Children’s Charity Classic awards $370,000 to local agencies

More than $370,000 was given to 38 local agencies, which benefit children in the Central Kentucky area, at Monday’s Children’s Charity Classic kickoff.

The 36th annual event kicked off with a tee-off reception at the clubhouse at Andover Golf & Country Club.

The agencies include:

▪  All God’s Children, Inc.

▪  Arbor Youth Services

▪  Baby Health Services

▪  Baptist Health Lexington

▪  Carnegie Center

▪  CASA

▪  Center for Courageous Kids

▪  Central Kentucky Riding for Hope

▪  Child Development Center for the Bluegrass

▪  Children’s Advocacy Center

▪  Chrysalis House

▪  Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky

▪  Explorium of Lexington

▪  First Tee of Lexington

▪  Gateway Children’s Services

▪  Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road

▪  God’s Pantry Food Bank

▪  Growing Together Preschool

▪  Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass

▪  Easter Seals Cardinal Hill

▪  KORE Academy

▪  Lexington Children’s Theatre

▪  Lexington Hearing & Speech

▪  Lexington Leadership Foundation

▪  Life Adventure Center

▪  Living Arts & Science Center

▪  Newton’s Attic

▪  Resource for Advancement & Innovation

▪  Ronald McDonald House

▪  Scott County Hospitality House, Inc.

▪  Stride Program

▪  Suzanne Vitale Clinical Educational Complex at WKU

▪  Sweet Blessings

▪  The Foster Care Council of Lexington

▪  The Nest

▪  The Toy Chest

▪  VIPS

▪  Wilderness Trace Child Development

The Children’s Charity Classic has raised more than $11 million for Central Kentucky agencies. For a schedule of this week’s events go to http://www.childrenscharityofthebluegrass.org/

This story was originally published June 20, 2016 at 12:27 PM with the headline "Children’s Charity Classic awards $370,000 to local agencies."