Golf Tournament for STEM Scholarships

[theothertomjones]

First, I want to apologize if this is the wrong place to post this information.

 

I have so much to post in other threads, but wanted to start with this.

 

I am the Vice President of the Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association (AFCEA) in North Carolina.

 

One of our primary missions is to promote and sustain STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education. Our proceeds from fundraising go directly to STEM scholarships up to $3,000 for college students (and high school seniors), as well as STEM grants up to $1,000 to teachers in K-12 education. I am currently in the process of adding teacher testimonials to our website to demonstrate our benefit to the local community.

 

We are a non-profit, primarily military/government volunteer organization comprised of public and private employees. Most of the recipients of our scholarships are dependents of military members, or are directly involved in teaching the families of military members. Any and everyone is welcome to join and participate in our organization.

 

Twice a year we hold a scholarship golf tournament typically around the Ft Bragg area (Fayetteville, NC) not to far from Pinehurst, and a little more than an hour from Research Triangle Park where the JimmyV Classic is held.

 

I would like to gauge the interest of users in this forum about playing in these tournaments, and thus helping us raise additional scholarship funds. I am not sure if vendors have a presence on the forum as well, but sponsorships are a tremendous help too!

 

We want to contribute as much as possible back into the Science, Technology, Education, and Math educational ecosystem. We firmly believe that this is an area of much needed growth and attention in our country.

 

Our website is http://www.afcea-nc.org

 

I can post further details about the tournaments if you are interested.

 

Thank you, sincerely, for your time!

[crose]

Worthy cause, but teach the whole kid. Not everyone is an engineer in the making, and to assume so would be a travesty to all students. You can tell Mickelson and Exxon that too.

[theothertomjones]

Hi Crose,

This is a scholarship tournament we have been doing for many, many years. It benefits any student in a science, technology, engineering, or math related degree program. The scholarships are not just for engineers. They are for, as an example, anyone pursuing a degree in education, biology, chemistry, information systems, computer sciene, math, physiology, etc., essentially any Bachelor of Science degree.

I hope I did not communicate that we are just offering scholarships to engineering students. That would not represent what we do accurately.