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Golfer on Lifeline board leads tournament
Todd Trimble took what he knows best – golf – and put it to work for the community organization he loves best, Lifeline Recovery Center.
Todd Trimble, owner of The Golf Complex, joined Lifeline’s board in early 2020. Soon, the pandemic hit and put in jeopardy one of Lifeline’s biggest fundraisers, the annual golf tournament.
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Todd, to the rescue.
After postponing for a few weeks and then finding reassurance in the health precautions offered by tournament partner Paxton Park Golf Course, the tournament proceeded.
Golfers were ready to go!
Nineteen teams from the area enjoyed the fall outing. “A golf tournament is the best way to bring the entire area together,” Todd said. “Whether you are from Murray or Southern Illinois, golf is golf and golfers love to gather and share. In all my life, I’ve never met a stranger on the course.”
Executive director Ashley Miller with board members Jim Eickholz, M.D., and Todd Trimble, golf tourney chair.
Todd’s committee added a couple of new twists tomake the event meaningful to its participants:
• “We tried to get as much church participation as possible,” he said. “There is no doubt the church needs Lifeline for its members, and Lifeline definitely needs the support of the church. So we tried to field every team with an elder or pastor from a local church.”
• Since the pandemic limited personal contact among the Lifeline family and the golfers, the committee made laminated cards featuring testimonials from Lifeline graduates. They rotated them from team to team, so throughout the day, golfers read the stories of 40 graduates. “They saw how they were strengthened to overcome (addiction) through their faith,” Todd said.
In his nearly 40 years as a golf professional, Todd found fundraising through this tournament a new challenge with great rewards. “My true passion is the gospel, so when I was asked to chair the fundraiser, it was an easy yes,” he said. “Our community needs Lifeline, and this tournament showed me how much our community is grateful for Lifeline.”
