Fore the Kids Golf Tournament Generates $86K For YMCA Youth Programs

PEABODY, MA — The YMCA of Metro North raised more than $86,000 for its youth programs as 30 teams and 120 golfers competed at the 38th Annual Fore the Kids Golf Tournament at Salem's Kernwood Country Club on Monday.

North Shore Bank sponsored the tournament that benefits summer camp, the Y Academy and after-school programs.

"North Shore Bank is proud to continue its support of the YMCA of Metro North and the programs it provides especially to the kids," North Shore Bank Executive Director Kevin Tierney said. "The leadership and staff at the Y continue to demonstrate the difference they make in children's lives and the impact their work has in our communities."

The YMCA of Metro North distributes more than $1.6 million in financial assistance to make its memberships, programs, and services accessible to everyone in their region regardless of their financial circumstances.

"This outing is about much more than golf it's about the reason you are here," said Kathleen Walsh, President and CEO of the YMCA of Metro North. "Right now, there are 800 children in our summer camps and 150 counselors and lifeguards on duty supporting them. More than 40 percent of those kids receive some kind of financial assistance to attend camp and that is possible because you are here today."

The next major fundraising event is the Where in the World annual celebration set for Sept. 21 at the Torigian Family YMCA in Peabody.

More information on that event can be found here.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)