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In 1983, Bob and Paul Ludwig, John Courtright Sr., and Bruce Jenkins established the Marion County Youth Foundation Inc. to financially assist Marion County youth as they pursued their goals in academic, vocational, and extracurricular activities. Subsequently, they formed a committee to plan the first Charity Celebrity Golf and Dinner Outing as the funding source for the foundation. Thirty-six years later the foundation has distributed over one half million dollars to more than 9,000 young people.
Long-time Golf Outing Dinner emcee Jimmy Crum perhaps summed it up best when he said “The foundation will always be remembered for your kindness, your thoughtfulness, and your caring and compassion. What you have done for the young people of Marion and Marion County will be an inspiration and a challenge to those that lead this great foundation in the future. What a marvelous job you all have done with your ‘Labor of Love’ approach to helping others.”
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