The Community Benefit Tree was established in 2004. The organization was started as a labor of love after hosting the Larry Wolfinger Charity Golf Outing for 12 years. In those 12 years the golf outing helped more than 20 families in the community that were struggling to meet financial needs because of an illness or injury. Heidi Frederickson (daughter of Larry Wolfinger) and Karla Wolfinger (wife of Larry Wolfinger) saw the increasing need in the community and were led by the grace of God to help out more families thus started the Community Benefit Tree.