An opportunity to golf and help the Open Door Food Kitchen in St. Joseph is coming up next month.

The Inaugural Open Door “Open Your Heart” Golf Tournament will take place on September 28th.

Open Door Food Kitchen Executive Director Kelly Conant said the funds raised from the tournament will go toward operational costs for their current building and their new location in the future.

“Those operational costs are very important to us because we are a very small entity, not-for-profit, and we solely rely on private donors, volunteers and fundraising,” Conant said.

Marsha Rosenthal with Open Door said the mission of the food kitchen has not changed since it started.

“That is to feed the hungry in a community, no questions asked,” Rosenthal said. “Anyone can come in and get a free lunch who needs to eat. We feed a lot of families, children, men and women, singles, we have a lot of underpaid employees that need it. We have people who have physical disabilities, we have those who have mental disabilities and those who just are in between jobs and need something to eat to sustain them.”

About 200 people come through the Open Door Food Kitchen on a daily basis.

Conant said they are looking for teams and sponsors for the golf tournament which takes place at 1:30 p.m. on Sept 28th at the Fairview Golf Course.

Sponsorships range from $100 to $500 and include Clubhouse recognition and hole sponsorship. A single entry fee is $75 and includes the cart fee, lunch and more.

For more information about the tournament or about sponsorships, call (816) 364-1085 or email [email protected].