CHARITY
Charitable funds from professional golf at Firestone Country Club
Tournament Beneficiaries
With proceeds from the 2023 Kaulig Companies Championship and Ambassador of Golf event presented by FirstEnergy Foundation, $1,233,750 was donated to area charities. This total marks the highest amount generated in one tournament at Firestone Country Club and adds to more than $32 million that has been given to worthy causes through professional golf tournaments at Firestone since 1984. Charity funds are made possible through a partnership with the PGA TOUR Champions, Firestone Country Club, Northern Ohio Golf Charities, and supporters including title sponsor Kaulig Companies, Founding Partner Bridgestone, tournament volunteers, and fans of Northeast Ohio.
Tournament Beneficiaries Include:
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children’s Hospital has been caring for children since 1890, and our pediatric specialties are ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report. With two hospital campuses, regional health centers and more than 50 primary and specialty care locations throughout Ohio, we’re making it easier for today’s busy families to find the high-quality care they need. In 2019, our health care system provided more than 1.2 million patient encounters. We also operate neonatal and pediatric units in the hospitals of our regional health care partners. Every year, our Children’s Home Care Group nurses provide thousands of in-home visits, and our School Health nurses manage more than a half million clinic visits for students. With the launch of our Quick Care Online virtual visits and Akron Children’s Anywhere app, we’re here for families whenever and wherever they need us.
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank
The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank is a nonprofit organization with a vision of a thriving community free of hunger. In Northeast Ohio, 1 in 7 people will face hunger, and the Foodbank will be there to help. The Foodbank is the source of emergency food for nearly 500 food pantries, hot meal sites, shelters and other hunger-relief programs that directly serve individuals and families in Carroll, Holmes, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties. The Foodbank, with its supporters and partners are leading the fight to end hunger in the communities they serve. In 2017, it provided access to food for 26 million meals to its network of hunger-relief partners.
LeBron James Family Foundation
For the LeBron James Family Foundation, our mission to create real, generational change through education is made possible by our passion, our commitment to our families, and our partners. With the support of the Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, we’ve been able to activate impactful programs and help build stronger families by infusing our “We Are Family” philosophy into everything we do. From the I PROMISE School to the I PROMISE Village, and upcoming I PROMISE Housing and House Three Thirty, we will continue to respond to what our families need and work to redefine what community and family look like for generations to come.
First Tee - Greater Akron
First Tee – Greater Akron is a youth development organization that uses the game of golf to teach kids and teens life skills. Our mission is to impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character and instill life-enhancing values through the game of golf. By seamlessly integrating the game of golf with a life skills curriculum, we create active learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience that kids can carry to everything they do. Our work at First Tee is not about improving your golf score… it’s about strengthening what you bring to everything you do, including golf! As an organization, First Tee – Greater Akron directly impacted 11,290 kids and teens in 2022!
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s is a proud philanthropic partner of the Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS. UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s offers the most expansive pediatric care network in Northeast Ohio, with more than 130 service locations. The vast network includes nationally ranked UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital – Cleveland’s only full-service, freestanding children’s hospital with a medical staff of more than 745 physicians – along with a primary care network with more than 200 pediatric and family medicine providers, 9 pediatric emergency departments, five surgery centers, 20 medical and surgical specialty clinics, and several advanced newborn and maternal/fetal medicine service locations. Among the nation’s leading academic medical centers, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital is part of University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and an affiliate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, a nationally recognized leader in medical research and education.
