Parent Newsletter - Week of February 27th

Share Your Appreciation!

We'd like to ask our participants and their families to draw pictures (for our younger players), write thank you cards, or letters of appreciation. They could bring them to their lead coach at practice to be collected, or they can mail it to Dad Miller (address below). This will be something simple you can do to show our volunteers an extra thank you for all the great work they do.

Mail to:

Dad Miller Golf Course

Attn: First Tee – Orange County

430 N. Gilbert Street , Dad Miller Golf Course

Anaheim, 92801

Questions?

Contact Shannon Singh at shannon@thefirstteeoc.org

Alumni Spotlight

Jessica started with the First Tee of Orange County in 2014 when she was 10 years old. She fell in love with the game of golf through the FTOC program where she made life long friends and mentors. She started Junior Coaching in 2016 and continued to junior coach until graduating in 2022 from High School.

In 2016 Jessica completed her Girl Scout Silver award for the benefit of FTOC. Through this project, she improved the safety at Islands Golf center (where First Tee was located at the time).

Read Full Story Here

National Opportunities

Attention FTOC Teens, this is the time of year to apply for some amazing First Tee National Opportunities. There is a variety of golf experiences and educational/leadership opportunities for Teenage participants each year, along with the chance to travel to some pretty incredible places.

If your teen (14-18) is interested in applying for any of these programs below, please contact Program Manager Jason Reddick.

Click here to view the National Opportunities Calendar

Interested in learning more?

Join us tomorrow night, Tuesday 2/28 at 5:30pm for an informational meeting about these great opportunities.

Click here to join Zoom meeting

What to do if it is raining or there's a need to cancel class:

The lead coach of your child’s class will send an email if class is cancelled. If you do not hear from the coach via email and/or phone call, please assume class is on as scheduled.
We will do our best to make-up cancelled classes but will not be issuing refunds.
We do NOT allow participants to attend a different class during the week if he/she is unable to attend their regularly scheduled class because most of our classes are at maximum capacity and we need to keep class sizes and coach:participant ratios consistent. Thank you for understanding!

Meadowlark Partnership Day Change for Spring Session

Starting in the Spring, our 7-9 year old class will be held on Mondays, not Thursdays. This class will be held from 4:00-5:30pm at Meadowlark Golf Course.

Spring Session Registration Opens: March 22nd*

Classes start the Week of 4/2 and run through 6/2

*Registration opens at 7:00am for any past participants

and 8:00am for new participants. - Spring schedule coming soon!

Additional Dates to remember:

March 17: St. Patrick's Day - Wear green to class
March 19: Last day of classes
April 26th: Summer Camp Registration Opens
May 11th: Fundraiser Event - Wine Women & Shoes
June 12-16th: First Week of Summer Camp
June 19-23rd: Second Week of Summer Camp

Click here to see all 2023 events

Not Feeling Well?

As a reminder, to keep everyone safe and healthy in our program, please stay home if you are not feeling well.

Weather

Wear

We'd like to remind our participants to dress for the cool weather. I know we tend to get a little cold once the sun goes down, so maybe bring an extra jacket or even some cozy gloves to stay warm. Layering is great option.

Check local forecast here

Water & Snack Donations

We accept water & snack donations at each location. We ask that the snacks are healthy and individually wrapped. Any amount is appreciated.

Questions? Click Here!

Become a Volunteer!

Do you enjoy golf? Do you enjoy working with kids?

Come help coach our life skills program at one of our many locations across Orange County. Golf knowledge is NOT required to be a volunteer coach, all you need is a positive attitude and a desire to make a difference in the lives of our young people.

Click here for more details