Question: What charitable program launched by Bing Crosby was held in North Carolina for 18 years?
Answer: In 1937, Bing Crosby launched a charity golf tournament in California that paired celebrities with pros and would later be called the CROSBY National Celebrity Golf Tournament. In 1986, nearly a decade after Crosby’s 1977 death, his widow, Kathryn Crosby, relocated the tournament to the Winston-Salem area. It was held there for 18 years and raised over $18 million for charities.
Bonus info: Tournament organizers started the Crosby Scholars Program in 1992, which was hosted and coordinated by the Sara Lee Corporation and involved corporate sponsors from across the nation. Since 1996, the program has been available to Forsyth County public school students in grades 6-12.
