Locals attend Yuma Child Burn Survivors Golf Tournament 2026
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - Locals across Yuma County hit the links Saturday morning, and it was all for a good cause.
The Yuma Child Burn Survivors Golf Tournament 2026 took place at Desert Hills Golf Course at 7 a.m.
During the tournament, there was a memorial dedicated to the firefighters who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.
Kayla Irr-Mendez, a committee member of the Yuma Child Burn Survivor Foundation, shares how the event benefits child burn survivors.
"It's really...it's breathtaking. We will have some of our survivors out here today. They tee off the tournament...They're so resilient. And it's just it's it's a powerful event to see what our kids go through and just how strong they are," Irr-Mendez explained.
There was a total of 212 people who participated in the event, with 27 teams playing in the morning and 26 teams playing in the afternoon, and it was a four-person team.
