GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES OVER $64,000 FOR MILITARY FAMILIES

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East County News Service

July 1, 2017 (San Diego) — Local nonprofits United Through Reading (UTR) and the Support the Enlisted Project (STEP) hosted a first-ever joint golf tournament on June 23rd to support military and their families through the challenges of deployment. The tournament raised over $64,000 while celebrating the courage and strength of local San Diego military and their families, also highlighting key roles these organizations play in their lives.

United Through Reading’s (UTR) mission is to unite military families facing physical separation by facilitating the bonding experience of reading aloud together. The nation’s first nonprofit to promote the read-aloud experience to the military, UTR offers service members the opportunity to be video  recorded at more than 200 locations worldwide reading storybooks to children at home.

The event was held at the Salt Creek Golf Course in Chula Vista.

Support The Enlisted Project’s (STEP) mission is to provide emergency financial and transition assistance grants to active duty and recently discharged enlisted military and their families.  STEP provides emergency assistance from their headquarters in San Diego to eligible active duty service members who have been honorably discharged for 12 months or less, and their families residing in the Southern California counties of San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial.


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