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BY STACI WILSON<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Friends<\/a>

Friends and family of Kelly Conklin hosted a golf tournament and raffle benefiting True Friends Animal Welfare Center. The one-day event raised over $9,400 which was presented to the shelter on Friday, Aug. 7. STAFF PHOTO\/STACI WILSON<\/p><\/div>\n

Family and friends of Kelly Conklin came together Aug. 2 to spearhead a fundraising effort benefiting a cause she whole-heartedly supported. Conklin was killed in October 2014 outside her Susquehanna home.<\/p>\n

The group \u2013 dubbed Kelly\u2019s Voice \u2013 held a golf tournament, followed by a gathering at the Moose Lodge in Susquehanna with raffles, and raised over $9,400 for True Friends Animal Welfare Center. They presented the check Friday at the non-profit, no-kill animal shelter.<\/p>\n

True Friends director Dory Browning said, \u201cThe Conklin family is wonderful and the whole town of Susquehanna \u2013 the outpouring of support was touching to see. It was an amazing one-day event. We depend on donations and fundraisers just to keep the doors open.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the funds would be used to help renovate the shelter\u2019s back kennel area. \u201cThey are in desperate need of repair,\u201d Browning said.<\/p>\n

Kelly\u2019s father, Bill, said he had spoken with a few people and came up with the idea to host a golf tournament in memory of Kelly and to make something positive. With the help of Debbie Wescott and Jamie Conklin, the golf tournament grew to include the basket raffles, silent auction and other raffles, including a stone bench donated by Herb Kilmer & Sons Bluestone.<\/p>\n

Bill said his daughter brought home a Chihuahua named \u201cDiego\u201d from California she had rescued at a shelter. \u201cShe\u2019s always been an animal lover,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kelly\u2019s mother, Lee, said the outpouring of support from the community since her daughter\u2019s death has been phenomenal and overwhelming. \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for friends, family and the community, I don\u2019t know where we would be today,\u201d she said adding the tournament \u2013 which the family hopes to make an annual event, was a way to \u201cmake a positive out of a negative.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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