Drive For Health

OAKLEY, KAN. – The Logan County Healthcare Foundation’s 31st annual Drive for Health Benefit Golf Tournament was held Friday, June 6th, at the Oakley Country Club. We had excellent participation in our event, which included thirty teams registered and the day of the tournament we had twenty-nine teams participating in the Annual Golf Tournament! With the combined sponsorship of the Golf Tournament and the Silent Auction the Foundation made over $22,000 for this year’s Benefit Golf Tournament.

Thank you to all our sponsors! Our Diamond Sponsors included: The Eugene E. Lewis, Jr. Family Trust, Oakley Health Mart, The Farmers State Bank and Em Schulte Trust. Corporate Gold Sponsors included: Scoular, Pioneer Feedyard, Sporer Land Development, Tim & Pat Schippers, City of Oakley, Logan County EMS, and The Bank. Silver Sponsors included: AFLAC-Nikki Moellering, Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home, ARSI, Hinkle Termite & Pest Control, Evans Lawn Care, Western Plains Realty, Brian & Tracie Ottley, Eberle Construction, Carl & Wanda Uhrich, Sam’s Styling, Vision Source of Oakley, Fry Eye Associates & Fry Eye Surgery Center, Hubert Cattle Sales-Greg & Brenda Hubert, Midwest Energy, Farm Credit of Western Kansas, Tallgrass Liquor, Oakley Ag Center, Five Star Ag, Chris Marshall Seeds, Integrity Management-Docs Who Care, Western Plains Energy, Oakley Vet Service, Younkin Chiropractic, Elliott Chiropractic, Oakley Family Dentistry, Weiser Agency, Mittens Travel Center, Holistic Pain Management, Nutrien, Dr. Sam Funk, Outdoor Bank, S & T Communications, Colby Glass Company, and Office Works & Home Furnishings. Our Bronze Sponsors Included: LeRoy’s Printing & Publishing and Schoepner’s Water Conditioning.

Businesses or Individuals that Sponsored a Golf Team included: The Farmers State Bank, Oakley Ag Center, Farm Bureau Financial Services, Jerry Schoenfeld, Amber Mackley, Great Western Tire, Brandon & Morgan Beougher, Jason Robben, Dalene Gilbert, Dustin Kauffman, and Justin Quain, Scott and Jamie Eberle, Scoular, Jamboree Foods, Younkin Chiropractic, Elliott Chiropractic, Jace Ochs, Bob Kelly, Mark Temaat, Chris Carroll, Frontier Ag, Nancy Kuhlman, Nutrien, Outdoor Bank, Raye Kuhlman, Aimee Zimmerman, Carrie Weber, Breanna Broeckelman, and Dr. John Herscher, Andrew Teeter and Shanye Stupka, Oakley Family Dentistry, Jerrad Zerr, Dr Grove, Dr. Rodriquez, Robert Mangold, and Mike Zimmerman, Eric & Rhonda Sperber, Bob & Sherri Kuhlman, Kim Umberger, Jerry Chaput, Eli Kuhlman, and Terry & Betty Hockersmith.

Prize Sponsors included: Farm Bureau Financial Services, Matt & Marti Engel, ARSI, Great Western Tire, and Oakley’s Family Fun Center.

In-Kind Sponsors included: Jamboree Foods and LCHF for the terrific breakfast, Jerry Schoenfeld and LCHF for the delicious appetizers, and Jay & Melanie Sporer, Farmers State Bank, Matt Engel, Russ Moellering, Jantzen Sporer, Kevin Uhrich, Youth Golf Volunteers, Tracie Ottley, Jamie Lowrie, Shawna Allison, and Danette Rephshire for the wonderful lunch. Other In-Kind Sponsors included: Rod & Cheryl Bates, Nancy Kuhlman, Oakley Country Club, Pappy and Sue Lies, The Tinker’s Wagon, Sonic, Tallgrass Liquor, Bob & Barb Kelly, ARSI, Eland Title Company, Clay’s Pumping Service, Poole Agribusiness, Logan County Implement, KELTEK, Smoky Hill Ag of Oakley, Farmers State Bank, Oakley Ag Center, Golden Shears, City of Oakley, Bonnie Wagner, Carrie Weber, Tim & Jennifer Baalman, Zach & Breanna Broeckelman, Oakley’s Family Fun Center, Dr. Celeste & Mike Rains, Matt & Marti Engel, Butch Burris, Carl & Wanda Uhrich, Revive & Company Studio, Creative Connection with Madison, Mitten Inc, Paul Heskett, Rocking M Radio, KXXX, Everything’s-A-Bloomin, Sherri Mackley and Campbell Insurance for the Hole-in-One Insurance.

Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who gave up their time helping the Foundation! The Healthcare Foundation would like to thank the volunteers of Carrie Weber, Matt Engel, Russ Moellering, Paula Burris, Katie Baalman, Tracie Ottley, Shawna Allison, Nikki Moellering, Jamie Lowrie, Kevin Uhrich, the Youth Golf Volunteers, Brett Martin, and the Golf Committee Members of Mark Temaat, Bob Kelly, Tracie Ottley, Marti Engel, and Jeff Dennis.

The Foundation would also like to thank the Oakley Country Club for the use of the facility, to Danette and the OCC Staff for being amazing, to Darin for the course looking wonderful, and to everyone for being so accommodating to our tournament. A big thank you to all of those who generously donated the use of their golf carts for the day and those who graciously donated money.

The Logan County Healthcare Foundation would also like to thank all those who donated the items for the Silent Auction and thank all those who bought items at the Silent Auction. The Silent Auction went over very well once again!

Rounding out the day, we recognized our winners. Winning the Championship Flight was the team of Farm Bureau Financial Services, Second Place in the Championship Flight was the team of Eli Kuhlman, First Place in the First Flight was the team of Nancy Kuhlman, and Second Place in the First Flight was the team of Jerrad Zerr. All teams graciously gave back their winnings to the Foundation!

Other prizes awarded at the end of the day included the prize of a gift certificate for four to the Oakley’s Family Fun Center. This prize awarded for the most mulligans purchased throughout the day and the winner of that prize with the most mulligans was the Farm Bureau Financial Services Team! Other prizes awarded for the day went to those with the longest putts on Holes 1, 6, 8, and 9 and the longest putt prizes went to Clay Henderson, Bill Stewart, Bob Kuhlman, and Derek Elliott. Thank you to Farm Bureau Financial Services and Oakley’s Family Fun Center for donating the prizes for our winners! Thank you so much to all the golfers for participating in our 31st Annual Golf Tournament!

The mission of the Logan County Healthcare Foundation is to enhance local health care services by providing scholarships, sponsoring health education and awareness programs, upgrading technology and providing medical equipment, and assisting in the recruitment of medical professionals. Since its creation in 1993, the Logan County Healthcare Foundation has funded projects totaling over $1.8 million. The Logan County Healthcare Foundation’s funding recipients include: Logan County Health Department, Healthy Logan County, Logan County Senior Living, Logan County Hospital, New Frontier’s Health Services, City of Oakley, Fair Board, Logan County EMS, Oakley Police Department, Mitten’s Urgent Care Clinic, Buffalo Bill Cultural Center, Oakley Heath Mart Pharmacy, Logan County Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, Logan County Transportation Services, Oakley Park Development Project, Bikes for Kids, Oakley Public Schools, Oakley Elementary PTO, Tri-Plains, St. Joseph Elementary School, Oakley Public Library, Western Vista Complex, Oakley Swimming Pool, Logan County Extension, and Cardiac Rehab. The Logan County Healthcare Foundation is funded entirely through private means. This funding comes from tax credits, fundraising activities, donations and planned giving. Fundraising activities include a Memorial Tree during the Christmas Season, The Fall Gala, and the Golf Tournament and Silent Auction. Donations to the foundation can be set up as planned giving through an estate or trust, made as a memorial or in the giver’s choice. If you would like more information about the Logan County Healthcare Foundation you can call the office at (785)672-3663, or email exedir@lchcf.org, or visit www.lchcf.org or stop by and visit with Marti at the office at 222 Center Ave in Oakley.

Thanks again to everyone who helped, participated, sponsored, and donated! The Foundation appreciates your continued support and generosity! And to all our LCHF Supporters, we will see you all on November 15th for the Fall Gala and next year in June of 2026 for the 32nd Annual Golf Tournament!