COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB CHARITIES

The Mission...
In keeping with the PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza's and Colonial Country Club's commitment to "giving something back" to the communities where a PGA tournament is hosted, Colonial Country Club Charities provides project and program support that benefits the youth, primarily, of Tarrant County.

To Participate in the Program...
Please return the Colonial Country Club Charities Grant Application before September 1 to Rita Eatherly for consideration.
If you have already participated in the Colonial Country Club Charities program, please complete the Evaluation Form and return to Rita Eatherly.

THE CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL AT COLONIAL TOPS OFF RECORD CHARITABLE YEAR WITH HOLIDAY GIVING

    Colonial Country Club capped off its record $6.6 million year fundraising by distributing to 81 local charities $250,000 in donations at the annual Colonial Country Club Charities holiday breakfast.  The tournament's record-breaking year of fundraising is helping a lot of local charities, and place it among the best on the PGA TOUR.  The $6.6 million in total charitable contributions generated from the May tournament is a 50% increase over 2007.  According to tournament officials, the Birdies for Charity component of the tournament's fundraising efforts brought in $5.3 million, which also set a record and was the best such program on the PGA TOUR.  In this year's Birdies For Charity program, 24 local non-profit organizations solicited pledges from individuals and corporations for every birdie made during the 2008 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.  As a bonus, the pledge efforts were energized by a matching fund of more than $180,000 from Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Bank of America, Colonial Country Club and other supporting companies.
    "The tradition of professional golf at Colonial is unprecedented," shared Colonial Country Club President John Anderson.  "It is this tradition and hard work of so many volunteers that result in the success of raising these charity dollars.  The members at Colonial are proud to be a part of this successful effort."
    The tournament has generated cash and services for more than 120 different organizations in the last decade totaling over $26 million, including more than $5 million generated for its primary beneficiary, Cook Children's Medical Center.  The breadth of donations focus on children and support a variety of programs, including camp scholarships for disabled, special needs or low-income children, residency programs/services for abused, neglected and at-risk children, cultural programs/field trips for underserved students, college scholarships, educational mentoring programs, medical diagnostic and treatment services for disabled and low-income children, after-school programs, support services for homeless families and more.  The tournament surpassed the million dollar mark in annual giving in 1998, and has exceeded that level every year since.  The annual average since 1998 is more than $2 million.
    "These charities provide important and critical services for so many of our area children."  noted John Cockrell, Chairman of the Colonial Country Club Charities Committee.  "We are excited to significantly impact young lives throughout the community."

Colonial and Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial tournament officials distributed donations to this year's final recipients:

All Church Home for Children	Kids Who Care, Inc.
Alliance for Children, Inc.	The Learning Center of North Texas
All Saints Health Foundation	Lena Pope Home, Inc.
American Diabetes Assoc./Camp Aurora	Longhorn Council, Boy Scouts of America
American Red Cross Chisholm Trail Chapter	Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Arts Council of Fort Worth	Make-A-Wish Foundation
Asthma & Allergy Foundation	MHMR Visions
Big Brothers & Big Sisters for North Texas	Mother's Milk Bank of North Texas
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Fort Worth	The Parenting Center
Buckner Foundation	Performing Arts Fort Worth, Children's Edu. Prgm
Camp Carter YMCA	Presbyterian Night Shelter
Camp Fire USA (After School Program)	Prevent Blindness Texas
Cancer Care Services	REAL School Gardens
CASA of Tarrant County	Reata Rehabilitation
Cassata High School	Recovery Resource Council
Child Evangelism Fellowship	Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth
Child Study Center	SafeHaven of Tarrant County
Christ's Haven for Children	Schola Cantorum
Clayton YES!	Senior Citizen Services of Greater Tarrant County
Easter Seals Greater NW Texas	Sickle Cell Disease Assoc. of Tarrant County
Ekklesia Christian School	Southwestern Exposition & Livestock Show
First Command Edu. Foundation	Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
The First Tee of Fort Worth	Tarrant Area Food Bank
The First Tee of Arlington	Tarrant County Challenge, Inc.
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History	TCU KinderFrogs School
Fort Worth Opera	The Texas Boys Choir
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Assoc.	Texas Golden Gloves Athletic Association
Gill Children's Services, Inc.	Texas Wesleyan University
Girl Scouts-Circle T Council, Inc.	Theater Arlington
Goodfellow Fund	Trinity Habitat for Humanity
Harris Methodist Health Foundation	Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County
Hill School of Fort Worth	United Community Centers, Inc.
Historic Fort Worth	United Negro College Fund
H.O.P.E. Farm, Inc.	Van Cliburn Foundation, Inc.
I Have A Dream Foundation	The WARM Place
Imagination Celebratiaon Fort Worth	Wings of Hope Equitherapy
Immunization Collaboration of Tarrant County	Wish With Wings
Junior Achievement of Chisholm Trail, Inc.	Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth
	YWCA Fort Worth & Tarrant County

If interested in receiving more information about the Colonial Country Club Charities program, please contact Rita Eatherly at 817.927.4247