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Aden Lamps golf outing is Sept. 20 in Spring Valley

Manteno's Landon Bukowski shoots for the green at Minne Monesse Golf Club as Grant Park's Gavin Franke, right, watches on Friday, August 15, 2025.

The Aden Lamps Foundation will host its annual golf outing fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Spring Creek Golf Course in Spring Valley.

Registration costs $75 a golfer if received by Sept. 15 and $80 after that date.

Entry includes:

• 18 holes of golf with a cart

• grilled lunch with two beverages

• cash prizes for winning teams

• games of chance and skill throughout the course

The event raises funds for the Aden Lamps Foundation, which spreads awareness of sudden unexpected infant death.

Founded in 2014 by Ashley Lamps in memory of her son Aden, the foundation has distributed more than 14,000 sleep sacks and 10,000 safe sleep board books to area hospitals, organizations and day cares.

Each safe sleep package, valued at over $25, includes a reusable tote bag, a zip-up sleep sack, an infant board book, a onesie and safe sleep information.

These packages are given to every newborn at OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Morris Hospital, OSF St. Katharine Medical Center in Dixon, CGH in Sterling and more.

The foundation’s mission is to educate families about the dangers of unsafe sleep environments and promote the use of sleep sacks as a safer alternative to loose blankets in a crib.

Aden Lamps, the son of Andy and Ashley Lamps, tragically died from SUID in 2013 at just 4½ months old.

For information or to register, contact Ashley Lamps at 815-712-7701 or adenlampsfoundation@gmail.com.

Learn more at safesleepforaden.org, on Facebook at facebook.com/adenlampsfoundation, or on Instagram.

Tom Collins

Tom Collins

Tom Collins covers criminal justice in La Salle County.