FIRST TEE OF TULSA INC

Our goal is to reach as many disadvantaged Northeast Oklahoma youth to provide them educational programs that build character, instill life enhancing values, and promote healthy choices. We use the game of golf as the vehicle.
Through participation in the First Tee of Tulsa, children learn positive values such as honesty, integrity, self-discipline, perseverance and sportsmanship.

The First Tee of Tulsa headquarters/learning center is located near lower income areas of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
We provide our program totally free of charge to the participants.
We have 2 satellite locations and 3 vans to transport children to and from the classes.
We teach the program to Physical Education teachers in public schools so we can reach and help more children.
We work in conjunction with organizations such as Boys and Girls Clubs, Salvation Army, Higher Esteem, YMCA, and Tulsa Housing Authority, to name a few.

We have a strong organization that has been steadily growing since inception in 2000.
Our staff is diverse and well trained by First Tee National. Several of our staff members are individuals who participated and progressed through First Tee of Tulsa as youngsters.
We have obtained funding to provide more staff members to work with the children and drive them to and from classes in our First Tee of Tulsa vans.
We have a solid group of volunteers who are dedicated to the program and the children.
We have been developing a social media platform to get the word out about the program.

Since the program's inception in 2000, over 64,000 children have been touched by the First Tee of Tulsa program. We average participation of over 12,000 children per year.

We raised funding to construct a state-of-the-art junior headquarters building at Mohawk Park Golf Course as well as a practice driving range, chipping and putting green, and the re-routing of the back nine holes of Pecan Valley Golf Course at Mohawk Park for the First Tee of Tulsa program. The junior headquarters serves as a meeting place for junior golfers, includes a 3-stall indoor driving range, includes a computer learning center, provides classrooms in which to conduct educational programs, offers activities to develop participants' self-esteem, civic responsibility and confidence to broaden their goals in life, and teaches life skills to children.

We developed a mentoring program in 2005 to promote positive character development, develop leaders and further assist children who participate in the program.

We offer a program called, DRIVE (Develops Rewarding Inspiring Values for Everyone). Through this after school program we offer First Tee classes at junior high and high schools located in low socio-economic areas.

A long-time First Tee of Tulsa sponsor, Hille Foundation, offers college scholarships to program participants.