NJGA 2007-2008 Charity of Choice
History
Birdies for Kids was developed by the players of the Canadian Tour to benefit charity in Canada in 2007. This initiative was led by Player Director Adam Speirs.
Players donate $1 for every birdie made on Tour and $2 for every eagle to a selected charity each year.
2007 & 2008 the Charity of Choice was the National Junior Golf Academy
The National Junior Golf Academy (NJGA) is a registered non-profit volunteer driven organization designed to break down economic barriers and use the rules governing the sport of golf to teach our youth life-skills: honesty, integrity, punctuality, decorum, respect for self and others and to address delinquency.
NJGA works closely with area families, social workers, agencies and community centres in order to target and reach youth from economically challenged, high-risk areas in and around the Greater Toronto Area.
- Celebrating Calvin Peete
- Fairways magazine - A reason for hope
- Inside Toronto - Golf program mentors youth
- Capital One Toronto-area Kids Learn to Give As Well As Receive
- Canadian Tour Players Give Back
- Inspirational News
- Birdies for Kids: NJGA 2007-2008 Charity of Choice
- Pengrowth Corporation Partners with The National Junior Golf Academy
- Tiger Liu, NJGA's First Scholarship Fund Recipient
- Calvin Peete joins NJGA at their 3rd Annual Invitational
- Robert Thompson's Going for the Green, The National Post, June 2005
- Golf program that mentors youth to go national,
- Inner City Kids to Get a Boost from the Canadian Professional Golf Tour March 2005
- Life getting better in Jane-Finch
- He helps kids tee up good lives, The Saturday Sun, Sep 2004
- Dominique Claxton, A chance of a lifetime
- Urban Legends, The Toronto Star 2003
- Elder stateman's Breaking down golf's barriers, The Globe and Mail, May 2000
- Canadian Tour, NGJA announce historic partnership in Toronto
- National Junior Golf Academy students to utilize the Toronto Board Of Trade golfing facilities