson Kiwanis Club, which formed 66 years ago in 1952, is part of a global organization of over 600,000 members in 80 countries.

The motto of Kiwanis International is “Serving the children of the world” and, according to Rubin, the civic organization “empowers members to pursue creative ways to serve the needs of children through local service projects and fundraising.”

The annual golf tournament, one of the local chapter’s larger fundraisers, helps the youth of Vance County, specifically. “Every penny we make goes back to kids in our community,” said Rubin.

For more information about the golf tournament or the Kiwanis Club, please call Rubin at (919) 810-2950.