An EPIC Golf Outing raises $85,000

​It was an epic day at the 7th Annual Northwest Center Golf Classic as more than 120 players competed in rounds of championship golf at The Golf Club at Newcastle. Golfers got out their putters on the greens and also their wallets to give green: they raised $85,000 to launch EPIC (Expanding Play, Interaction and Communication), a new Northwest Center Kids initiative that will provide early and ongoing support to families of children with autism.
 
Event host Bill Krueger, former Seattle Mariners ace and Northwest Center’s strategic relationship officer, competed with some of his professional athletic pals including former Seahawks defensive end Alonzo Mitz, former Mariners pitcher Erik Hanson, Charlie Furbush, former Mariner and current MLB player, and former Mariners centerfielder Brian Hunter.

Value Village chairman and CEO Duane Woods, second from left, with his team at the Golf Classic

Many thanks to the generous sponsors who made the 7th Annual Northwest Center Golf Classic a success: Tournament Sponsor Value Village™, Taco Time®, MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions®, Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Mariners™, Columbia Distributing, Minuteman Press® Redmond, Cutter & Buck®, Pepsi®, Ryan Swanson, Brotherton Cadillac in Renton, Honda Auto Center of Bellevue, PRIME, Puget Sound Pipe Supply, Chateau Ste Michelle®, and the Voelker Family.