Briefs for May 8, 2008

• Published: May 8, 2008 - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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Golf tournament to benefit group

HOPE Outdoors, a nonprofit organization that helps disabled children and adults in Louisiana enjoy the outdoors, will hold a benefit golf tournament May 20, at Greystone Golf and Country Club, 9214 Greystone Drive, Denham Springs. 

Start times for the “Glory Days” Golf Tournament are at 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. 

The cost is $400 per four-person team. The tournament will be videotaped and replayed on Cox Channel 4.

Proceeds from the event will go to fund HOPE Outdoors’ mission of bringing disabled children and adults on outdoor excursions, including hunting and fishing trips and horseback rides.

For registration and sponsorship information, call Jimmy Frederick at (225) 237-5108 or jimmyfrederick@cox.com or Dewey Richardson at (225) 936-3048 or dewey@hopeoutdoors.org.

On the Internet: http://www.hopeoutdoors.org

CASA to offer volunteer training

Court Appointed Special Advocates is looking for volunteers to represent children involved in Child in Need of Care proceedings in Livingston Parish.

Volunteers must be at least 21 years old, have an interest in speaking up for a child, and the ability to invest one to two hours a week advocating for an abused child.

CASA now offers an independent study curriculum as a training option for people in the community who want to volunteer, but can’t find the time to complete the traditional 40-hour training course.

CASA training starts in Denham Springs at 6 p.m. on June 3.

For more information and location information, call (225) 791-3136 or visit https://www.childadv.net.