Local clubs benefit charity

University Park women raise funds for school uniforms.

By Pam Eubanks
| 12:00 p.m. April 26, 2017

Booker Elementary Principal Â Dawn Clayton, University Park Country Club Ladies Golf Association representativesÂ Ann Nellis and Elaine Kulbako and Booker Elementary Assistant Principal Troy Thompson gather for a check presentation.

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The University Park Country Club’s Ladies Golf Association aced their fundraising efforts.

As the culmination of its yearlong fundraising, the LGA donated $4,525 to provide new uniforms to children at Emma E. Booker Elementary School starting the 2017-2018 school year. The figure brings total contributions to the Booker Elementary School Uniform Assistance Program to $21,740 since beginning its sponsorship in 2012.

Booker Elementary Principal Dawn Clayton said the donation is “critical to the overall success of our youngsters.”