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The Honda Classic To Distribute Record $5.35 Million To

Local Charities, Impacting The Lives Of 91,000 Children

Virtual Honda Classic Cares The tournament’s annual Celebration of Philanthropy, of laptops for children studying at home, in addition to the

Week Celebrates 14th Straight June 25 will also be held via WebEx with a virtual drawing $205,077 provided to The Glades Initiative in Belle Glade
taking place among four finalists in the Birdies for
through a grant and the Birdies for Children program.
Year Of Record Gains Children program for a new 2020 Honda Insight Hybrid Those funds are helping Glades Initiative manage its
vehicle. Fans donate each year for the chance to guess the growing needs which include weekly food distribution to
The Honda Classic is awarding a record-shattering number of birdies in the tournament. Forty-seven entrants more than 200 families in the Belle Glade area impacted
$5.35 million to 103 South Florida philanthropic each correctly guessed the total of 1,172 birdies recorded by the coronavirus pandemic.
organizations in 2020, the 14th consecutive year that the at the 2020 Honda Classic. The field is being pared via In addition to The Glades Initiative - which includes
PGA TOUR event has been able to increase its impact on drawing to four individuals who will participate in the the Glades Area Food Bank, Nutritional Education and
the lives of local children and their families. virtual event to determine a winner. Residential Navigational services – The Honda Classic
The Honda Classic has now surpassed $50 million in “We are very proud of what we have been able to continued to make a special effort in Western Palm Beach
charitable contributions as American Honda approaches achieve with another record distribution to so many through additional grants to The Literacy Coalition,
its 40th year as title sponsor of the PGA TOUR event, charities which benefit children in the Palm Beach Young Singers, Student Aces and Hope Symphony.
including almost $35 million in the 14 years since County area,” Honda Classic Executive Director Kenneth Honda Classic Cares will be aligning with educational
Children’s Healthcare Charity, Inc. became the host R. Kennerly said. “But while we feel that it is fine to initiatives throughout Palm Beach and Martin County
organization and moved the event to PGA National celebrate this success, our hearts and prayers go out to through Adopt-A-Family, Artist Showcase, Boys and
Resort and Spa. The $5.35 million is up from the $5.1 everybody suffering through these tough times and we Girls Clubs of Martin County, Busch Wildlife Sanctuary,
million distributed in 2019 and is impacting more than don’t want to overshadow the tremendous need of those Education Foundation, Els for Autism, Hobe Sound Early
91,000 children and their families this year in Palm Beach people and their families.” Learning Center, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, TGR-
County. “We hope that this $5.35 million touches a great Tiger Woods Foundation, Suits for Seniors and Urban
The money is being distributed during Honda Classic number of them. We were fortunate that we were able Youth Impact.
Cares Week, June 22-26, which is being held virtually to hold our tournament two weeks before the world shut “The continued support we receive from the Palm
for the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic. down.” Beach County community, our sponsors led by American
The $5.35 million being awarded includes a grant Honda, the longest-standing sponsor on the PGA TOUR
of $1.4 million to the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care and the players who embrace our event and our volunteers
Loggerhead Marinelife Center from page 1 Foundation, the fifth-consecutive year the foundation has continues to allow us to extend our charitable reach each
received more than $1 million from Honda Classic Cares. year,” Kennerly said. “This year’s virtual Honda Classic
exciting immersive opportunity to see water filtration “That’s fantastic,” Jack Nicklaus said. “Honda is the Cares Week gives us a platform to celebrate our grant
and hydrology in action. The center’s new water quality longest-running sponsor on the PGA TOUR and has been recipients and view the powerful impact that we are
“bunker” will offer an exhibit-quality learning experience such a great sponsor. We are all indebted and appreciate making on the lives of children in the local community.”
for students interested in water quality, technology and everything that The Honda Classic does year after year.” The growth of the Honda Classic’s charitable donations
engineering. The center’s educators will use the water “The Honda Classic moving to Palm Beach County is a testament to American Honda’s 39 years as the
quality system as a “show site” to its 90-plus global was the catalyst to us starting the Nicklaus Children’s longest-standing title sponsor on the PGA TOUR as well
collaborators should other organizations want to replicate Health Care Foundation,” Barbara Nicklaus said. “We as partnerships with PGA National Resort & Spa, PGA
the system internationally. are so proud to be involved. More than $1 million for of America, Palm Beach County, the City of Palm Beach
“Sea turtles are the ocean’s canary in the coal mine. each of the last five years has impacted a lot of families Gardens and the PGA TOUR along with the support
The health of our oceans and beaches go hand-in-hand through the foundation and will continue to do so.” from Founders Club sponsors Tire Kingdom and United
with the health of our sea turtles,” said Jack E. Lighton, The Honda Classic Cares mission of giving back to Technologies and more than 200 other community-
LMC President and CEO. “Our center’s mantra is, ‘The the children of the community is reflected by more than minded local sponsors.
sea turtle tells us the health of the ocean and the ocean 80 percent of all distributed funds being allocated to While the tournament strives to provide Palm Beach
tells us the health of our planet.’ This extraordinarily improving pediatric services. County with a premier professional sporting event, the
generous two-million-dollar matching gift will transform Along with the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care ultimate goal is to positively impact youth in need and
our center’s lifesaving mission, expand our educational Foundation grant, Bella’s Angels, Cystic Fibrosis create a brighter future for our community.
offerings, and help us put the keystone of fundraising in Foundation, Florida Outreach Center for the Blind, The growth of this year’s Honda Class Cares grant
place for our expansion campaign. We are honored to Healthy Mothers & Healthy Babies Coalition of Palm allocations was fueled by expanded sponsor and charity
work with the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation to amplify Beach County, Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization, participation at the 2020 tournament where 22-year-old
our impact together and invite the community to join us Pediatric Oncology Support Team (P.O.S.T), and South Korean golfer Sungjae Im won his first PGA TOUR
in this dollar-for-dollar matching gift opportunity.” Quantum House are also receiving grants in that category. event. Im is currently the top-ranked player in the PGA
The Expansion Will Enable The Center To: Needs that evolved because of the pandemic were TOUR FedEx Cup standings.
- Double the sea turtle patient capacity not a criteria for funds from The Honda Classic, but the The 2021 Honda Classic will be played March 18 to
- Deploy a cutting-edge clean water filtration system tournament was able to provide a separate gift of $62,500 21, 2021 at PGA National Resort & Spa.
- Add in more than six times the amount of educational to Palm Beach County Schools to help fund the purchase
programming spaces
- Double the size of its research laboratory
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