(UPDATE: June 12 @ 1 pm) - A lot has changed over the past two months, but one thing that hasn't changed is plans for the 4th annual Golf For Julia tournament.
Organizers are moving forward with the tournament, which is set to take over Sunset Ranch Golf Course on Aug. 30, 2020.
If you were hesitant to sign up earlier in the spring because of the potential that the tournament could be cancelled, now is the time to jump on one of the remaining tee times.
The format of the tournament will be slightly different to follow COVID-19 health guidelines, but it will still be a fantastic time with staggered tee offs between 11:30 am and 2:40 pm.
Following the golf, there will be a plated dinner.
You can read more about Julia's story and what the tournament is all about in the original story below and if you'd like to register for the tournament, click this link.
(Original story: April 13 @ 7 pm) - You probably aren’t going to play as much golf as you would have liked this summer.
There’s also a good chance that the tournament you were planning to play, if it was scheduled to happen in the next month or two, is not going to happen.
It gives you all the more reason to sign up for the 4th annual Golf For Julia tournament, which is gearing up for another great day of golf on Aug. 30, 2020.
“We want to assure you that as long as the pandemic calms down by then, we will be moving forward with the tournament,” says the tournament’s website.
“Please be assured that IF we need to cancel the tournament, your registration fees would be refunded.”
Until April 15, you can still take advantage of early bird pricing and get your foursome signed up for a fantastic day at Sunset Ranch Golf Course for just $475.
The tournament is also looking for more sponsors to join in on the fun alongside KelownaNow and others, and contribute towards a fantastic cause.
That cause, of course, is Julia.
The tournament raises money to help the young child’s family pay for the thousands of dollars worth of treatment and equipment she needs every year.
Julia was living life like a perfectly normal toddler, but everything changed when she was just 17-months old.
One Thursday morning, she was simply not herself, she was “lethargic, overly sleepy, kind of whiny, clingy, just very unusual behaviour for her.”
After an uneasy few days full of bizarre symptoms, doctor visits and uncertainty, an air ambulance took Julia to Vancouver where an MRI was done.
That’s when the family got the life-changing news that Julia has a mysterious mass compressing her spinal cord.
Surgery to remove the mass was successful, but it was the start of a long and arduous journey of therapy towards hopefully, one day, a full recovery for Julia.
What that means is plenty of specialized equipment, biannual trips to the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, all sorts of different therapies and so much more.
All of those things come with a fairly expensive bill.
“The therapies will also help to keep Julia’s body strong and in good shape, and ready for the cure which will hopefully be coming down the pipe in her lifetime,’ says the Golf For Julia website.
“She is now self-motivated to learn how to walk again – she’s in kindergarten this year and is more aware of her limitations as she gets older.”
The tournament has raised $91,500 over its first three years and every penny goes towards Julia’s ultimate goal of walking once again.
To learn more about the tournament, get your registration in, find out more about becoming a sponsor and read about Julia’s story in greater detail, click this link.
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