Sinking a putt was impossible!
Seniors at Good Samaritan Village had been staying active and having fun on the par-3 golf course at the Hastings Village since its beginning in 1957. Originally built with sand greens, artificial turf was first installed in 1999. By 2015, these same artificial turf green had turned hard as concrete.
Hastings Village began the campaign to renovate the greens and tee boxes by participating in Give Hastings Day on May 1, 2015. Through the generosity of donors and a $5,500 grant from the Hastings Community Foundation, work started in the spring of 2016. By the end of the season, all nine greens plus the tee boxes had been recovered in artificial turf. Sod was placed around the collars of each green that fall and the course was ready for play by spring of 2017.
In June, the Village invited Big Brothers/Big Sisters youth and their mentors out to learn some golf fundamentals. While putting and chipping were fun, the highlight of the morning was being able to ride in a golf cart!
“Thank you, Hastings Community Foundation for your continued support of GSS – Hastings Village. These grants have truly enhanced the lives of those who call the Village ‘home.’”
– Karen Doerr, Devlopment Director, Good Samaritan Society—Hastings Village
