Get the “drop” on everybody else in town by buying as many golf balls as you can for the sixth annual Ball Drop for Hope fundraiser.

The drop is the primary fundraiser for the Faith Home Adult and Teen Challenge program, a faith-based 12- to 16-month residential program for males age 18 and older.

“The Ball Drop for Hope is our most important fundraiser of the year and I need your help to reach our goal of raising $100,000 to put hope within reach for men, women and families,” CEO Rick Souza said in a statement on the Challenge website.

Here’s how the drop works: Numbered golf balls are sold for $25 a pop, and released from the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Air Support helicopter. All the balls that fall into a specified target zone will be collected and put into a bin. At that point, balls will be selected from the bin to see who wins the prizes, and winners will be notified by phone or email.

Prizes include a two-hour ride for two in the sheriff’s helicopter, $1,000 in groceries (donated by Save Mart Supermarket), $500 in meals out, $250 gift cards, and more.

“I try to get gifts that I would want,” said volunteer Brad Hansen. “We have no junk, and $250 is the lowest amount you can win. And all the gift cards are from local businesses, and all of them are donated.”

Golf balls can be purchased by calling 209-537-0606, emailing info@fhtc.life, or at the downtown Turlock Certified Farmers Market each Saturday through Nov. 8.

The drop will be held Nov. 15 at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Over the previous five years, the Ball Drop has raised nearly $425,000 for the program. Already this year, the ball drop has raised more than $75,000, with five weeks to go before the event.

Additionally, local organizations Chapel Soul Care (Monte Vista Chapel), Kitchens for Change, Prodigal Sons and Daughters, Turlock Chaplaincy, Turlock Gospel Mission, and the Sheriff’s Air Support Association have been invited to sell golf balls with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting them directly.

“This is not just a little event anymore,” said Hansen. “It’s become a big event. It’s a big deal. God has different plans for this thing, and doors just keep on opening.”