St John’s 30th EpiscoGolf Nets $12,820 for Children’s Charities

By Maureen Gillum, 8/24/25

St John’s EpiscoGolf reached its milestone 30th birthday this year and we ‘putt’ some (mini) golf back into EpiscoGolf. Thankfully, it also had a most successful year raising $12,820 to benefit local children’s charities.

EpiscoGolf was started by the Episcopal Church St John the Baptist (StJB) in Sanbornville, NH (www.stjohntb.org) in 1995 with a mission to better the quality of life for underprivileged children by providing grants to children’s organizations and charities. It is a non-denominational community outreach program providing grants regardless of religion, race or gender.

“As our premier outreach program, StJB’s EpiscoGolf is an important part of how we work with and support our greater Wakefield community with a special focus on all of our futures – our kids,” explained StJB’s Parson Kit Wang.

At St John’s community Chicken BBQ on August 16th, the last ticket was sold and StJB EpiscoGolf 2025 grand prize golden raffle ticket was drawn, worth $1,940. The winner was recent widow, Leslie W., who was visiting her family camp at Horn Pond. Incidentally, she has deep family ties to St John’s through her late grandparents, Arthur & Lillian Burleigh of Sanbornville. Leslie also graciously gave back a hearty part of her kitty to further help the kids.

For some added excitement and a nod to its golf tournament roots, StJB also put some golf back into EpiscoGolf this year, thanks to Joe Beard, EpiscoGolf’s new Ministry Team’s co-lead. “It was a lot fun to launch our mini StJB EpiscoGolf 3-hole golf tournament at our community BBQ last weekend,” shared Beard enthusiastically, “and three of our BBQ guests happily won some great gift baskets.”

Since its inception, 100% of StJB EpiscoGolf’s proceeds -- collectively more than $143,000 -- has supported NH children’s charities including End 68 Hours of Hunger (Milton & Wakefield); School’s Out (Ossipee), Secret Santa (Wakefield), Home for Now (Rochester), Wakefield Food Pantry/FIT Program, and CASA of NH.

Now that the funds have been raised, it’s time for local children’s charities to complete and submit StJB’s very simple 1-page grant request. StJB EpiscoGolf’s 2025 grant applications can be easily downloaded at www.stjohntb.org/episcogolf. All grant applications are due back to St John’s by October 30th. Typically, StJB releases its EpiscoGolf funds to selected grants recipients by Thanksgiving.

Of course, the continued success of St John’s EpiscoGolf relies on its village of many generous supporters. StJB gratefully thanks our key community partners, including Poor People’s Pub, Key-Day Builders, Eastern Propane & Oil, E.F. Dolaher & Sons, Seven Lakes Realty, Profile Bank, and William Krause, CPA, along with St John’s Vestry, parishioners and friends.StJB also keeps its village well feed. St John’s hosts several terrific community dinners and three popular holiday pie sales every year. Our last pie sale of 2025 will be on Labor Day weekend, Saturday, August 30th at 9 am. St John’s final dinner of the year will be a Ham & Bean supper on Wednesday, September 13th at 5 pm. Like all St John’s dinners, it is open and free to all; donations at will are gratefully accepted to help cover food costs.

Everybody needs a place. We invite you to make St John’s your place. The Episcopal Church of Saint John the Baptist proclaims the gospel of Jesus Christ in worship, fellowship and outreach. For more information, please visit www.stjohntb.org, call us at 603-522-3329, or simply drop in at 118 High St, Sanbornville, NH for any Sunday service at 9 am (and yummy post coffee hour).

Episcogolf 2025 Golden ticket raffle

Dear Friends of St John’s EpiscoGolf,

July 2025

St John the Baptist (StJB)’s annual EpiscoGolf Children’s Charity celebrates it’s special 30th milestone this year! We hope to exceed last year’s St John EpiscoGolf Raffle, which raised $12,200. Since 1995, 100% of StJB’s EpiscoGolf proceeds – collectively, more than $143,000 – has supported local NH charities which help kids, including End 68- hours of Hunger (Milton & Wakefield), Secret Santa (Wakefield), Families in Transition (Rochester), School’s Out (Ossipee), Wakefield Food Pantry (Wakefield), Catie’s Closet and CASA of NH. These and many other groups – most our community partners -- depend on us each year. Please consider supporting StJB’s EpiscoGolf outreach efforts:

• Buy a StJB EpiscoGolf 2025 Limited Golden Raffle Ticket. Only 100 tickets ($100 each; buy solo or split w/ a friend or group) will be sold for a chance to win up to $2,000 (20% of raffle intake).

• And/or be a StJB EpiscoGolf 2025 Sponsor (ideal for business) or Personal Donor (any amount welcome):
  __ Platinum ($500+); Gold __ ($250-$499); __ Silver ($100-$249); $__ Bronze ($25 to $99) $_____ (other)

Remember, no contribution is too small – every dollar helps. Together, we can & will make a collective difference to help our local kids. Please visit: www.stjohntb.org/episcogolf or contact me directly (mgillum.m@gmail.com or 603-494-8466) for more info – or just fill out the slip below & mail it back with your check to StJB by August 10th.

We also hope to see you at St John’s (118 High St. Sanbornville, NH) for our tasty StJB Community BBQ on Sat, August 16th, 5 pm. At the BBQ we’ll draw the 30th EpiscoGolf grand prize raffle winner (up to $2K!) around 6 pm (winner needn’t be present). In honor of our 30th milestone year, we’ll also be having a 3-hole mini golf tournament at our BBQ on 8/16. Please come enjoy some great food & summer fun for the whole family.

Thank You and God Bless,

Maureen Gillum and Joe Beard
StJB EpiscoGolf Ministry Team Leads

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episcogolf grant 2025 applications

Deadline is October 30, 2025

Contact Maureen at mgillum.m@gmail.com for any questions/concerns.

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