IOWA PARK (KFDX/KJTL) — In terms of disc golf programs, Nathan Beaver could have one of many nicest ones in Texoma.
After buying some land a few yr in the past, he immediately started working creating his personal non-public piece of paradise named River’s Edge Disc Golf Course.
“Most land that you simply run into round right here is simply mesquite bushes and flat, however when I discovered this place, I simply fell in love with it. With all of the bushes, the river, the hills and undulation, it’s simply the proper place for it,” Beaver stated.
Beaver has been enjoying alongside Laura Burnam’s husband, Wendell, for about 15 years now, and when he heard the Burnam household was in a bind, he instantly opened up the gates to his course to assist.
Regardless of already beating most cancers, Laura has now been identified with leukemia.
“He’s been out right here with me earlier than one gap acquired put within the floor, so he was type of with me all through the entire course of and seen the way it was all carried out and helped with it as nicely,” Beaver stated. “This place means quite a bit to him; he’s out right here quite a bit, and in order that’s one of many causes we needed to have a profit out right here.”
Thus, the Wendell and Laura Burnam Profit was born.
There are nonetheless holes accessible to sponsor for the upcoming disc golf event, which is able to can help you create the foundations for that gap.
Trophies might be awarded to winners first via third, however with Wendell and Laura having to journey quite a bit as a consequence of her analysis, Beaver stated he hopes the true winners on the finish would be the Burnams.
“Wendell is touring from Wichita to Dallas, so [they’ll need] assist with that. The tolls are, I feel, $40 simply to go there and again is what he stated,” Beaver stated. “Then meals, after all, and their keep and to assist out with payments round the home as nicely.”
Providing a serving to hand to be able to assist a household get out of the tough.
The Wendell and Laura Burnam Profit might be on Saturday, July 20, with tee-off starting at 9 a.m. at River’s Edge Disc Golf Course in Iowa Park.
It’s a two-round event and is $20 per particular person. Gap sponsorships begin at $50, and all proceeds from this profit might be going proper again to The Burnams.
For extra data on how to enroll or buy a sponsorship, click on right here.
Beaver added that this profit wouldn’t have been attainable with out the beneficiant assist of Match Director Bubba Forbess.
If you happen to don’t need to sponsor a gap, you possibly can at all times make a financial donation to assist the Burnams. Go to the River’s Edge Fb group for extra data.
