FRIENDS OF THE FIRST TEE OF EAST LAKE MEMBER NEWSLETTER | JULY 2016
DATES TO NOTE
July 9 & 10. Cousins Cup. Charlie Yates Golf Course. 2 shifts: 8 – noon and 2 – 6 p.m. 4 volunteers per shift needed. To sign up, please email brucekirst@yahoo.com (2 pts.)
August 17. Board Meeting. Board members only. Noon – 1:30 p.m. Drew Charter School Junior & Senior Academy. (3 pts.)
August 25. Play Date. Shotgun – 5 p.m. Charlie Yates Golf Course. To sign up, please email brucekirst@yahoo.com (3 pts.)
For a full 2016 calendar of events, as of 7/1/16, please click here.
VOLUNTEER RANKINGS AS OF 7/1/16 In an effort to broaden those eligible for the Volunteer Cup, capture all of the ways in which members support the program, and to re-enforce member expectations as well as committee focus areas, we have implemented a volunteer ranking system. We hope these rankings will be a good personal reminder about your engagement, but also encourage a little friendly competition. The member with the highest number of points at the end of the year will be named the Volunteer of the Year AND win a foursome at East Lake! Below are the top 10 volunteer leaders as of 7/1/16. For a full ranking, please click here.
Friend Member Bruce Kirst Mike Dehart Jonathan St. Clair Keene Reese Hamilton Reynolds Robert Murphy Adam Croft Jim Hatcher Graham Roberts Willis Dobbs
Total 43 41 35 30 29 27 25 23 23 22
*Points are given for each activity, including annual fund donation, and included on the calendar of events. For questions regarding your points, please contact Brittany at bglenn@eastlakefoundation.org.
WAYS TO VOLUNTEER SERVE AS A VOLUNTEER SCORE KEEPER AT THE 3RD ANNUAL COUSINS CUP!
On Saturday, July 9th and Sunday, July 10th, The First Tee of East Lake will hold its 3rd Cousins Cup at the Charlie Yates Golf Course! Organized similar to the Ryder Cup, two teams of First Tee participants will compete in 3 sessions. This year’s teams will be captained by Bashir Chuma and Aubrey Graves. 4 volunteers per session are needed to walk with the teams and keep score. Day Saturday, July 9th Sunday, July 10
Morning Shift 8:00 a.m.– Noon 8:00 a.m.– Noon
Afternoon Shift 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.
In addition, spectators are welcome! Please feel free to bring friends or family to enjoy the tournament. If you are interested in volunteering for a session or would like more information, please Bruce Kirst at 404-615-8920 or brucekirst@yahoo.com.
ASSIST WITH INSTRUCTION OR ONCOURSE PLAY There are only a few more weeks to assist with summer programming! Coach Nyre welcomes volunteers to assist with instruction or participate in a play date. Volunteers are needed for summer camp the week of July 5th and for Saturday programming on July 9 & 16. To volunteer, please contact Coach Nyre at nwilliams@eastlakefoundation.org or 404-822-2416. *Regular First Tee programming will resume in August.
NEWS OF INTEREST
The Drive, Chip & Putt Championship event, held at the Charlie Yates Golf Course on June 20, was a huge success! We are proud that 50 of our junior golfers participated in this local qualifier. 5 of our students, including Solomon Dobbs, Hailey Fischer, and Haven Ward, will advance to the regionals. Thank you to Friends members Mike DeHart and Virginia Hopkins for volunteering at the event. The Drive, Chip & Putt Championship is a free nationwide junior golf development competition. Participants who advance through local, sub-regional and regional qualifying in each age/gender category earn a place in the National Finals, which is conducted at Augusta National Golf Club the Sunday before the Masters Tournament and is broadcast live by Golf Channel.
Stewart Cink to be Inducted into Georgia Golf Hall of Fame The Georgia State Golf Association has announced that East Lake friend and Golf Club member, Stewart Cink, will be inducted into the 2017 class of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame. Stewart will join a long list of East Lake golfers, members and professionals to have received this prestigious honor at an induction ceremony in January 2017. Congratulations, Stewart!
The mentoring committee will host an etiquette course for 15 high school-aged First Tee participants on Saturday, July 23 at the East Lake Golf Club. Attendees will receive instruction on such topics as conversation, proper place settings, dining, and electronic and written correspondence. Many thanks to the members of the mentoring committee who helped organize what we know will be an invaluable experience for our youth. No volunteers are needed for this session.
THE FRIENDS OF THE FIRST TEE OF EAST LAKE A group of community leaders with an appreciation for golf and a desire to make a positive impact on the lives of East Lake youth, The Friends of The First Tee of East Lake was symbolically created March 17, 2004, on legendary golfer Bobby Jones’ birthday. The mission of The Friends of The First Tee of East Lake is to support, empower, and invest in the participants of The First Tee of East Lake through golf and non-golf activities to prepare them for success on the course and in life.
Thank you for all that you do for East Lake!
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