The CSGA Links Volume 3 Issue 2 May, 2015 | Page 29

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he First Tee of Connecticut
is grateful to their donors and
corporate sponsors who help make
it possible to offer a wide variety of
educational and leadership national
opportunities for participants each
year. Participants become aware of all
the possibilities that surround them and
their experiences are frequently lifechanging events. Over the past year, for
example, participants from Connecticut
were selected for the following events:
Jason Liu played in the Nature Valley
First Tee Open (Official Champions
Tour Event) at Pebble Beach; Christie
Williams attended the Life Skills &
Leadership Academy in San Diego;
Cromwell is one of many program locations across the state where The First Tee of Connecticut
Amanda Barone and Christie Williams participants have fun while learning valuable life skills through the game of golf.
participated in Auntie Anne’s Leaders &
Entrepreneurs Forum in Orlando; Chase Skrubis was one of only 28 national First Tee participants to attend The
First Tee’s Outstanding Participant Leadership Summit in Dallas; Chase had the opportunity to meet personally
with President George W. Bush and The Golf Channel’s David Feherty! Big happenings in Dallas while Chase
was there: The First Tee of Connecticut was very proud that one of their volunteers, Kristin Wirtanen, ݅