LOS ANGELES : Golf Tournament Proceeds Will Go to L.A. Schools

The Los Angeles Unified School District stands to reap about $100,000 for tutorial programs and after-school activities from a charitable event sponsored by Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster and Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale.

Drysdale, a Van Nuys High School graduate, announced Wednesday that the bulk of funds generated by his annual Hall of Fame Invitational Golf Tournament in November will be turned over to the public school system. He said the donation could be substantially higher if the effort is boosted by corporate sponsorships.

Supt. Sid Thompson said the funds will allow the district to bolster extracurricular programs that that have been scaled down.

“We are in an incredibly tight, tight budgetary schedule and that means a lot of the things we ought to be about are not happening,” Thompson said. “We are always appealing to the community, ‘Can you help us?’ . . . This is the kind of response we need.”