Secure Your Spot in the SLYP Scramble Golf Tournament  at Cobb Course

Photo by Karen Akers Photography

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BAF's Susan Landis Youth Philanthropists are excited to announce that they will be hosting a Scramble Golf Tournament at Glade Springs, Cobb Course. All proceeds will be used to provide grants to local nonprofit organizations.

When: October 8th, 2023
Registration: 12pm | Shotgun Start: 1:30pm

• Price: $400/Team or $100/Golfer
• Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams, longest drive and closest to the pin.
• Mulligan bags will be available to purchase during registration.
• Opportunity to win a car, with a hole-in-one.

Hole sponsorships are available for $100.

• This includes a sign with your name or business name, and will be placed on the tee box on one of 18 holes. Please include a business card with the form if you would like your logo on the sign.

Deadline to register is October 1st.

Secure Your Spot

Download the Sponsor Form

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Learn more about this grant program in partnership with the Wyoming County Economic Development Authority, by clicking the button below.

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Recent Memorials

Mary Frances Roop

Mary Frances Roop, of Beckley, WV, passed peacefully on August 19th, 2023. She was reunited with the love of her life and husband of 67 years, Jack Jordan Roop.

She was born in Coshocton, OH, in 1937, to Carl and Virginia Hodges and began her career at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, serving for 35 years. She later became employed with the WV State Senate and the Raleigh County Clerk's Office.

Mary Frances was a faithful member of the Maxwell Hill Baptist Church, was named 2022 West Virginia Democrat of the Year and served as a Board Member of the Lillian James Learning Center.
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Donations  can be made in her memory to the Jack Jordan & Mary Frances Roop Family Scholarship Fund.

Donate in Memory of Mary

Raymond Edward Stoutamyer

Raymond Edward Stoutamyer (Pody),  passed away July 19th, 2023, and was born in Augusta County, VA, in 1933.

Pody and his wife Nancy met at Concord University and spent the next 65 years together. He taught at Oceana and Pineville. His passion to teach made an impact on generations because he cared about each student's education and even more about guiding each one to a better life.

He was an amazing father to Rick and Chris Ann. He taught them to be curious about the world, love nature, be observant, kind, competitive, free-spirited, and to follow their dreams and take risks.

​Donations in his memory may be made to the Stoutamyer Scholarship Fund.

Donate in Memory of Pody

"D.B." Browning

Donald "D.B." was born in Pie, WV, in 1940, to Damon Arnold and Juanita McCoy Browning. 
 
He was a member of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, a 32 degree Mason, Black Knight Country Club, and the Resort of Glade Springs where he lived for 48 years enjoying his favorite pastime of golf and proudly serving on the ARB for many years.

After moving to Beckley, he became VP and GM of Fairchild Corporation.  In 1976, he became self-employed as a used mining equipment salesman until he retired in 2003.

Donations in his memory can be made to the Evelyn Mead Parsons, Edgar Russell Parsons, Sr. & Clark Edward Parsons Memorial Fund.

Donate in Memory of D.B.

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New Funds

​William James Tanner Fund for AWAY & YMCA
Trap Hill Alumni Association Ruby P. Clyburn Scholarship Fund
Athas and Helen Soter (Athanasios and Eleni Karakasis Soteracopoulos) Memorial Fund
Elmo J. Hurst Memorial Scholarship Fund
Brian's Safehouse and Sparrow's Nest Fund
Francis Sayre Beasley Memorial Choir Fund​​
​Shady Spring High School  Class of '86 Scholarship Fund
WWHS Class of 1973 Scholarship Fund
Stoutamyer Scholarship Fund
Jack Jordan and Mary Frances Roop Family Scholarship Fund
​Hedrick Family Fund