GREENFIELD — While golfing weather has certainly passed us by, proceeds from the Greenfield Kiwanis Club’s annual golf tournament are making an impact now through a record-breaking donation to the Warm the Children fundraising drive.

The tournament, which is held on the first Monday after Mother’s Day in May, raised $5,500, the most the club has raised for Warm the Children since it took over organizing the golf tournament from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office four years ago.

Warm the Children, which began in 1993, is the Greenfield Recorder’s charity that helps provide warm clothing for families in need across Franklin County and the North Quabbin area. Last year, the drive provided new coats and clothes to about 840 children, raising more than $50,000 to cover expenses.

Phil Corrinet, a long-serving member of the Greenfield Kiwanis Club who helps organize the golf tournament with Maureen Butynski, said the event perfectly syncs up with Kiwanis International’s primary mission statement of “improving the world one child and one community at a time.”

“We’re all about community service and children, so that fits in nice. It’s for kids’ clothing and people in the community need help,” Corrinet said. “It’s our big thing. … It’s all good energy.”

Other fundraising efforts that the Greenfield Kiwanis Club, which started in 1922, is involved with include donations to the Greenfield High School Band and Camp Kee-wanee.

The club also coordinated the rebuilding of the flag pole on top of Poet’s Seat Tower. Members read books to children, work with the Greenfield High School Key Club and host an annual Bicycle Safety Rodeo, which provides helmets and bicycle safety lessons to children.

The golf tournament, Corrinet said, is a huge community event that brings folks to the Country Club of Greenfield for a fun day of golfing, all while raising money for a good cause. This year, 36 foursomes teed off.

“It means a lot because we’re all about giving back to the community,” Corrinet said, adding that sometimes new members join the Kiwanis Club after the tournament, which is an added bonus. “The more [members] we have, the more we can do, the more money we can raise.”

The Warm the Children fundraising drive, which is coordinated by Recorder Business Manager Patti Wasilewski in partnership with Community Action Pioneer Valley, runs through the end of December.

Donations go in an account overseen by the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. Warm the Children recipients are suggested by various social service agencies and community organizations.

The Recorder has a partnership with Target to provide gift cards to beneficiaries and these gift cards are provided to Community Action for distribution. They can be used in the store or online to buy clothing for each qualifying child, 12 years old or younger.

Folks who would like to make tax-deductible donations to Warm the Children can do so online at recorder.com by clicking the Warm the Children “Donate Here” feature at the top left of the homepage.

Donations can also be sent to Greenfield Recorder, Warm the Children Fund, P.O. Box 1367, 14 Hope St., Greenfield, MA 01301.

Chris Larabee can be reached at clarabee@recorder.com.