News Release: 11/25/2024

TRAVERSE CITY COUNTRY CLUB PROVIDES GRANTS TO 13 LOCAL CHILDREN’S CHARITIES
 
 $126,250 Raised Through TCCC Eagles for Children Program
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  Susan McElduff
231-947-9140
 
November 25, 2024                            
 
susanl@tcgcc.com
 
TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN - The Traverse City Golf & Country Club is excited to announce that they raised $126,250 for programs benefiting children in the greater Grand Traverse area.  The money was raised by the club’s membership through donations made for any Eagle achieved on the golf course through October 15, 2024, as part of the Eagles for Children program. The following local children’s charities received grants at the Eagles for Children Award Celebration held at the club on November 6, 2024.
 
CHARITY                                                                                        GRANT AMOUNT
 
Great Lakes Children Museum                                                                 $16,000
Kids on the Go                                                                                          $  6,000
Rotary Club of Traverse Bay Sunrise Foundation                                    $  9,250
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Northwestern MI                                            $  9,000
Child And Family Services of Northwestern MI                                        $  7,000
Traverse City Philharmonic                                                                      $  7,000
Generations Ahead                                                                                  $12,000
Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center                                              $  7,000
Michael’s Place                                                                                       $  7,000
NW MI Supportive Housing                                                                    $10,000
The Rock of Kingsley                                                                              $  9,000
Father Fred                                                                                             $  9,000
Project Feed the Kids                                                                             $18,000
 
Rick Birndorf, Ambassador for the Traverse City Country Club’s Eagles for Children Committee, summed up this year’s program: “This is the fourth year that our club members have participated in raising money for our community children’s charities.  Each year donations have exceeded the previous year’s totals. We also added five new grant recipients since our first year in 2021. I am proud of our membership stepping up to help the most vulnerable citizens in our community, “THE KIDS.”