INDIANAPOLIS — Every year, many at 13News golf in an annual outing. All of the money goes to help kids in Morgan County with the Boys and Girls Club. The main organizer is inspiring Indiana in more ways than one.
Kevin Lollar's passion is contagious wherever he goes. That was obvious on the golf course at Foxcliff Golf Club in Martinsville.
"If they believe you, believe in what you're doing, and you have a passion for it, they're more willing to be involved," Lollar said.
Golfers at his annual charity outing definitely believe Lollar.
"It gets better every year. Who would've ever thought 16 years ago that we'd still be doing this?" Lollar said.
To understand how he got here, you have to go back to his early days.
"When I was 11, I was diagnosed with myelogenous leukemia. They told my parents if I lived three years they would be extremely lucky, and I am 66," Lollar said.
He's certainly making the most out of his luck.
"This is how my life started, and I got busy working with charity. I felt like I was here for a reason," Lollar said.
He and his wife, Robbi, give back to the Boys and Girls Club of Morgan County.
"I said, 'we want to make a celebrity outing that's different than any other,'" Lollar said.
More than a million dollars from this outing has gone back to hundreds of local kids — providing programming and after school care.
"I love doing things for other people because I feel that God has kept me here on this earth for a reason," Lollar said.
He even survived prostate cancer later as an adult.
Because of the medication, he doesn't get around as easily.
"So, I have to concentrate very hard on what I'm doing every day," he said.
And he never lets it hold him back.
"I'm excited about living. Every day, I get up, I have this feeling that something good is happening, no matter what. And if God lets me wake up, it's my job to make it the best day I can have," Lollar said.
We can all learn something from Kevin Lollar.
"It's amazing what a difference you can make because you never know what somebody's going through in their life," Lollar said.
Each child at the Boys and Girls Club only pays $25 for the entire year, thanks in part to the annual scramble.