{"id":31731,"date":"2016-09-23T09:48:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T13:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=31731"},"modified":"2016-09-23T09:53:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T13:53:24","slug":"golf-tourney-to-aid-countys-7th-graders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=31731","title":{"rendered":"Golf tourney to aid county’s 7th graders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Golf\"<\/a>Chester County businesses will have the chance to present their best golfers to play for a great cause when the YMCA of Greater Brandywine\u2019s 7th Annual Chester County Corporate Championship tees off Oct. 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

Held at the Old Course at Stonewall, the 2016 two-person better ball challenge offers winners a championship trophy, bragging rights and visibility. Precor is the presenting sponsor for the event, which helps to raise funds for the 7th Grade Initiative, which supports youth development by making a Y membership available to 7th graders in Chester County \u2013 at no cost to those students or their families.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are plenty of golf tournaments in and around our area, but what makes this special is that people get to directly impact the life of a child,\u201d said Denise L. Day, CEO of the YMCA of Greater Brandywine. \u201cThe funds raised through this event and other contributions help students during some of their most vulnerable school years. Trophies are great, but participating in this event can help make every 7th grader in our area a winner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Collected research shows that beginning in middle school, obstacles for students mount \u2013 both internal and external. Peer pressure, higher levels of body dissatisfaction, temptations from cigarettes, alcohol, drugs and more are among the many challenges that arise, and too often undermine social, emotional and academic well-being in later life.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, the most recent findings from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency\u2019s Pennsylvania Youth Survey<\/i> revealed that between 6th and 8th grade, there\u2019s a 3.5 percent increase in the number of Chester County students who report considering suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n

Offering a greater sense of belonging, academic support, exposure and opportunities to pursue passions allows the Y to guide these and other young people along a better path.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mission behind the 7th Grade Initiative is to help kids gain healthy habits and the character assets that allow them to avoid risky behavior,\u201d said Don Tuohey, a Y board member and sales consultant with The Elite Group, one of last year\u2019s winners. \u201cI\u2019m a big believer in this age group, and that\u2019s when kids tend to go the wrong way if they don\u2019t have a good influence in their lives or somewhere to go after school. We can change that. The Y, and its mission, matters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, spending the day at Stonewall for this cause has other benefits, too. The walking-only course has been ranked one of Golf <\/i>magazine\u2019s Top 100 courses in the United States and provides a unique experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Old Course at Stonewall is a great layout, it\u2019s hosted numerous USGA events, and from tee to green the 18-hole layout is gorgeous,\u201d Tuohey added. \u201cIt\u2019s a look and feel that you don\u2019t experience in too many places in our area.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Opportunities to support the 7th Grade Initiative are still available. For details, contact Mary Burns at (610) 643-9622, ext. 2153.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chester County businesses will have the chance to present their best golfers to play for a great cause when the YMCA of Greater Brandywine\u2019s 7th Annual Chester County Corporate Championship tees off Oct. 3. Held at the Old Course at Stonewall, the 2016 two-person better ball challenge offers winners a championship trophy, bragging rights and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8904,62,388],"class_list":["post-31731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-7th-graders","tag-golf","tag-ymca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31731"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31739,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31731\/revisions\/31739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}