8th Annual Afognak Youth Charity Golf Tournament
2024年7月10日 - 3:56AM
On Thursday, July 11th, the 8th Annual Afognak Youth Charity Golf
Tournament will be held at the Anchorage Golf Course.
The event provides a great networking opportunity for
participants to connect with leaders of Alaska Native Corporations,
the resource development industry, large financial institutions,
and many other Alaska business leaders, such as GCI, Koniag, Inc.,
Marsh and McLennan, KeyBank, and Odom. Afognak is excited to
welcome celebrity guest, Gabby Lemieux, a member of the Shoshone
Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation who made
history by becoming the first Native American to compete in the US
Women’s Open. She was also the first Native American on the Epson
Tour and the LPGA Tour. Ms. Lemieux is committed to supporting
Native youth to explore golf and has used her platform to uplift
Native youth and communities.
To date, the Tournament has raised almost $500,000 for Tribal
youth programs operated by the Native Village of Afognak and the
Native Village of Port Lions in the Kodiak Archipelago. Afognak
Native Corporation supports the following Tribal youth development
programs as part of its responsibility to strengthen Ag’wanermiut
“Afognak people”:
- Dig Afognak Camp – Alutiiq youth culture camp
operated since 1998 for youth ages 10 to 14 and families; Alutiiq
Language & Music Camp and Harvesting & Survival Camp are
highlights of the summer camp season.
- Afterschool & Alutiiq Week Cultural
Activities
- Cultural Workshops – traditional food
preparation and processing
- Alutiiq Language Resources – supports family
language nights and other programs
- Preschool Program Activities – support for
hosting preschool graduation
- Family Activities Program – support for youth
activities with family engagement several times per week
These programs are an invaluable way for young people to learn
the Alutiiq language and to practice traditional harvest, survival
skills, and healthy relationships. They provide intergenerational
opportunities for the Alutiiq community to share cultural learning,
skill building in their homelands, and to celebrate and invest in
our youth.
Corporate and business sponsors can still support and be
recognized at the event! Contact Ana Fisk, Tournament Co-Director,
at 907-244-4377 or afisk@afognak.com, or visit the Afognak Youth
Charity Golf Tournament webpage at www.afognakgolf.com.
Afognak Native Corporation is an Alaska Native village
corporation serving the Kodiak Alutiiq people of Afognak and Port
Lions.
CONTACT: Malia Villegas, Senior
Vice President, Community Investments, malia@afognak.com,
907-222-9587