GOLFING TO
GIVE BACK
The 43rd Annual Ben & Betty Zarda Family Golf Classic
New Course! New Date! Same Great Cause!
We are excited to announce that there are several new things happening with our 43rd Annual Ben & Betty Zarda Family Golf Classic! We are moving the location to Canyon Farms Golf Club, a premiere golf destination in Lenexa, Kansas. Canyon Farms is a par 71 course that offers challenging play for golfers at every skill level. Traditionally, the event has been held in May, but this spring it will be on Monday, April 29, 2024 and will return to a shotgun start format.
One thing that is not changing is the impact of the Golf Classic on hungry families in our community. Families who rely on free or reduced-cost lunches throughout the school year to help feed their children turn to Catholic Charities’ food pantries, monthly mobile food distributions and our Kid’s Summer Food Program for extra help during the summer months. Unfortunately, that’s also a time when donations are down and our pantry shelves are growing empty. Thanks to the generosity of the tournament’s Fund-A-Need, we can provide families the food assistance they need.
The Annual Ben & Betty Zarda Family Golf Classic benefits our food assistance initiatives, including the Kids Summer Food Program which distributed
38,326 meals
during the summer of 2023.
Event Details
The 43rd Annual Ben & Betty Zarda Family Golf Classic
April 29, 2024
Canyon Farms Golf Club
17501 West 87th St. Pkwy
Lenexa, KS 66219
Shotgun Start - 12:00 PM
Fund-A-Need: Playing with Purpose
Help Fight Food Insecurity
Your donation can help Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas feed families in need next summer!
The Legacy Lives On
archbishop joseph f. naumann with the zarda family at the 42nd annual ben & betty zarda family golf classic
As we look forward to the 43rd year of the Ben & Betty Zarda Family Golf Classic, we are so excited for some NEW things we have in store for you, including a new course, new sponsorship opportunities and new ways to support Catholic Charities.
Ben loved to say that the Golf Classic was a day of ‘raising funds while having fun’. We are certain this year’s event will be no different. We invite you to join us for the 43rd Annual Golf Classic at Canyon Farms on Monday, April 29, 2024.
We continue to be grateful for the outpouring of love and support shown to those in need through the annual Golf Classic. This summer, because of YOU and your support of this event, thousands of women, men and children will have access to healthy food.
Thank you,
The Ben & Betty Zarda Family
Sponsorship Levels
- Premium starting location at beginning of course
- Prominent recognition on all event signage, banners on course, in printed program, on website and in 2025 invitation
- Prominent recognition at the lunch and happy hour
- Exclusive Hope Hero recognition in our May eNewsletter
- Feature on all 4 of our social media platforms
- Opportunity to add branded item to player swag bag
- Premium starting location at beginning of course
- Prominent recognition on all event signage, banners on course, in printed program, on website and in 2025 invitation
- Prominent recognition at the lunch and happy hour
- Exclusive Hope Hero recognition in our May eNewsletter
- Feature on all 4 of our social media platforms
- Opportunity to add branded item to player swag bag
- Prioritized starting hole location
- Prominent recognition on all event signage, banners on course, in printed program, on website and in 2025 invitation
- Prominent recognition at the lunch and happy hour
- Feature on all 4 of our social media platforms
- Opportunity to add branded item to player swag bag
- Recognition on all event signage, in printed program and in 2025 invitation
- Feature on all 4 of our social media platforms
- Prominent recognition at lunch and happy hour
Individual, $500 per registrant
*Please note that Donor Advised Funds cannot be accepted to purchase sponsorships or tickets that include goods or services.
Hole Sponsorships
- Recognition on event signage and program
- Feature on all 4 of our social media platforms
- Prominent recognition at lunch
Only 1 Available
- Exclusive sponsorship of the Hole in One
challenge on the course - Collaboration with Catholic Charities team
on prize options for the Hole in One - Exclusive activation opportunity at the Hole in
One hole to promote your business or company
17 Available | More than one can be purchased
- Logo exclusively shown to players upon their arrival at a single hole on the cart’s GPS device
- Invitation for two guests to attend afternoon happy hour
- Hole sponsor sign at chosen hole
Registration Information
Registration is now closed. Please contact Lindsay Smither at [email protected] or 913.433.2068 with questions.
Thank You to the Sponsors of Our 2023 Golf Classic
Presenting Sponsor
The Ben & Betty Zarda Family
2023 Underwriting Sponsors
Excel Constructors
Intrust Bank & Charlie and Marla (Zarda) Chandler
Loretto Foundation, LLC
McAnany Construction & Mel and Pat McAnany
Leo and Helen Rieke
Lilli Zarda & Phil and Amy Connealy
2023 Benefactor Sponsors
Bank of Labor
Board of Public Utilities of KCK Coldwell Banker Regan Realtors Construction & Planning Services Inc. Country Club Bank &
Karen and Craig Gaffney
Delta Dental of Kansas
Donohoe & Associates, Inc.
Go Chicken Go, Inc.
McGilley Memorial Chapels
MMC Corp
Pomp’s Tire Service
Risk Strategies
The Scott and Nancy (Zarda)
Sayler Family
Sioux Chief Manufacturing
The Mark and Karen (Zarda)
Sneed Family
Straub Construction Company
G.W. Van Keppel Company
The Miller Group
The Bernie and Karen Zarda Family The Tom and Mickey Zarda Family
2023 Heavenly Sponsors
Doug and Kara Ciocca
HUB International Limited
A.L. Huber
Steve and Martha Lawrence
Providence Medical Center
2023 Fund-A-Need Supporters
Abbey-Simons Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Best
C & R Manufacturing Inc. & Ron
Wosel
Mr. Warren D. Cawley
Steve and Cindy Ehart
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Freyermuth
Jeanne and Charlie Haake
Hollis + Miller Architects
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Joerger
John J. Sullivan, Jr. Charitable Trust
Jeffrey Kembel
Michael and
Susan Lally
Rita and Mel Lavery
Ralph and Jan Lewis
Tim and Anita Link
McCownGordon Construction, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Merwald
Jack and Kathy Newman
Torre Nigro
Northwestern Mutual
Kevin and Kim Reichmuth
Mr. and Mrs. Colby L. Rieke
Mike and Cynthia Sabatini
Randy and Mary Sheridan
Special Thanks to the Golf Classic Committee
Marla Zarda Chandler
Phil Connealy
Kristen Fanning
Craig Gaffney
Pat McAnany
Colby Rieke
Dana Zarda Rieke
Nancy Zarda Sayler
Michael Scott
Sean Scott
Karen Zarda Sneed
John Southard
Ernie Straub
Bernie Zarda
Lilli Zarda
