The Corps is holding its Sixth Annual Red Kettle Classic Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 24, at Battle Island State Park Golf Course, 2150 State Route 48, Fulton, NY 13069. Golfers from throughout Oswego County and beyond are invited to register four-person captain and crew teams for a day of fun and fellowship that will help neighbors in need.

The tournament is scheduled for an 9:00 a.m. shotgun start. Registration fee includes 18 holes of golf, use of a cart, snack, and lunch. Dixon Golf will be on hand to run the Par 3 and Par 5 contests. Prizes will be awarded, raffles and silent auction will be available, and there will be games such as closest to the line, closest to the pin, putting contest, putting string, mulligans, and skin game.

For more information or to register a team, contact Salvation Army Major Heather Odom at 315-343-6491. Electronic copies of a brochure, including the registration form, may be requested from the Major at, [email protected]. Registrations must be received by June 1, at Oswego County Salvation Army, PO Box 146, Oswego, NY 13126.

Major sponsorships and opportunities for businesses or individuals to sponsor holes are available. Sponsor names will be promoted the day of the event.

The Oswego Corps, responding to ever-increasing needs, provides fresh-cooked meals five days each week in both Fulton and Oswego, groceries from its food pantries three days a week, winter garments, and many other services to individuals and families in need throughout Oswego County. In February, the Corps provided 476 soup kitchen meals in Oswego and 303 in Fulton. It supplied 54 Fulton households with groceries for 1,260 meals and 73 Oswego households with groceries for 1,548 meals. It also distributed over 650 loaves of bread and pastries. Twenty-eight families obtained low-cost food from the Food Bank of Central New York through The Salvation Army in Oswego.

The Army depends upon free-will contributions as well as the earnings from projects such as our golf tournament and guest chef dinners to raise the funds that support our services to people in need throughout Oswego County.