First Tee — Metro Atlanta & Southern Company

when Golf Community and good energy come together special things happen it is at this intersection that five unique nonprofit organizations share a common Story one of those nonprofits is first te of metro Atlanta here to tell their story Jana Jenkins my name is Jana Jenkins I'm executive director with first te Metro Atlanta first te of metro Atlanta lives at the intersection of exposure opportunity and mentorship we often say that a lot of kids kids don't look at golf as like that cool thing to do right so we expose them to what the game can offer and what we recognize is there is no sport that mirrors life more than golf so we expose our kids to this game to teach them the life skills they need to be successful the first to Metro Atlanta's mission is to positively impact the lives of metro Atlanta youth using a game of golf as the foundation we're celebrating our 25th anniversary and the reason behind this program was one to introduce young people to this phenomenal game of golf but also be a beacon in a community that really didn't have a lot of light being able to create safe spaces for our young people to know that they can go somewhere be heard be listened to be supported all while learning a phenomenal game our organization serves any young person between the ages of 7 to 18 here in Metro Atlanta we don't limit participation based on socio economics gender race anything like that we're definitely open for all young people in the Metro Atlanta area the beautiful thing about our program is our coaches and volunteers we literally could not do anything without them they're the ones that are teaching the classes Tuesday through Saturday as they're giving their time our young people are able to create this community of people outside of their family on the surface people think it's golf so if you're not familiar with golf you're thinking that's not a program for me in reality golf is just the foundation it's just the hook like we have a place for everyone some of the organizations and Community groups that come together to really help us shine would definitely be the Tour Championship Southern Company with the East Lake foundation when we come together we're able to do some amazing things we are active in trying to make sure the opportunities that we present to our young people and co-create with our young people are different than any other program in the Metro Atlant area and that's the thing that stands out for us when you think about the Tour Championship and the platform that that gives us to really tell our story that's not something we can do on our own right so having all of those Partners come together to help us in their own special way helps us help the community in our own special way we invite you to connect converge and support organizations like first te of metro Atlanta together we can create lasting change for communities across Atlanta learn more today at southerncompany.com impact