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USGA Grant Recipients - NORTH CENTRAL
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Programs
Listed Alphabetically:
| CINCINNATI RECREATION COMMISSION — Cincinnati, OH |
| 2005: $12,000 |
| This grant supports a program that will serve 95 youths and adults with disabilities in 2006. The program operates a series of golf clinics in addition to offering individual lessons and an "Accessible Scramble" golf tournament. |
| 2006: $12,000 |
| This matching grant supports the Accessible Golf Program of the Cincinnati Recreation Commission. The Accessible Golf Program meets the needs of individuals with cognitive, physical, and visual disabilities who are interested in learning to play golf for the first time, after an injury, or improving their ability to play with an impairment. |
| 2007: $3,400 |
| This grant supports the Accessible Golf Program of the Cincinnati Recreation Commission. The Accessible Golf Program meets the needs of individuals with cognitive, physical, and visual disabilities who are interested in learning to play golf for the first time, after an injury, or improving their ability to play with an impairment. USGA funds will support instruction and the purchase of golf bags for the Accessible Golf Program's 95 participants. |
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| CITY OF CHATTANOOGA PARKS AND RECREATION — Chattanooga, TN |
| 2008: $3,053 |
| This grant supports the establishment of the C.H.I.P.S. golf program for individuals with disabilities in the city of Chattanooga. This organization provides recreational opportunities to individuals who have physical and cognitive disabilities. In 2007, this organization will reach approximately 10 participants in its first year. |
| 2008: $13,145 |
| This grant supports the C.H.I.P.S. Golf program. The City of Chattanooga is dedicated to serving individuals with disabilities and through C.H.I.P.S. it will serve approximately 56 participants and offer four programs in 2008. |
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| CITY OF CLARKSVILLE — Clarksville, TN |
| 1999: $9,000 |
| This grant funds equipment for disabled participants in the City of Clarksville's summer youth golf program, which will reach at least 20 disabled youths. Overall, the summer program offers six weeks worth of activities to youth ages 6-16, at no cost and last year reached nearly 3,800 youths. The program targets children from low-income families, but all are welcome. |
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| CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER — Cleveland, OH |
| 2000: $15,000 |
| This grant will fund instruction and transportation for the Blind Golf Program. The Cleveland Sight Center has operated a golf program for visually impaired individuals since 1987. The program provides PGA instruction and recreational therapy, and will expend to reach 32 individuals in the coming year. |
| 2001: $10,000 |
| To help fund the expansion of a blind golf program. The program offers transportation, playing opportunities and mentoring for all members. |
| 2002: $12,000 |
| This grant supports the Cleveland Sight Center's Blind Golf Program. The funds assist with administrative costs and transportation, with the goal of inviting participants currently on the waiting list into the program. The Sight Center's Blind Golf Program aims to increase confidence, education about blindness and recreational opportunities by making the game of golf available to visually impaired individuals in Northeast Ohio. |
| 2003: $5,000 |
| This grant is for the recruitment of and expenses for teenage participants in the Blind Golf Program that serves the Cleveland area. This program meets weekly from May through August and will reach approximately 35 blind individuals in 2003. Each participant is assisted by a trained volunteer coach and PGA instructors lead instruction. |
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| COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS OF OHIO — Lorain, OH |
| 2005: $4,861 |
| This grant supports Community Health's rehabilitiation golf program for individuals with mental and physical disabilities. In addition to its in- and out-patient care, the hospital provides many health services to individuals from various communities throughout northern Ohio. Approximately 25 individuals will take part in this year's program, including a group session and a traveling league that takes participants to surrounding courses to play against other individuals with disabilities. |
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| DAMAR SERVICES INC. — Indianapolis, IN |
| 2005: $4,500 |
| This grant supports spring and summer 2006 golf programming for approximately 30 children and teens with developmental disabilities. Participants will have a variety of experiences including driving range visits, playing at two local courses, participating in the Special Olympics Unified Golf program, visiting a local golf dome, and attending junior golf programming run by the Indianapolis Department of Parks and Recreation. |
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| EDWIN SHAW HOSPITAL — Akron, OH |
| 2001: $8,350 |
| This grant will help to purchase a single-rider golf cart and a fairway/green mower for the Challenge Golf Program. The hospital has its own three-hole, fully accessible facility on-site and annually reaches over 200 individuals with disabilities through group programming and individual rehabilitation sessions. |
| 2003: $45,000 |
| This three-year grant funds the Challenge Golf disability program which will reach approximately 775 individuals with disabilities by 2006. The program also runs able-bodied junior golf programs which are not included in this grant funding. Programming will take place at the Edwin Shaw Hospital driving range and golf course. USGA funds will be used for instructional costs and for course and driving range access. |
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| EDWIN SHAW HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — Akron, OH |
| 2007: $8,700 |
| This grant supports the Edwin Shaw Development Foundation's Challenge Golf Program. The funds will allow the Challenge Golf program to expand upon its current programming to provide a 26-week session geared toward transitioning "graduated" or "more advanced" participants from the 3-hole accessible Edwin Shaw Challenge Golf Course to playing on their own, on a regulation golf course. |
| 2008: $14,500 |
| This grant supports a program for individuals with disabilities. The program operates its own handicap-accessible golf course where all participants will have the chance to play throughout the year. |
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| FORE HOPE — Columbus, OH |
| 1998: $21,500 |
| In support of statewide expansion and to increase the number of youths served, as well as golf carts for the disabled at its new Columbus location. |
| 2002: $28,000 |
| This grant will help to fund instruction costs for Fore Hopes golf program. Fore Hope reaches over 400 individuals with disabilities annually, and operates out of a nine-hole facility just outside of Columbus, OH. The program serves both individuals and groups of patients from various hospitals and agencies throughout Columbus. |
| 2007: $2,000 |
| This grant will help to fund instruction costs for Fore Hope's golf program. |
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| FORE HOPE, INC. — Columbus, OH |
| 2008: $75,000 |
| This three-year grant will help to fund instruction and transportation costs for Fore Hope's golf program. Fore Hope will reach 300 individuals with disabilities in 2008. The program serves both individuals and groups of patients from various hospitals and agencies throughout Columbus. |
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| FORUM HEALTH HILLSIDE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL — Warren, OH |
| 2002: $20,500 |
| The Forum Health Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital's GOLFF (Go on Living for Fun) program was granted a total of $20,500 for instruction (program director's salary), adaptive equipment and access. The program works with both youth and adults with disabilities who are hospital patients in an effort to provide golf as a viable long-term activity. This program reaches over 150 individuals annually. |
| 2003: $21,000 |
| This grant will support the Go On Living For Fun (GOLFF) program, which reaches over 100 individuals with disabilities annually. USGA funds will be used to fund participant scholarships, instruction and equipment costs for the GOLFF program. |
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| INDIANA U.- NATIONAL CENTER ON ACCESSIBILITY — Martinsville, IN |
| 1998: $7,500 |
| In support of the compilation and dissemination of research geared toward helping make golf facilities more accessible for individuals with disabilities. |
| 2001: $11,608 |
| Assists with the development of the National Alliance on Accessible Golf recently formed for the purpose of bringing together the diverse and invested organizations and individuals involved in golf and committed to full inclusion of people with disabilities into the game |
| 2002: $160,000 |
| This grant is in support of Project GAIN, which is designed to increase the number of individuals with disabilities who play golf and, furthermore, by becoming involved in the game will be more actively engaged in the social fabric of their particular community and enjoy an improved quality of life. A total of nine cities are interested in implementing the three phase program. Each participant will receive two hours of instruction bi-weekly and 5 hours of additional golf and other inclusive social activities on a weekly basis for 50 weeks. Also, as part of the weekly activities, participants will have ten opportunities to play golf at a level consistent with their ability. At the conclusion of the sixth Forum on Accessibility (in Golf), which was held in April of 2001, there was a strong resolve among the participants to create a well organized effort to increase the number of individuals with disabilities who play golf. To that end, the National Alliance for Accessible Golf (the Alliance) was formed on August 1, 2001. Like the Forums, the Alliance is a broad-based coalition comprised of the major golf associations, individuals with disabilities, and specialists in the fields of rehabilitation medicine, therapeutic recreation and physical therapy. Project GAIN is an effort of the Alliance to create implementable grassroots programming. |
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| MCLAREN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER — Flint, MI |
| 1999: $20,000 |
| This challenge grant partially funds the purchase of accessible golf carts for the Medical Center's Adaptive Golf Program. These carts increase the quality of instruction and number of golf opportunities to individuals with disabilities that participate in the program's adaptive league, clinics and tournaments. |
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| MID-SOUTH JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION — Memphis, TN |
| 2007: $50,000 |
| This grant supports programming at the organization's existing MAM Park golf course and the new Firestone facility which will open in summer 2007. More than 500 economically-disadvantaged juniors will have access to instruction and golf course play through varied year-round programming. |
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| MONONGALIA COUNTY SOCIETY — Morgantown, WV |
| 2006: $18,000 |
| This grant supports a 14-week golf program for approximately 30 youths and adults. The program provides up to 11 hours a week of golf instruction and allows its participants the opportunity to move from sessions of basic skill mastery to those of golf course play. |
| 2007: $6,100 |
| This grant supports the Miracle Golf golf program. Forty individuals with disabilities, both adults and kids, will receive professional instruction and have the opportunity to play on the course. |
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| MONROE COUNTY — Monroe, MI |
| 2008: $3,300 |
| This grant supports the start-up golf program of Monroe County Area 34 Special Olympics. The program aims to serve approximately 40 participants and will offer at least nine days of golf programming. |
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| NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR ACCESSIBLE GOLF — Bloomington, IN |
| 2004: $150,000 |
| This grant supports the continuation of the five initial Project GAIN sites through their second year. Approximately 500 individuals, 100 per site, are expected to participate in this nationwide program that focuses on encouraging individuals with disabilities to use golf as a vehicle to get back into the social fabric of society. Through a study with the University of Utah, outcome measurements are being analyzed to determine the effectiveness of the program. USGA funds will be used to fund the individual year-two budgets for the five sites. |
| 2007: $25,000 |
| This grant supports the National Alliance for Accessible Golf. The Alliance seeks to ensure the opportunity for all persons with disability to fully engage in the game of golf. USGA funds will be used for golf facility access and transportation with the ultimate goal of expanding the Project GAIN initiative. This initiative seeks to create golf accessible and inclusive networks for individuals with disabilities in communities throughout the country. |
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| NORTHERN OHIO GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION — North Olmstead, OH |
| 2003: $50,000 |
| This grant supports the association's programming for individuals with disabilities, which will reach 160 participants in 2003. Programming will take place at NOGA's 9-hole facility, and all participants will have access to the golf course outside of the structured program at free or reduced rates. Specific times are set aside where the course can be used solely by individuals with disabilities. USGA funds will be directed toward instruction, access and transportation costs. |
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| NORTHERN OHIO HEMOPHILIA FOUNDATION — Independence, OH |
| 2008: $4,000 |
| This grant supports a program serving kids with hemophilia. Approximately 16 kids will be able to play on the golf course and receive professional instruction throughout the summer in 2008. |
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| POSITIVE SWING — Southport, IN |
| 2006: $22,500 |
| This matching grant supports six golf programs that will operate out of the Golf Dome. Participants will attend either weekly or monthly sessions at the Dome and will come from either local social service agencies or from groups serving individuals with disabilities. The programs will operate year-round in the indoor facility and each will implement a new life skills curriculum. |
| 2008: $1,750 |
| This grant supports a golf program that utilizes a golf dome and an accompanying golf course. Both kids and seniors as well as able-bodied and individuals with disabilities take full advantage of the programming available. |
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| REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF INDIANA — Indianapolis, IN |
| 2003: $2,510 |
| This grant supports a summer clinic for individuals with disabilities. The clinic reaches approximately 21 participants over the span of eight weeks and includes a significant amount of on-course play. RHI has been running successful sports programs for disabled individuals since 1993 and this will be their second year of the golf program. |
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| SPARROW FOUNDATION — Lansing, MI |
| 2002: $12,728 |
| This grant supports instruction, access, rental of an adaptive golf cart, and purchase of adaptive golf clubs and grips for a clinic that reaches approximately 65 individuals with various disabilities in the mid-Michigan region. Each of the two eight-week programs consists of an introductory session that includes instruction from a specialist in adaptive golf and is followed by seven weekly sessions of accompanied course play with on-course instruction. The program is open to Sparrow Rehabilitation Clinic patients as well as the general public. |
| 2003: $30,000 |
| This grant supports the expansion of the organization's adaptive golf programs. In 2003, it operated two programs and reached 60 disabled adults. In 2004, three programs will run and 80 participants will be reached. Each program consists of an introductory clinic day followed by six on-course sessions. Specialized instruction is provided by trained therapists and an adaptive golf teacher. USGA funds will be used for instruction, course access, and equipment. |
| 2006: $11,000 |
| This grant supports the organization's adaptive golf program. The program, which enters its tenth year, will reach approximately 60 individuals with disabilities. Participants will attend a half-day golf clinic and then participate in six weeks of league play. |
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| SPECIAL OLYMPICS INDIANA — Indianapolis, IN |
| 1999: $8,000 |
| This grant is in support of three aspects of SOIN's golf program. It provides four instructional clinics (two each in Indianapolis and Evansville) that will serve 20 athletes each. Clinics will include five hours of on-course practice time at five different sites across the state for athletes training for the state tournament. Funding will also go toward the purchase of lunches and golf supplies such as balls, towels and shirts for SOIN's state golf tournament. Over 200 athletes are expected to participate in this year's tournament. |
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| UNITED STATES BLIND GOLF ASSOCIATION — Nashville, TN |
| 2003: $11,440 |
| This grant is in support of introductory clinics for blind youth in five locations throughout the country. These clinics will be used as a means to not only get more youth with vision impairments interested in starting the game, but also to increase the number of schools for the blind that offer golf programs. USGA funds will be used for instruction and range access costs associated with these clinics. Furthermore, USGA will match raised funds to help with the purchase of SNAG golf equipment at each clinic location. |
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| VIAQUEST FOUNDATION — Dublin, OH |
| 2006: $32,500 |
| This grant supports a summer golf program for economically disadvantaged youths with developmental disabilities. The program integrates golf instruction and activities with life skill development. |
| 2007: $31,000 |
| This grant supports the ViaQuest Golf and Life Skills Program. This program will provide six different golf programs throughout the year and will serve at least eighty youth with either a developmental or physical disability. |
| 2008: $26,500 |
| This matching grant supports the ViaQuest Golf and Life Skills Program. This program will provide six different golf programs throughout the year and will serve at least eighty-five youth with either a developmental or physical disability. |
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| WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — Detroit, MI |
| 2005: $9,100 |
| This grant supports a study determining whether golf can be used as a rehabilitative tool for the mentally ill, specifically individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. Wayne State University will study 32 patients (16 as a control group and 16 golf program participants) to develop a prototype golf training program for use throughout the country. The three-month golf experience includes didactic education and practice golf sessions to increase schizophrenic individual's psychological endurance for re-entry into every-day life. USGA funds support all costs associated with the completion of this study. |
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| WERNLE CHILDREN'S HOME INC. — Richmond, IN |
| 2006: $2,325 |
| This matching grant supports the inaugural "Tees for Teens" junior golf program. This program aims to reach approximately 48 boys, ages 6-21, at a children's home that will implement golf as one of its growth and development programs. Wernle will be using golf as a form of recreational therapy for its residents. |
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