The Suffolk Education Foundation will host its 16th annual golf tournament fundraiser on April 24 at the Nansemond River Golf Course.

The Suffolk Education Foundation was created in 1993 to support Suffolk Public Schools by connecting the community’s talents and resources to expand educational opportunities for students and staff.

The golf tournament is one of the major ways the foundation raises funds. The money goes toward scholarships, instructional grants and staff development and recognition to assist the 16,000 students and educators in Suffolk Public Schools.

Registration is due by Friday, April 17.

The Suffolk Education Foundation will host its 16th annual golf tournament fundraiser on Friday, April 24 at the Nansemond River Golf Course. Register by Friday, April 17.

The tournament features a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start and includes cart, green fees, snacks, drinks, prizes and lunch. Sign-in and breakfast begins at 8 a.m., followed by a helicopter golf ball drop at 9 a.m. The shotgun start will take place at 9:30 a.m., with awards and lunch at 1:30 p.m.

The registration fee is $500 per four-person team.

Again this year, the golf tournament’s overall sponsor is RRMM Architects and partners. NTA Life Management Inc. will be a beverage cart sponsor. Hampton Roads Helicopter is sponsoring the Golf Ball Drop.

Opportunities are still available for hole sponsors at $250 each, with signage listing your organization.

Lunch will include barbecue and hamburgers plus sides. Raffle prizes include a Kindle Fire-HD, restaurant gift certificates, gift baskets, Suffolk YMCA membership and more.

The format will be four-person teams, Florida Best Ball, with flights determined after play.

Prizes will include for the top team in each flight, closest to the pin, longest drive and holes-in-one.

Call SEF executive director Michele Lachtara at 775-9682 for more information, or visit the SEF website at www.suffolkeducationfoundation.org.