2007 - Our Planned Steps Forward
National Goals
Initiatives
Programs/Partners
Our Programs
2007 - Ready to Continue Our Steps Forward
All Golf’s Kids 2007 plans and initiatives include:
1) 5,000 kids (cumulative) projected to attend USGA, PGA, Champions, and LPGA Tour Events and visit private country clubs - Wykagyl (LPGA Big Apple), Winged Foot (US Open 2006), Westchester (Barclay's Classic), Commerce LI Classic, and other events & venues.
2) Renew & develop program partnerships (e.g. Boys/Girls Clubs, Girl Scouts/Boy Scouts, Big Bros/Big Sisters, Children’s Aid, Fresh Air Fund, United Way, high schools, middle schools, SUNY.
3) Volunteers thru VolunteerMatch (234 volunteer inquiries, over 7,200 site page views, since 1999).
4) 1-Day (or more) kids’ golf outing at Doral Arrowood, plus special groups of talented kids.
5) Possible Higher-Education Scholarship Program via Scholarship America & perhaps "Chick Evans”- scholarships, caddie scholarships - and support for Westchester Caddie Scholarship Fund.
6) Indoor Golf Simulators: we structured (aided by Keyspan) the installation of a $54,000 Indoor Simulator at SUNY-Farmingdale for under-privileged students, college students, and faculty.
7) Diversity Initiatives: we were instrumental in assisting 2 fund-raising golf outings for Riverdale Country School’s support of SummerBridge: a tuition-free, year-round enrichment program for low-income kids from surrounding communities.
8) Mobilization of support via possible “Golf Club Without Real Estate” (All Golf’s Kids Club) with free membership for kids, benefits for adults. Cost plus kids’ memberships can be underwritten.
9) Expand Golf-Based Educational Curriculum (Golf/Math, History, Poetry, Geography, Physics, and Science) & Essay Contests
10) New programs to assist other charities and non-profits in enriching the lives of "disadvantaged", underserved kids.
- Expand Private Country Club "Congress"
- Serve 25,000 Youth Nationwide by 2010
- Programs in 25 Major U.S.A. Cities by 2010 (Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, New Haven, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Albany, Washington, St. Louis)
- Target 10-50 Schools & After-Schools Per City
- Target Scholarship Programs - Higher Education
- Expand After-School Program Partnerships
- Expand Program Curriculum - Character
- Expand Community Group Program Partners
- 5,000 (cumulative) "Disadvantaged" Kids to the Sybase Classic, HSBC Women's World Match Play @ Wykagyl CC, Met Amateur, LPGA Big Apple, Barclay's Classic, LI Classic, and other events
- Indoor Golf Simulators & Skills for Life Modules
- Golf Education Curriculum
- Diversity Initiatives (e.g. Summerbridge)
- Westchester Community Groups
- Westchester Public Schools
- NYC Public Schools
- New York State Parks
- NYC After-School Programs
- Golf/Curriculum Design
- Volunteer Programs (Chaperones, Mentors)
- Expand Corporate Programs (Mentoring,Tutoring)
- National Center for Fathering
- Tiger Woods Foundation (possible integration of TW Foundation's "Start Something" Curriculum)
- Evaluate 1st Tee Metro/Regional Coordination
- Mentoring & Tutoring
- LPGA Big Apple 2003, Sybase Classic 2006
- Lightpath Long Island Classic 2003
- Scholarship Programs
- Essay Contests
Programs (Past, Present, & Projected) ...
- More than 5,000 (cumulative) "disadvantaged", at-promise AGK kids & event chaperones to attend PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, and USGA Golf Tournaments, including: Barclay's Classic (Westchester CC, June); LPGA Big Apple Classic (Wykagyl CC, May); Yale Sports Youth Day (Yale Bowl, September); US Open, Met Amateur, etc.
- Indoor Golf Simulators-"Skills for Life" Character Development Modules
- Adult guidance, mentoring, & tutoring programs with golf as the "link" between private club member-golfers and less-privileged, "at-promise" students
- 2 Event Outings for Virgil Grissom (MS 226Q) to Bethpage State Park in the Spring 2002; Essay Contests and Golf/Education curriculum provided;
- Possible "Assist, challenge & reward" scholarship programs to be administered by Scholarship America ... Trustee via separate account
- "The Making of A Golf Pro" Initiative for selected junior-golfers showing exceptional promise
- Possible internships (jobs) -Golf & Non-Golf via the support of private club members
- Year-Round Golf & Golf-Allied Programs for Kids
- Golf instruction and golf course play program-based as per invitations and structured arrangements at ranges and courses (golf instructional supplements on-site) ... special kids group invitations at private golf & country clubs from members
- Less-fortunate kids to possibly participate at charity & fund-raising golf tournaments
- Golf/math, golf/reading, golf/history, golf/science, golf/social studies curriculae
- Information links to advance existing programs ...e.g., "Golfworks" (summer youth employment at private country clubs) Tiger Woods' Foundation's "Start Something" program
- Program partnership initiatives for national non-profit groups such as, possibly, the Tiger Woods' Foundation's "Start Something" program, over 300,000(e) participants and National Center For Fathering based in Kansas City, 120,000(e) students participating in essay contests
- Westchester County golf courses/towns, Nassau golf courses/towns and NYC Parks golf courses to expand access and program coordination
At the Invitation of the PGA Tour ...
All Golf's Kids arranged for 250 under-privileged kids & event chaperones from 17 NYC and Westchester schools community groups to attend the 2002 Buick Classic (PGA Tour Event) Westchester CC, Harrison, NY Mon- Wed .. including 100 kids for instructional clinic conducted in Spanish! By PGA Tour Pros Sergio Garcia, Jose-Maria Olazabel, Angel Cabreras and Miguel Jiminez
"Partnerships" (Past, Present, & Projected) ...
Subject to final arrangements, our program partners will include, and may continue to include:
- White Plains Youth Bureau
- SUNY-Long Island (Indoor Golf Simulator)
- VolunteerMatch-volunteer universe for programs
- Abbott House (foster care, foster home)
- White Plains HS and middle schools
- Girl Scouts of Westchester/Putnam
- Mount Vernon Boys & Girls Club
- New Rochelle Boys & Girls Club
- United Way of Westchester/Putnam
- New Rochelle HS and middle schools
- Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club (Bronx, NY-8,700 kids)
- Prep for Prep (Community 2,000 students/alumni)
- Manhattan HS (Beacon School, Stuyvesant Golf)
- Bronx HS Golf Teams (Columbus, Bronx Science)
- Summerbridge (tuition-free full-year enrichment)
- JHS 226 (Queens)
- MS 44 Manhattan (Museum School)
- New York City District 3 Schools (6-8th Grade)
- Staten Island Beacon (340 kids in summer, total)
- Fresh Air Fund (summer camps, country programs)
- Children's Aid Society (Family Life Education)
- Pathways for Youth Boys & Girls Club/Beacon
- Children's Village (prospective)
- YMCA's in Westchester (prospective)
- Other Westechester schools & community groups
- Fairfield County (Connecticut) schools & groups
Programs & Events (Existing, Prior, & Prospective) ...
- Private Club Member-Golfer Adult Guidance/Mentoring
- Private Club Member-Golfer Scholarships
- Private Clubs & Member-Golfers Reward Programs
- Private Golf & Country Clubs - Supervised Invitations
- School, Community Group Outings Ranges & Courses
- Attend PGA Tour, LPGA, USGA, Champions Tour Tournaments "The Making of A Golf Pro" Initiative for Select Junior-Golfers
- Assist, Challenge & Reward Scholarship Programs
- Internships (Jobs) Golf & Non-Golf
- School Group Golf Outings to Bethpage State Park
- Year-Round Golf & Golf-Allied Programs for Kids
- Yale Youth Sports Days and College Sports Visits
- Participation of Kids Prior To Fund-Raising Golf Tournaments
- Golf & Math, Golf & Reading, Golf & History, Golf & Science, Golf & Geography, Golf & Physics
- Bronx Golf Center & Gateway Golf Range Outings (1998-2001)
- Buick Classic - Westchester Country Club (1998-2004)
- NFL Classic (1998-2002)
- LPGA Big Apple
- Quaker Ridge (with United Way & Scholarships) 2000
