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The First Tee Partners with Oscar J.
Tolmas Charitable Trust to Expand
Summer Programs For Young People
The First Tee of Greater
New Orleans, a nonprofit youth
development organization that
helps young people develop
character and learn life skills
through the game of golf, has
expanded its summer programs in
2017, thanks to support provided
by the Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable
Trust. The First Tee will provide
summer
camp
opportunities
for over 600 students at Joseph
Bartholomew Golf Course as a
result of the partnership.
The expansion will allow The
First Tee of Greater New Orleans
to reach over 1,000 participants
with the out-of-school time
programs in 2017 – the most in the
organization’s 13-year history.
The First Tee will partner
with several local non-profit and
university summer camps to
provide students ages 5-15 with
an introduction to The First Tee’s
Nine Core Values, Nine Healthy
Habits and the game of golf.
The summer camp programs
will take place from June 5 through
July 28 at Bartholomew Golf
Course at Pontchartrain Park, and
there is no cost for the participants
and organizations involved. The
Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust
provided The First Tee a $50,000
grant to provide scholarships
to all 600 youth and teens who
will participate in the summer
programs.
“We’re excited about expanding
our summer program to these
new partner organizations,” said
Executive Director, Chip Patterson.
“Our continuous goal is to provide
engaging
out-of-school
time
programs across the greater New
Orleans region, and by partnering
with various youth development
agencies and universities, we’ll
be able to reach students from
neighborhoods that may not have
access to a golf facility. Without
the support of the Oscar J. Tolmas
Charitable Trust, this program
wouldn’t be possible, so we most
especially want to thank them for
their support and commitment to
supporting youth in New Orleans.”
The First Tee also has summer
camps taking place at several other
golf course locations across the
region, including; Audubon Golf
Club, City Park, TPC Louisiana,
Stone
Bridge
Golf
Club,
Timberlane Country Club, Oak
Harbor Golf Club, Cypress Lakes
Country Club and Grand Ridge
Golf Club. Registration is currently
open at the chapter’s website, www.
thefirstteenola.org/register,
for
youth and teens ages 5-18.
Participants
who
become
certified in The First Tee program
become eligible to apply for
free opportunities that include
participation in golf camps,
clinics, and tournaments across the
country, college scholarships and
other incentives.
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