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Camp Fire Joins Local Non-Profit Groups for Record-Setting Birdies for Charity Campaign, a Camp Fire First Texas blog

Colonial’s 2022 Birdies Campaign Tops $17 Million, Sets New Giving Record for Local Charities

Fort Worth, Texas – October 28, 2022 – Another multi-million-dollar Birdies for Charity campaign has driven total charity impact from the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge past the $17 million mark for the first time. Leading up to the 2022 PGA TOUR event at Colonial Country Club, local non-profit groups worked to secure pledges from friends and businesses for the tournament’s annual “Birdies For Charity” campaign. Then the pros did their part by making 1,114 birdies during the championship.

The combined effort resulted in more than $16 million being raised for local organizations just from the tournament’s Birdies campaign alone. The dollars realized from this campaign are a major part of the larger final impact figure of $17.6 million generated for dozens of charities throughout this year from other tournament community service activities and initiatives.

On Thursday, Colonial officials and the 33 Birdies charities gathered to celebrate the year’s success. “We are so happy to be in a position to support so many great charities in the Tarrant County area,” noted Colonial Tournament Chairman Jim Whitten. “Some of these organizations have been with us for more than 15 years, but they have been in the community even longer than that. We are proud to have a meaningful impact on their service to others.”

Representatives from local charitable organizations celebrating the 2022 Birdies For Charity campaign.

The 76-year-old championship has generated cash and services for more than 150 different organizations in the last two decades nearing $170 million. The breadth of donations focuses on children and support a variety of programs, including camp scholarships for disabled, special needs or low-income children, residency programs/services for abused, neglected and at-risk children, cultural programs/field trips for underserved students, college scholarships, educational mentoring programs, medical diagnostic and treatment services for disabled and low-income children, afterschool programs, support services for homeless families and more.

Military related charities are also a significant part of the tournament’s activities. Working with Military Warriors Support Foundation, Colonial has helped donate 23 homes to injured veterans in recent years. Colonial partners with Lockheed Martin to send care packages overseas to soldiers, and this year hosted a Jordan Spieth Foundation event, Operation Shower, to support military families who are expecting, with one parent overseas.

One of the Colonial charities, The Warm Place, was honored this past year by the PGA TOUR as the “PGA TOUR Charity of the Year.” The Warm Place provides grief-support services for children and their families after the loss of a loved one.

Of the PGA TOUR events staging Birdies For Charity campaigns, Colonial’s $16 million figure this year is one of the largest on TOUR. Since the program’s inception locally in 2005, the annual Birdies campaign has generated more than $135 million for participating charities. As a bonus, the Birdies For Charity pledges were energized by a matching fund of $275,000. Thirty-three local nonprofit organizations and their volunteers led the Birdies For Charity to success.

The Birdies groups are:

  • ACH Child and Family Services
  • Alliance for Children
  • Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Tarrant County
  • Camp Fire USA First Texas Council
  • Cancer Care Services
  • CASA of Tarrant County
  • Cassata High School
  • Child Study Center
  • Communities in Schools of Tarrant County
  • Community Storehouse
  • Cornerstone Assistance Network
  • The First Tee of Fort Worth
  • Fort Worth Museum of Science & History
  • Fort Worth Youth Orchestra
  • The Gatehouse
  • Happy Hill Farm Academy
  • HOPE Farm, Inc.
  • Imagination Fort Worth
  • Kids Who Care
  • Komen Greater Fort Worth
  • Lena Pope
  • Lighthouse for the Blind
  • Presbyterian Night Shelter
  • Recovery Resource Council
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • SafeHaven of Tarrant County
  • Texas Health Resources Foundation
  • Texas Wesleyan University
  • The WARM Place
  • A Wish With Wings
  • YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth
  • Gill Children’s Services

In this video interview, check out Camp Fire First Texas’ very own Development Manager, Tamara Clement, as she shares our mission and vision, our history with the Birdies for Charity program, and how grateful we are for such an incredible partnership.