Monique Burr Foundation for Children and LENNAR host 21st annual Champions for Child Safety Pro Am Golf Tournament

Pro and amateur golfers join forces to benefit child safety and prevention education programs.

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On Monday, Oct. 15, the Monique Burr Foundation for Children (MBF) hosted the 21st annual LENNAR and MBF Champions for Child Safety Pro Am Golf Tournament Presented by Drummond, where 24 professional golfers teamed up with 96 amateur golfers to play for a cause.

The annual tournament raised more than $187,000 for MBF's child abuse and bullying prevention education programs, which include MBF Child Safety Matters and MBF Teen Safety Matters.

The tournament took place at the Palencia Club in St. Augustine and was chaired by honorary chairmen and pro golfers Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Mark McCumber and tournament chairman MG Orender. The multi-day event, which started with a pairings party the night prior, included several course contests, including a $1 million shootout, six hole-in-one contests and a pre-event putting contest, luncheon and awards reception.

“To date, the Monique Burr Foundation for Children has trained more than 3,000 facilitators, who have reached more than 2.5 million children with our programs,” MBF President and CEO Lynn Layton said. “Our success is in large part thanks to our golfers and volunteers. We are so grateful for their continued partnership and sponsorship of child safety. Together, we continue to do more and create new programming to reach even more children and youth.”

The big winners for the day were England-Thims and Miller, Inc. who were accompanied by pro golfer Garrett Willis.

Based in Jacksonville, MBF’s prevention education programs educate and empower students and all relevant adults with information and strategies to prevent, recognize and respond appropriately to child sexual abuse and other types of child abuse, as well as bullying and cyberbullying. 

MBF follows polyvictimization research, which states that if a child is victimized in one way, they are much more likely to be victimized in another. In the near future, MBF plans to unveil its new MBF Athlete Safety Matters™ program. The program was first announced at the annual A Night at Roy’s fundraiser and is in response to the overwhelming need to protect child and youth athletes.

Visit https://www.mbfpreventioneducation.org/ for more information.