Children’s Home Society is gearing up for its annual “FORE the Children” Charity Golf Invitational presented by Gartner on Friday, April 23 at Colonial Country Club, just outside Lehigh Acres on Colonial Blvd. Funds raised will benefit programs that serve children and families in Southwest Florida communities.

The scramble-style invitational event begins with registration at 7:30 a.m. and a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Registration is $85 for individuals or $300 per foursome and includes continental breakfast, lunch, greens fees, a sleeve of balls per player, prizes and awards. Dixie Buick GMC is the tournament’s hole-in-one sponsor.

Last year’s event raised nearly $10,000 to benefit Children’s Home Society programs which include: pregnancy counseling and infant adoptions, Healthy Families Lee and Collier, independent living (teens in foster care), case management for developmentally disabled persons, mental health counseling for children, Cribs for Kids, and Early Learning Services. The division’s programs and services directly impact the lives of more than 7,000 children and families every day in five counties.

Registration is available online at: www.forethechildren.org or request a mail-in registration form or sponsorship information by calling Children’s Home Society at (239) 275-3049.