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USGA Grant Recipients - WEST
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Programs
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| AMERICAN DEAF GOLF EDUCATION FOUNDATION — Fremont, CA |
| 1998: $8,000 |
| In support of enabling the Foundation to travel more extensively to regional deaf golf tournaments where the AD GF will conduct instructional clinics. |
| 2004: $2,000 |
| This matching grant supports a program that provides instruction to deaf golfers in the Silicon Valley area. Approximately 75 participants per year will attend the classes which are taught in sign language. This service will help attract more deaf individuals to the game of golf. USGA funds will be used for instruction and range access fees. |
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| ATASCADERO COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION — Atascadero, CA |
| 2000: $8,000 |
| This grant supports a 10-week golf program for persons with disabilities. Grant funds help cover golf professional fees as well as equipment and supplies. 20 participants take part in the program. The program consists of one session per week and includes instruction on the fundamentals of the game and the Rules of Golf, as well as actual course play. |
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| CALIFORNIA EAGLES — Sacramento, CA |
| 2005: $37,500 |
| The California Eagles program incoporates several golf and life skills programs for individuals with disabilities at our affiliate sites throughout the greater Sacramento area. |
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| CHALLENGE ALASKA, INC. — Anchorage, AK |
| 2002: $19,000 |
| This grant supports instruction, access, travel and training costs, and single-rider carts to start a golf program for people with disabilities. The program begins in May 2003 and plans to reach 120 disabled Alaskans. |
| 2005: $2,000 |
| This grant funds instruction for a golf program for individuals with disabilities. |
| 2006: $8,500 |
| This grant funds instruction and travel for training for this program for individuals with disabilities. |
| 2007: $39,568 |
| This matching grant supports the expansion to a new programming site. The growth will allow the only known adaptive golf program in the state to reach a new population of individuals with disabilities. USGA funds will be used for instruction, course access, adaptive equipment, and an adaptive golf car. |
| 2008: $4,170 |
| This grant supports the only known adaptive golf program in the state. This program operates at three sites and will provide group instruction, individual instruction and on-course play for an estimated 50 participants. USGA funds will be used for instruction, course access, range access, golf clubs and bags, and transportation. |
| 2008: $4,170 |
| his grant supports the only known adaptive golf program in the state. This program operates at three sites and will provide group instruction, individual instruction and on-course play for an estimated 50 participants. USGA funds will be used for instruction, course access, range access, golf clubs and bags, and transportation. |
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| CITY OF LAS VEGAS DEPARTMENT OF LEISURE — Las Vegas, NV |
| 2000: $12,500 |
| This grant supports the purchase of accessible golf carts for the City's Adaptive Golf Program. The weekly lesson program reaches 25 youths and 25 adults annually. The single rider accessible carts will allow individuals with disabilities to achieve an enhanced golf experience. |
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| DISABLED GOLFERS' FOUNDATION — Temecula, CA |
| 1998: $5,500 |
| In support of golf instruction and equipment for disabled golfers. The Disabled Golfers Foundation Inc. trains disabled individuals in two areas; golf instruction and job training in the golf industry. |
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| DISABLED SPORTS USA FAR WEST — Citrus Heights, CA |
| 2001: $19,000 |
| This grant is in support of a three-fold golf program for individuals with disabilities. The program offers two-day training courses, introductory clinics and 12-week instructional courses. Specifically, grants funds will support instruction, equipment and scholarships. |
| 2003: $25,000 |
| This grant will support the Fore Golf Program which offers clinics to disabled individuals in the Sacramento area. Specifically, USGA grant funds will be used toward instruction, access, equipment, and scholarships. |
| 2004: $18,500 |
| This grant supports a program that provides PGA instruction to individuals with disabilities and encourages the use of golf as a rehabilitative tool. Approximately 100 recently injured or disabled individuals are expected to participate. The University of Utah is also collecting data on participant outcomes to analyze the effectiveness of the program. USGA funds will be used for instruction, range access, scholarships, and data collection and analysis. |
| 2005: $15,000 |
| This grant supports a program which uses the game of golf as a rehabilitative tool. Approximately 100 recently disabled individuals of all ages participate in the program each year to increase their mobility and learn basic golf skills. Family and friends also attend to become mentors integrated into the program. USGA funds will support instruction, course and range access, equipment, and scholarships. |
| 2008: $15,000 |
| This matching grant supports a program that seeks to implement two new programming sites and introduce the game to 240 individuals with disabilities in 2008. USGA funds will be used for instruction, golf clubs and bags, adaptive equipment and single-rider golf cars. |
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| EASTER SEAL SOCIETY OF THE BAY AREA — Oakland, CA |
| 2002: $10,000 |
| To support a new golf program for youth with developmental disabilities. |
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| FRIENDS OF AMERICAN LAKE VETERANS GOLF COURSE — Lakewood, WA |
| 2007: $35,626 |
| This entirely volunteer-operated golf course offers weekly clinics and lessons, largely for veterans and active duty military personnel with disabilities. Participants come from the nearby army hospitals and include a battalion of Wounded Warriors. |
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| FRIENDS OF WILSONVILLE CENTER — Wilsonville, OR |
| 2006: $4,100 |
| This grant supports adaptive golf programming for individuals with disabilities offered by the Wilsonville Community Center. The program will target senior citizens and will include victims of strokes, diabetic neuropathy, hip replacements, spinal cord injuries, and cerebral palsy. The program will provide ongoing clinics, lessons, and outings to 120 individuals with disabilities from the Wilsonville area. |
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| METRO PARKS FOUNDATION — Tacoma, WA |
| 2005: $3,624 |
| This two-year grant supports Metro Parks Foundation's (MPF) Options Golf Program for individuals with disabilities. This program will serve 46 adults from the surrounding region on a year-round basis. |
| 2008: $2,500 |
| This grant supports a program that will provide the recreational opportunity to learn golf and grow from the game in a community setting to approximately 30 individuals with disabilities in 2008. |
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| REHABILITATION INSTITUTE AT SANTA BARBARA — Sanat Barbara, CA |
| 2005: $1,628 |
| This grant supports the adaptive golf programming for individuals with disabilities in the Santa Barbara area. The program offers one-on-one instruction to aproximately 40 in-patients and out-patients of the Rehabilitation Institute. USGA funds will support instruction, transportation, equipment, and scholarships. |
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| SACRAMENTO AREA YOUTH GOLF ASSOCIATION — Sacramento, CA |
| 2005: $82,000 |
| This grant supports The First Tee of Greater Sacramento's California Eagles program. California Eagles provides golf programming to 120 individuals with a variety of disabilities, including Down's syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, autism, and vision and hearing impairment. USGA funds will assist with the expansion of this program to eight sites in the Sacramento area and will support instruction, range and course access, equipment, and golf cart fees. |
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| SOUTHERN NEVADA JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION — Las Vegas, NV |
| 2002: $22,194 |
| This grant supports course fees, teaching materials, equipment, instruction, and SNAG golf kits for a junior golf program for disabled youths. The program reaches 600 disabled youths in the City of Las Vegas. |
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| SPECIAL OLYMPICS IDAHO — Boise, ID |
| 2000: $7,500 |
| This grant supports the inaugural three-day camp geared towards athletes and coaches. The camp will be open to 65 athletes and 65 partners, and will focus on training for 25 coaches and instruction for 65 athletes. |
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| SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CA — Culver City, CA |
| 2006: $3,324 |
| This grant supports the growth of the San Gabriel Region Golf Program. The program will reach twenty Special Olympians and their Unified Partners from March until June of 2006, which is twice the number served in 2005. USGA funds will be used for course access, range access, instruction, equipment, and transportation. |
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| SWING CLUB FOR THE BLIND — Sacramento, CA |
| 1998: $6,000 |
| In support of instruction, access and the subsidy of cart rentals. |
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| THE CHILDREN'S COURSE, INC. — Gladstone, OR |
| 2006: $47,500 |
| The grant supports the expansion of junior programming for individuals with disabilities held at the Children's Course. The Children's Course is a nine-hole, par-3 course for people of all ages. The facility has partnerships with over 60 different schools and agencies. As a result, the program offers nearly 10,000 lessons per year to more than 3,000 youths in the Portland area. |
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| THE REHABILITATION INSTITUTE AT SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara, CA |
| 2001: $7,700 |
| This grant supports a year-round golf program for individuals with disabilities. The program includes individualized instruction and a clinic series. |
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| UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION — San Luis Obispo, CA |
| 1998: $10,000 |
| This grant is in support of a junior golf initiative spearheaded by the United Cerebral Palsy of Utica. UCP recruits urban youth and children with disabilities to participate in this junior golf program operated by the City of Utica. The grant funds transportation, instruction, range access, clubs and adaptive equipment for disabled golfers. |
| 1999: $7,300 |
| In support of this start-up program, which is offered at City and County courses to individuals that have Cerebral Palsy. After learning the fundamentals, participants play both 9 and 18-holes. |
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| UNIVERSITY OF UTAH — Salt Lake City, UT |
| 2006: $17,500 |
| This grant supports a program operated by Project GAIN to serve individuals with disabilities. The program will reach 62 individuals with disabilities and their accompanying partners from May until August of 2006. USGA funds will be used for instruction, course access, range access, and adaptive equipment. |
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| VENTURA COUNTY JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION — Ventura, CA |
| 2007: $2,000 |
| A grant was awarded to fund course access costs for Casa Pacifica, Special Olympics, and sight and hearing impaired agencies. |
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