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Geary County employee task force cancels golf fundraiser, seeks alternatives and accountability from Big Brothers Big Sisters
Summary
The county employee task force canceled its planned golf tournament because of low participation and sponsor interest, will offer sponsors refunds or to forward donations to Big Brothers Big Sisters, and plans to ask a local Big Brothers Big Sisters representative for an update on prior donations and program activity in Geary County.
At a Geary County Commission meeting, county Human Resources Director Crystal Malchos said the county employee task force has canceled its planned golf tournament fundraiser because of insufficient teams and sponsors. Malchos said organizers contacted sponsors who had already donated to ask whether they wanted refunds or that their donations be forwarded to Big Brothers Big Sisters.
The cancellation matters because the tournament was a primary planned fundraiser for the county's support of Big Brothers Big Sisters and other local youth activities. Task force members said they want assurance that prior donations have been used as intended before holding another large event.
Crystal Malchos, Geary County HR director, said, "we did cancel our golf tournament, due to lack of participation. We did contact a few sponsors that have already donated to reach out to see if they would like us to forward their sponsorship to Big Brothers Big Sisters or if they wanted it returned." Malchos described outreach to potential partners and alternatives the task force discussed.
Task force members discussed several alternatives to the full golf event, including smaller fundraisers such as bake sales and partnering with a police-led event commonly described in the meeting as "shop with a cop." Malchos said the task force may join with JCPD on its fundraiser and that Justin (staff) will meet with JCPD in June to discuss pros and cons of a joint event.
Members also expressed concern about communication and accountability from the local Big Brothers Big Sisters office. Malchos said the task force has had difficulty reaching the local organization and that members want a representative to brief the task force on how past county donations were used. A task force member volunteered to request that an agency representative appear at a future task force meeting to provide an update.
Other fundraising ideas mentioned included smaller community events and reviving prior bake-sale approaches referenced in a booklet left by a former treasurer. Task force members said they intend to continue fundraising efforts but want clearer information about prior donations before organizing another large tournament.
The discussion occurred as part of routine commission updates; no formal county commission vote on the task force decision was recorded in the meeting transcript.
