Naperville Park District’s Fall Scramble golf winners announced
Naperville Park District has announced the results of its annual Fall Scramble golf event, with Naperville residents Bryan Spaits, Dave Lucke and Greg Hawes and LaGrange resident Jim Jareczek winning the tournament with a final score of 59.
The 18-hole tournament took place Oct. 12 at Springbrook Golf Course with a record number of 33 foursomes participating, park district officials said.
The winning foursome’s score of 59 was the lowest in tournament history, beating the previous best of 60, officials said.
There’s was a four-way tie for second place with a final score of 62.
Another highlight of the event came when Naperville resident Bill Wilson, 80, hit his first-ever hole-in-one on hole 17, helping his team finish with a score of 66, park district officials said.
The final golf tournament of the season will be the Turkey Shoot on Saturday, Nov. 23, at Naperbrook Golf Course and Sunday, Nov. 24, at Springbrook Golf Course, both in Naperville. Registration for both events will take place via a lottery to be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at Naperbrook.
For more information, go to www.golfnaperville.org.
Naperville nonprofits share in $3.37M in DuPage grants
Alive Center and KidsMatter, both based in Naperville, were among 15 social service nonprofit organizations that will receive a portion of $3.37 million in grants from the DuPage Community Transformation Partnership.
The grants will help fund service organizations that serve DuPage County and offer assistance with food insecurity, housing instability, and mental health and substance use disorders, a joint news release from DuPage County and the DuPage Foundation said.
DuPage Community Transformation Partnership was formed in 2022 and is a $10 million grant program between the county and foundation to support nonprofit organizations.
Recently, more than $2.7 million was awarded to organizations that help with mental health and substance use disorders, including the Alive Center, which received $98,000, and KidsMatter, which received $270,000.
Some of the other organizations selected to receive funds include: Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley ($322,200); Little Friends ($241,000); Metropolitan Family Services DuPage ($550,000); and the Ray Graham Association ($223,615).
The partnership also awarded $155,410 to fight food insecurity, and $454,233 in housing instability grants. Housing grants will be used by Bridge Communities, Inc. ($223,620) and DuPage Pads ($230,613).
