The Fred and Judy Alexander FoundationNews
Due to scheduling conflicts, our Nebraska event held at Quarry Oaks GC in Ashland, Nebraska will be moved ONE WEEK LATER on Saturday, August 7th. WE ALSO ARE MOVING THE TIME SLIGHTLY EARLIER THAT DAY. Registration will begin at 9:30-10:45 and our Event will start at 10:45-11:00 AM and continue through 3:00 PM.
PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THIS CHANGE ON YOUR CALENDAR!! THANK YOU
Most of the flyers that have gone out since May 25th, have been changed to the new date. If you have a flyer from before, please note the date and make your change.
POSTERS and APPLICATIONS WILL BE GOING OUT TO NEBRASKA GOLF COURSES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS MID-JUNE. Thanks again!
Wow, what a day! The weather was fantastic and there haven't been too many days we have been able to say that! The turn-out was fantastic. The PGA Professionals from The Sierra Nevada Chapter NCPGA and The NCPGA along with some LPGA members, First Tee were, as always, GREAT.
We had some incredible Sponsors: The Fred and Judy Alexander Foundation, Ken and Marietta Alexander, Eagle Valley Golf Course, Calculated Industries, Inc Play Golf America, The Northern California PGA Section, The Sierra Nevada Chapter PGA, The Antigua Group, SUNDOG and Reno Golf Headquarters.
We hosted well over 700 kids and family members to a day of golf like no other. They had the opportunity to watch one of the most amazing Trick Shot Artists, The great Joey 'O'! Every participant got a Fred Alexander Memorial Family Golf Clinic T-shirt and back-pack filled with great stuff including a specialty calculator designed by Calculated Industries, Inc., golf balls, tees, programs and information regarding all of the local junior golf programs.
Every junior and War Hero received a terrific pair of SUNDOG sunglasses. (thanks Ryan Chin and AMA Golf!) A very important part of our day is that Our Foundation gives each participant a golf club, fit to their size, to use for our day and to continue golf throughout the summer. We also provide a pizza lunch and all of the Professionals give their time to work with all of the family members on long game, short game and rules and respect. Our Foundation and Calculated Industries, Inc., has a free raffle for all participants and a grand prize raffle is held at the end of the day.
Thank you to Old Greenwood GC, Gray's Crossing G&CC, Genoa Lakes and Resort GC and Calculated Industries for donating golf and calculators for our adult raffle that raised funds for our Foundation throughout the day's activities.
Obviously, an event like this takes a lot of man-power and VOLUNTEERS. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all that participated and helped the actual event day as well as everyone behind the scenes. Calulated Industries and The OARC deserve a special thank you for their help with graphics (Phil thanks!), registration, back-pack/fanny-pack stuffing and certainly not least, purchasing A LOT of great raffle prizes!!
I want to thank all of you for your outstanding dedication to our kids, families, veterans, and community with your support of our Clinics.
Shelly
ps Thank you Fred, for your help with the weather!!
A GREAT NEW FUND-RAISING idea is coming our way April 1st - July 13. This is in part an effort with The Reno Tahoe Open Foundation and The PGA Tour. We sell pledges for EVERY BIRDIE made at the Reno Tahoe Open. (this includes Amateurs) 100% of the dollars collected in this pledge drive goes to The Fred and Judy Alexander Foundation! We are busy adding the link to this site. It will be available here as well as The Reno Tahoe Open site. Pledge sheets and information sheets will be available on this site.
There will be a great prize for the person guessing closest OR the exact number of birdies in the tournament.
Donate starting April 1st!
Quarry Oaks event held on Saturday, June 27th in Ashland Nebraska. WHAT A DAY!!! We had had the worst week of weather prior to our day with heat indexes up around 110 degrees. Didn't know how we would pull it all off, but Fred did his magic and once again the day was overcast (a little threatening, but never came in over Quarry Oaks) and 80 degrees. It was an awesome day in many ways!! FIRST OF ALL A VERY BIG THANKS TO QUARRY OAKS (Joe, Brian, Staff, Owners, etc) for being such a terrific host facility. It takes a certain type of place to accommodate our kind of clinic. Quarry Oaks is truly one of the most beautiful settings and courses back in that area. You should take time to visit there when you have a chance. The course sets along the Platte River and is really quite stunning. Our event began with a lot of pre-registrations. We were busy entering data for a lot of excited families! At registration, every participant received a T-shirt and back-pack compliments of The Fred and Judy Alexander Foundation) We have great golf goodies included in those bags (tees, program for the day, candy, calculator especially made for our events and donated by Calculated Industries, Inc. THANK YOU to all that make that possible) After we get everyone through regristration we keep them in the cool indoors or they get to go out to our Exhibition area where our great performer for the day KEVIN COMPARE was warming up and get a good birds eye seat. Craig Estiduillo (announcer for Salt Dog baseball and some Husker activities) provided dj'g for the day and we had great music and pa capabilities for Kevin and myself. THE NEBRASKA PGA SECTION and PLAY GOLF AMERICA were terrific and we want to thank them for their support of bringing Kevin back to Nebraska. THE PROFESSIONALS WERE ALL GREAT. I have heard so many positive comments regarding the level of instruction received so a very big thank you goes out to our Professionals for that day!
SPONSORS FOR NEBRASKA: We have so many great National Sponsors as well as local sponsors. The Fred and Judy Alexander Foundation Ken and Marietta Alexander The Antigua Group The Nebraska PGA Section Play Golf America Sundog Sunglasses
We have so many wonderful Family members that help with this particular event. We couldn't do it without each and every one of you. Charlene and Jim Simpson need to have special recognition as they do SO MUCH not only the day of the event but take care of many things in the background leading up to our big day. THANK YOU! I am very thankful for my Husband's help and all of his family as there were a lot of little things that happen throughout the day and they all jumped in and got things on the right track and we thank them all very much!
AGAIN, THANKS TO ALL and LOOK FORWARD TO A WONDERFUL 2010! Shelly
Our Carson City, Nevada 2009 event held at Empire Ranch GC was FANTASTIC! Thank you to Empire Ranch Golf Staff and Superintendent! Keith, Jim, Darrel, Terry, etc were all terrific. WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 650 participants on Sunday. WHAT A BIG DAY OF INTRODUCING KIDS, FAMILIES and SOME OF OUR LOCAL WAR HEROES TO THE GREAT GAME OF GOLF. Kevin Compare was on hand to perform his wonderful trick shot show and over 30 PGA Professionals were there to give FREE lessons to participants on the range, short-game, rules & respect...IT WAS TRULY A GREAT DAY! The Fred and Judy Alexander Foundation gave everyone a quick lunch and drink as it was over 90 degrees! There were many raffle prizes won in our FREE raffle by hundreds of kids. A BIG THANK YOU TO CALCULATED INDUSTRIES, INC for their generous contributions for our raffle, as well as much of the background work of the day. Our Sponsors ARE ALL APPRECIATED! Every child received a FREE pair of SUNDOG sunglasses on Sunday, WHAT A TREAT! Thanks to Ryan Chin and Sundog. Also, special thanks to The Angiua Group in providing the most spectacular shirts to all of the Professionals helping with our day's activities. Tony Smith and Antigua, THANK YOU! Golf Headquarters in Reno..Thanks to Pat and Scott Hickey for their generous contributions of golf clubs and many of the golf raffle prizes. A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR LIST OF SPONSORS LISTED BELOW: The Fred and Judy Alexander Foundation Ken and Marietta Alexander Sierra Nevada Chapter of The NCPGA Play Golf America Calculated Industries, Inc Sundog Eyewear The Antigua Group Titleist Golf /Justin Eiguren Golf Headquarters/Reno Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course Old Greenwood GC Coyote Moon GC Genoa Lakes GC Nevada State Bank One by One Program
THANKS TO EVERYONE, for making this such a memorable Clinic. It takes a lot of effort from a lot of people to pull off an event such as this. THANK YOU