Vest Fund Fundraiser Set For Next Month
Golf outing raises money for PBA and Howell Police Department needs
For more than a decade local business owners and community members have gotten together for a golf outing to help supply the local police department with much needed bullet proof vests. Since that time their goals have expanded to providing other items like defibrillators and flash lights for local officers. Jim Kirk, the owner of Kirk Florist is one of the founders of the Vest and Safety fund said the idea has grown in recent years. On July 2 the fund will host the 14th George Garo Memorial Golf Outing at Eagle Oaks Golf and Country Club in Farmingdale. Kirk said the idea for the outing and the fund came from having breakfast with a lifelong friend who was also a member of the Howell Police Department. Kirk said like most people he did…
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