Arrowhead residents have volunteered at the John Deere Classic for 38 years. They will be doing it again this year. One week to ten days prior to the John Deere Classic, Arrowhead residents and staff will set up over 3 miles of fence to get the course ready for the start of the tournament. During the week of the tournament, the youth and staff are on ecology duty, or collecting garbage from all over the course. “After the tournament is complete, we head back out to the course to take all the fencing down,” explained Mary Davidson, Marketing and Development Director at Arrowhead. “It is fun couple of weeks for the youth, we look forward to it every year,” she continued. Arrowhead invites the media to highlight the hard work that goes into setting up a great event in the Quad Cities and spotlight some great youth giving back to the community by helping at the tournament.
If you would like to do a piece on this story and see what set up looks like for Arrowhead, please contact Mary Davidson at 563-940-6257. Arrowhead staff and residents will be available for questions most days, depending on weather.
About Arrowhead Ranch.
Founded in 1945, Arrowhead is a private, not for profit, non-sectarian treatment facility serving youth-at-risk aged between 12-21. Arrowhead's mission is to motivate youth-at-risk to become productive and responsible young men and women by providing the highest quality counseling, education, social services to youth and their families. Arrowhead is funded through payments for the adolescents' care by placement agencies and through donations and grants.
