PGA TOUR Superstore Assists The Initial Tee and its Chapters...

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PGA TOUR Superstore Assists The Initial Tee and its Chapters...
PGA TOUR Superstore Assists The Initial Tee and its Chapters Improve Participation and Acquire New Donors December Matching Grant Plan Yields $twenty,000 and Yr-Lengthy five% Participation Obstacle Introduces four hundred,000 Youth to The Initial Tee In 2015, PGA TOUR Superstore will as soon as once more group up with the PGA TOUR, Inc. and The Initial Tee to encourage development of applications for youthful individuals in shop marketplaces by continuing the “PGA TOUR Superstore five% Obstacle.” In 2014, the “PGA TOUR Superstore five% Obstacle,” which challenged eighteen chapters of The Initial Tee to develop the quantity of youthful individuals attained by five% more than the prior yr, drew much more than 416,000 youthful individuals to The Initial Tee chapters in their communities. Chapters attained $215,000 in new grants from PGA TOUR Superstore via the obstacle. Throughout the thirty day period of December, on-line items produced via thefirsttee.org by new donors had been matched 1-to-1, up to $twenty,000, by PGA TOUR Superstore. Much more than $forty five,000 was lifted, creating it the greatest complete quantity at any time lifted on-line in December. “We are grateful for PGA TOUR Superstore’s ongoing dedication to youthful individuals all through this nation and moreover their assistance in shop marketplaces,” stated Joe Louis Barrow, Jr., main govt officer of The Initial Tee. “They carry on to propel The Initial Tee ahead via revolutionary philanthropic applications, and we appear ahead to the obstacle introduced this yr.” In 2015, PGA TOUR Superstore will as soon as once more group up with the PGA TOUR, Inc. and The Initial Tee to encourage development of applications for youthful individuals in shop marketplaces by continuing the “PGA TOUR Superstore five% Obstacle.” In complete, PGA TOUR Superstore, in partnership with The Arthur M. Blank Family members Basis, is pledging much more than $four hundred,000 in grants and incentives in 2015 to carry on growing possibilities to attain youthful individuals who would not or else be served via The Initial Tee chapters “PGA TOUR Superstore associates are thrilled to assist entice new individuals to The Initial Tee chapters in their communities,” stated Dick Sullivan, President and CEO, PGA TOUR Superstore. “The development technique for The Initial Tee chapters indicates much more sources remain in the nearby neighborhood and much more youthful individuals advantage from the character training applications.” “PGA TOUR Superstore five% Challenge” is targeted on growing the quantity of youthful individuals taking part in the Lifestyle Abilities Encounter, the plan shipped by educated coaches at chapters. Utilizing golfing as a system, The Initial Tee assists youthful individuals discover lifestyle abilities that develop character and give them the self-confidence to make wholesome options. The Initial Tee applications are centered on 9 Main Values: honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, regard, self-confidence, duty, perseverance, courtesy and judgment. In eighteen of the 23PGA TOUR Superstore marketplaces, The Initial Tee is presently serving youthful individuals via applications at golfing amenities, in-college via The Initial Tee Countrywide College Plan and following-college at other youth-centered places via The Initial Tee Generate. Arthur Blank, Chairman of PGA TOUR Superstore and Trustee of The Initial Tee, pledged $one million to assistance the youth improvement organization’s objective of achieving ten million extra youthful individuals from 2011 to 2017. Because 2012, a share of the Trustee reward to The Initial Tee has been dispersed by PGA TOUR Superstore and The Arthur M. Blank Family members Basis to The Initial Tee chapters in numerous of the PGA TOUR Superstore marketplaces. PGA TOUR Superstore associates assistance The Initial Tee chapters achieving youthful individuals in East Palo Alto, Atlanta, Chicago, Paramus, Dallas, Delray Seaside, Denver, Myrtle Seaside, Naples, Phoenix, Westbury, Lengthy Island, Irvine, California and Palm Desert, California. In addition to grants, the shops offer chapter individuals with accessibility to point out-of-the-artwork educating, club fitting, golfing classes and abilities coaching. The shops also function visible components that develop recognition with their clients for The Initial Tee’s mission. For much more info about The Initial Tee, go to www.thefirsttee.org . For much more info about PGA TOUR Superstore, go to www.pgatoursuperstore.com . About The Initial Tee The Initial Tee ( www.thefirsttee.org ), a 501(c)(three) nonprofit youth improvement business whose mission is to influence the life of youthful individuals by supplying instructional applications that develop character, instill lifestyle-improving values and market wholesome options via the sport of golfing. With its house workplace at Globe Golfing Village in St. Augustine, Fla., The Initial Tee reaches youthful individuals on golfing classes, in elementary colleges, at other youth-serving places and on army installations. Because its inception in 1997, The Initial Tee has released the sport of golfing and its values to much more than ten.five million youthful individuals in all fifty United States and choose worldwide places. The Initial Tee’s Founding Associates are LPGA, the Masters Event, PGA of The united states, PGA TOUR and the USGA. Shell Oil Business is The Initial Tee’s Founding Company Companion and Johnson & Johnson is its Legacy Companion. Previous President George W. Bush serves as honorary chair.