KEN WHIDDON - Sharon Tucker
MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
Sunday October 29, 2022
8th ANNUAL KEN WHIDDON - SHARON TUCKER MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
Pinecrest Country Club
Pelham, Georgia
The 2023 GMHCN Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Sunday October 29th and will have a 9:30 am start time. It will be a 4 person scramble and the entry fee will be $60.00 per person, which will include lunch and 2 mulligans. Raffle tickets will also be available to purchase for $5.00 each. The teams fill up fast, so please contact Tournament Director Robert Howell at 229-343-0269 for more information or to register or visit www.whiddontuckermemorial.com
2021 1st Place Winners
Jackson Curles
Bowen Kolbe
Cameron Cooper
Charlie Bedenfield
2021 2nd Place Winners
Travis Eakin
Tommy Lashley
Trey Godwin
Hackett Shiflett
2021 Platinum Sponsors
Andersonville Theological Seminary
AmericanWork, Inc.
Jim Chism - United Insurance
Home Service Center Pelham Georgia
Ernie Els for Autism Foundation
Bryan Bell - Edward Jones
G&B Works
Turning Point Moultrie Georgia
Elizabeth Wade Properties
Colquitt Regional Medical Center
2021 Gold Sponsors
Bob Jones
Willis Painting
Ausley-Wade Rentals
Please visit the homepage of the Ken Whiddon Golf Tournament for the full listing of 2021 winners and sponsors.
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About Ken Whiddon
Ken Whiddon lived with bipolar disorder and was very ill for many years. He was hospitalized, heavily medicated, and received electric shock treatments on multiple occasions. Surviving on SSI disability, he managed to return to work and then college. After furthering his education, he became Deputy Director at the local Mental Health Center in Glynn County, Georgia, and then became executive director at the state regional office.
In an effort to better serve consumers with disabilities he started his own company, Amer(icanWork), Inc. in 1999, where he eventually employed over 400 people. He made it his mission to assist consumers with disabilities in finding work and improving their quality of life.
He sold the company but stayed on with the new ownership to continue the work he loved doing so much, before his death in 2015. His life is proof that you can accomplish or obtain your goals regardless of your physical or mental disability.
Ken was one of the original founders of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network, a non-profit corporation founded by Ken and other consumers of state services for mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities.
All of the proceeds of the Ken Whiddon Annual Golf Tournament are used to assist people with behavioral health concerns to return to work by providing them training, resources, and supports.