1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: This is the only shot that matters. This moment is 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: the only moment that exists. Anything that happened before, you 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: can't change it. Anything that you're thinking about going down 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: the line, you can't do anything about it except by 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: doing it in this moment. Golf is exact same thing. 6 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: I can hit a great shot off the teeth, then 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: I get there and it's a different leave of the lane. 8 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 1: It's not exactly what I wanted. The other thing that 9 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: I've really learned is just the perseverance of it all, 10 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: because at the end of the day, you're gonna hit 11 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: bad shots, you're gonna hit some great shots. But it's 12 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: that culmination of how things, what your score looks like 13 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: at the end of it. And if from being honest, 14 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,919 Speaker 1: that's the exact culmination for life. It's our life is 15 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: made up of these separate individual moments, but at the 16 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: end of the day we look at those moments and 17 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 1: then you get that clear picture of what your life 18 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: really was. 19 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Button Nomics. I'm 20 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 2: your host, Brendan Butler, found in CEO of Butter atl 21 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 2: And today we got a special guest in here. We 22 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: had a special gifts in here, not just because he 23 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 2: went to the real gssue which is in the States. 24 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: Brough by the way, the homie one and only man, 25 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 2: mister Jane Jiggins, the executive director for First Tea of 26 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 2: Metro Atlanta. 27 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: Yes, how you doing, bro, I'm good, man, I'm good. 28 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: Thank you for having me on looking forward to the conversation. 29 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: Uh just wanted to tell you we are proud of 30 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: you within the city for everything you've been doing. And 31 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: this is just the testament to who you are and 32 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: everything you got going on. So appreciate you for being you. Man. 33 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 2: Oh man, I appreciate you, man, Thank you so much. 34 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 2: People don't compliments to me, many off game. Well look 35 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 2: for those that don't know, man, what is first T. 36 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: Yeah? So first T. We are a sport based youth 37 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: development organization. So we use golf as the hook to 38 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: install life skills and our young people. We believe that 39 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: there is no better sport to teach a young person 40 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: to learn and love that they can then apply it 41 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: to their real lives. And so for us, it's not 42 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: about developing the next Tiger Woods, the next great golfer. 43 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: Really about how do we use golf to develop that 44 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: next great person that next great Brandon Butler, you know. 45 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: So that's the idea behind everything we do. 46 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 2: That's dope, man. So what are the ages for these 47 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 2: kids when they start getting involved? 48 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, so we start at the age of seven and 49 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: we go through high school graduation. So a kid that 50 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: even when he's eighteen and he's graduate, he can still 51 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: kick with us that last summer before he goes into school. 52 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: We do some things with five and six year olds, 53 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,679 Speaker 1: almost as an introduction, but the meat of our program 54 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: is for young people between ages seven and eighteen throughout Metrolanta. 55 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 3: Is it boys only? Is it boys and girls? 56 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: Boys and girls? Boys and girls? We're actually about thirty 57 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: five percent girls. And I'll tell you know, going into 58 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, one of our big pushes is how 59 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: do we get more of our young women involved in 60 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: the sport. We know sport gives our young women that 61 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: confidence they can't find other places. So we are diligent 62 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: and intentional about twenty twenty five is going to be 63 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:59,839 Speaker 1: the year the girl for us here in Lanta. 64 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 2: I mean, look, if I didn't, if I had know, 65 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 2: you know then what I knew now, I ain't gonna 66 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 2: lie to you. I learned how to play golf all 67 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 2: the time ago. You know, that's the that's the sport. 68 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 2: And I hear it more and more in a lot 69 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 2: of the circles that I move in, like I don't play. 70 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 2: I need to get out there. You gotta get me 71 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 2: out there now. I got I gotta get out there 72 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 2: because I gotta look. I think I'm leaving money on 73 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 2: the table. 74 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: You are you are? You definitely are, You're definitely. 75 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: Like would have been like, what's your experience been, like, 76 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 2: how long have you been playing? 77 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: Man? So real deal playing golf of only. I consider 78 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: myself a golfer for about the past eight nine years. Now. 79 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: I've been working in golf for over twenty years. When 80 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: I first got involved in golf, I didn't play. I 81 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: didn't think it was a place for me. It was 82 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: about you know, when I thought about golf, it was old, 83 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: rich white men, which I was not right. So for me, 84 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: it was just like, no, I don't want to do this. 85 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: Senior year at Georgia Southern. Needed to find internship, could 86 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: not find one, could not find one. I ended up 87 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: meeting a guy at a gas station. This guy happened 88 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: to be vice president and then of PJ Tour Productions, 89 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: had a quick little conversation. Did internship here in Atlanta 90 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: at the Tour Championship, and that was my introduction to golf. 91 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: From there, worked full time for the American Junior Golf Association. 92 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: Did that for about five years. So I'm into golf, 93 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: but I didn't play at that time. I was around it, 94 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: but just didn't think it was a place for me. 95 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: Ended up fast forward a few years, it was like, 96 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: you know what, I really want to get back into golf. 97 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: I left the industry, came back. It was like, all right, 98 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: I've heard the first TA. Just see what they got 99 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: going on. I go, you know, spend some time with them. Volunteer. 100 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: That turned into a full time position. And it wasn't 101 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: until I started working at first T is when I 102 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: really got into golf. Because now it felt a little differently, right, 103 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: seeing kids that looked like me trying to get into golf, 104 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: So like, all right, this can't be that hard, can't it? 105 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: Like my experience before was it was something really really hard. 106 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: So what I learned was golf is really again that 107 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: great connector to life. So seeing kids trying to learn golf, 108 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,599 Speaker 1: how can I impact them? If I wasn't a golfer myself, 109 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: so that got me into it. And that's when light 110 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: bulbs start going off and I'm saying the connection. So 111 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: for me, for a while, it wasn't about playing golf. 112 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: It was always everything attached to it, everything that came 113 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: with it. So long answer to show a question. 114 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 3: No this dope me? 115 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 2: I mean again, like to not you know again, like 116 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 2: to say you kind of started playing in the last 117 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 2: like eight nine years, but you were just kind of 118 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 2: around it, and all of a sudden you're leading. 119 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 3: That is an amazing jump. Now we don't come back. 120 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: To the kids and say no doubt, no doubt, no doubt. 121 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 2: For the folks that were listening to want to know, yeah, 122 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 2: folks like me, Yeah, okay, how do I go from 123 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 2: zero to one? Like, as a person that's been playing 124 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 2: for last eight and nine years, how does Brandon or 125 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 2: anybody listening go from zero to one to start learning 126 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 2: how to play golf? 127 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: The very first thing I always say is find a 128 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: golf course with the driving ranks, just start playing around 129 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 1: with it. Maybe even before that zero is having the 130 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: mindset that I Am going to grow in this right 131 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 1: because it's golf is the easiest hardest game you ever 132 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: play in your life. Right. What I mean by that is, 133 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: on one hand, you're hitting the ball that doesn't move. 134 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: That should be relatively easy. That's easy, but it's such 135 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: a rhythm to the golf swing. There are so many 136 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: things that are involved in being able to actually make 137 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: contact with it. So I tell anybody to let go 138 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: of frustration, let go of any preconceived notion that you're 139 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: about to be great at this immediately. Once you do that, 140 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: then just get out there and learn in public is 141 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 1: what we call it, right, being able to try different 142 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: things out with your golf swing. Just get out there, 143 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: play with it, have a good time, take the lessons 144 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: and build on it day in, day out, and you'll 145 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 1: be just fine. 146 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 2: What's one of the biggest lessons you've learned learned playing golf? 147 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 2: Is it just mostly around patience? Is it something else? 148 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: That's a really good question. It's a couple of things. 149 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: One is just focusing on the one shot in front 150 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: of you, right, So for me, that translates into you know, 151 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: you've heard the saying be at where you feed at, Right, 152 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: this is the only shot that matters. This moment is 153 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: the only moment that exists. Anything that happened before, you 154 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: can't change it. Anything that you're thinking about going down 155 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: the line, you can't do anything about it except by 156 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: doing it in this moment. Golf is the exact same thing. 157 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: I can hit a great shot off the tee, then 158 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: I get there and it's a different lay of the land. 159 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: It's not exactly what I wanted. I don't have time 160 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: to go back, ah man, I wish I would have 161 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: did something different on the tea box. I should have 162 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: used a different club. I don't have time for that. Yeah, 163 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: this ball is in front of me right now when 164 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: it requires my utmost attention in this moment to be 165 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: able to get back to where I really want to go. 166 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: So that's the biggest thing I've learned from golf, Just 167 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: it's the thing that's in front of you right now 168 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: is the most important thing. Taking that into consideration. The 169 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: other thing that I've really learned is just the perseverance 170 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: of it all, because at the end of the day, 171 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: you're gonna hit bad shots, you're gonna hit some great shots, 172 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: But it's that culmination of how things, what your score 173 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: looks like at the end of it, and if I'm 174 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: being honest, that's the exact culmination for life. It's our 175 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: life is made up of these separate individual moments. But 176 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, we look at those 177 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: moments and then you get that clear picture of what 178 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: your life really was. Right, So, it's not just things 179 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: are bad right now, things are rough Right now, I 180 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: don't know how I'm gonna get through it. It's okay, 181 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: I am gonna get through it because I've got through 182 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: it before and now I'm just gonna keep going. I'm 183 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: gonna hit the next shot. And Nancye, what my score 184 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: is at the end of eighteen holes? Exact same thing 185 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: in life. Right now, we can make a decision that 186 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: we think is great and it doesn't work out. What 187 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: do we do? All Right? You learned from that and 188 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 1: going to the next thing, and then you build on 189 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: top of Like as you're going through even doing thinking 190 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 1: about building up your brand right your a company, there 191 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: are things that you did in the beginning that you 192 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: look back now is like, what was I think resolutely? 193 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: So being able to build on top of that. Now 194 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: you're going at your future endeavors a different way. You're 195 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 1: learning from those past decisions and if you start building 196 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:16,959 Speaker 1: those up. Then again at the end of the day, 197 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 1: at the end of eighteen, you're going to be alright 198 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 1: with your score. So yeah, that's that's that's what I've learned. 199 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 2: That is one of the most prophetic things I've ever heard, 200 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 2: and I one hundred percent agree with it. 201 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 3: Again, Like, you know, one of the things. 202 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 2: I always kind of say is you have to pay 203 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,559 Speaker 2: attention to what's in front of you with intention to 204 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 2: where you're going. 205 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 1: Yep. 206 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 2: And I think it's a very kind of similar example, right, 207 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 2: Like it's one shot at the time, you know, and 208 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 2: that's all. 209 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 3: That's how you got to play the game. 210 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: Yeah. 211 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,959 Speaker 2: Yeah, Now when you've been doing First Tea and working 212 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 2: with all these you know, these different youth and all 213 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 2: these organizations just would have been some of the success 214 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 2: stories that have come out of it. Like some of 215 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 2: these kids now they've probably grown up to do some 216 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 2: amazing things, Like who are some of the success stories 217 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 2: that have come out of First Team? 218 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, man, So one of the first ones that I 219 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: usually lead off with. Now, this is our twenty fifth year, 220 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: So I got a lot of stories at the top 221 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: of my head. Yeah, but the one that stands out 222 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: a lot to me, we have a young lady by 223 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: the name of mea Bishop. She's here local, here in Atlanta. 224 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: What's special about Mia? Mia started in the program at 225 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: the age of seven or eight. She was playing golf 226 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: pretty competitively, right, She played in a lot of Georgia 227 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: State Golf Association tournaments. She'd finish right around five or six, 228 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: so she wasn't winning tournaments, but she wasn't at the 229 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: bottom of the list either. Right. She realized around ninth 230 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: or tenth grade that while she enjoyed golf, she didn't 231 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: know if she really wanted to pursue it professionally or 232 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:39,719 Speaker 1: college wise. So she was like, yeah, I don't want 233 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 1: to put a lot of time in it, but I 234 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: love the community of First Team Metrolanta, So she stayed around. 235 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: She started volunteering and helping us out within the office, 236 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: doing some admin stuff. Fast forward to her senior year, 237 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: she's talking to Stetson University. She's looking at where she's 238 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: going sets and university mentioned her like, hey, you know 239 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: you do community service. Many hours do you have? And 240 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: she gave this ridiculous number Because she'd been volunteering with 241 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: us since a freshman. She found out and something that 242 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: I did not know, and I'll tell any parent out 243 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: there of a teenager who's listening. There are scholarships for 244 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 1: community service. Mia went to school for free through a 245 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: leadership program because she had over three hundred and fifty 246 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: community service hours. So because of her service to the program, 247 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: which she enjoyed, she was able to go into college. Great. 248 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: You fast forward that about four years. Mea and now 249 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 1: is a licensed therapist here in Atlanta. What's beautiful about 250 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 1: that is coming out of COVID and twenty twenty. You know, 251 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: there's a lot of focus on mental health, especially within 252 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: our teens. So as an organization, we wanted to do 253 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: more in that space. But again that's not our bread 254 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: and butter, but we were able to lean on Mia. 255 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: So Mea and now as an alumni of our program, 256 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 1: Mia is our mental health consultant and liaison. So like 257 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: we do some pretty cool things. One is our teen Summit, 258 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: so kids come in half a day and they go 259 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: through this program. And then that teen Summit, there is 260 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: a portion that's dedicated to mental health for our young 261 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: people and it's led by me and me is only 262 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: twenty six, twenty seven, so she's young enough to still 263 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: be able to relate to the young people, but she 264 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 1: also has the ability to look at life through the 265 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: lens of therapist. So having someone like that, I always 266 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: tell her, now, she's also a coach with us in 267 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 1: our program, so she's teaching golf and she's impacting the 268 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: lives of thousands of kids through the game of golf 269 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: and her mental health licensing. Right. So I use that 270 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: as an example because a lot of times when we 271 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: think about sports the youth organizations, you often think about 272 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 1: those that go into the highest levels professionally, which is cool, 273 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 1: but we all know that's not going to be everybody. 274 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 1: We say, most of our kids are going to be 275 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: those leaders within the community that we may never ever 276 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: hear of me. Is that example for someone like me 277 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: right where she is literally impacting the next generation in 278 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: a way that nobody else can. And so having someone 279 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 1: like that come out of our program and she'll tell 280 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: anybody I am who I am because of a first 281 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: team Metro Atlanta, Like, that's pretty dope. And then you 282 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: get into a lot of other stories. We have kids 283 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: who've gone on to play Division one golf. We have 284 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 1: kids who own their own businesses. You have doctors, lawyers, 285 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: people who are just playing key roles within the community, 286 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: and they will tell you because the First Team Metro 287 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: Atlanta in the community I was built and the empowerment 288 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: that was given to them as young people, now they're 289 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: being able to share that with their generation, their community directly. 290 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: So we are ridiculously proud of all of our alumni. 291 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: They play a lot of different roles, some prominent, some 292 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: I will tell anybody, some you've heard of. We won't 293 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: mention any names. We have some pretty famous I'm coming 294 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: out of our program here in Atlanta, But at the 295 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: same time, you have people that you'll never even hear of, 296 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: but they're making an impact more than anybody can really describe. 297 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: So we're definitely proud of our alumni. 298 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 2: Part of what makes First Team Metro Atlanta unique is, 299 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 2: you know, y'all have a kind of it seems like 300 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 2: a very unique makeup demographic, right, it's like ninety three 301 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 2: percent non Caucasian, yep. Like, how does that influence the 302 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 2: programming and how y'all you know, approach teaching golf to 303 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 2: those kids? 304 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think it's for us. We are intentional 305 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: that we are always you know, we're open to everybody. 306 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong. But we're also always going to 307 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: put a focus on those groups that are underrepresented the 308 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: golf We realize that we have the ability to build 309 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: community differently and using that golf course and having a 310 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: welcoming space for kids who look like me. Right, Like 311 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: I said, when I first got into it, it was old, 312 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: rich white men. It's a different story now where I 313 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: have a kid who comes to the programming, he's he 314 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: or she sees seventy to eighty other black kids, other 315 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: brown kids, kids that look like them trying to play 316 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: this difficult game, and so being able to be real 317 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: intentional about that is something that we get excited about. 318 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: We have a program, our participant in leadership counsel and 319 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: our team club. What we like to do is actually 320 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: hear their voices and they get to influence the type 321 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: of programming that we're doing. So I talked about the 322 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: team something earlier that came out of conversation with kids 323 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: in our program. Right. So being able to really have 324 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: their voice heard is something that's important to us, and 325 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: that's how we're able to make sure all our programming 326 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: is relevant to the kids that we serve and the 327 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: dynamics that they want to see from themselves. So for us, 328 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: it's really just the history of constantly being there for 329 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 1: black and brown kids here in Atlanta, and we've been 330 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: able to do that for twenty five years, like I said, 331 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: But at the same time, it's having those voices in 332 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: the room making those decisions and kind of guiding them 333 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: in the direction that they want to go in, and 334 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: as adults being able to say, all right, yeah, we 335 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: can support that and give them the framework to be successful. 336 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: But it's nothing like as a young person knowing that 337 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: they're adults who hear you, see you, support you, and 338 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: want to see the best for you, and then that 339 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: just organically shifts to I want to bring my friends 340 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: into it, and that's how the program continues to grow. 341 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: Now it's really a lot of word about so being 342 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: able to make sure our young people are heard has 343 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: kind of created that environment where our kids know, if 344 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: I can't go anywhere else, I can go to First 345 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: Sear Metrolant and be myself, be comfortable, and these adults 346 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: are going to support me on whatever it is I 347 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: want to do. And First T is all over the country, 348 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: right yeah, yeah, So we are one hundred and fifty 349 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: chapters around the country. Actually Internet got some chapters in 350 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: Canada and Mexico. And the cool thing about our chapter, 351 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: like you said, ninety three percent non caucasion, when you 352 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 1: look at what that number looks like throughout the network, 353 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: it's not that high. So we know we've kind of 354 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: created something special here in Atlanta for our kids and 355 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 1: they can still be a part of that national scene 356 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: as well. So I always tell our kids there are 357 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 1: a lot of different national opportunities by being a part 358 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: of First too. You have trips to Pebble Beach to 359 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 1: play golf with professionals. There's an opportunity to go hang 360 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: out at Arthur Blank's ranch at a leadership conference. Right. 361 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: A lot of our kids know that being a part 362 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: of our chapter allows them the opportunity to apply for 363 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: these things and then be selected for those national opportunities 364 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 1: where they're meeting kids from other chapters around the country, 365 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 1: around the world, being able to come together network and 366 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: then you know, we get excited about what can be 367 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: built off of that down the line making those connections. 368 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 1: So yeah, we're we're all over. We've been around for 369 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: a while, but yeah. 370 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 3: No, that's still man like. 371 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,880 Speaker 2: So with everything that's happening, because again when I when 372 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 2: I grew up, you know, golf seemed very behind the wall, 373 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 2: right Like I grew up here in Atlanta. I remember 374 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 2: even even like driving down I mean the church I 375 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 2: grew up going to was down off of glen Wood, Yeah, 376 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 2: down here, Atlanta. So I used to grow upright by 377 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 2: East Lag Yeah, and I remember had these big walls. 378 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 2: You couldn't see over the walls, like something's going on 379 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 2: back there. And then you know, everything happened to the Olympics, 380 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 2: and you know, now it's over the years, it's kind 381 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 2: of seemed like, you know, golf is starting to come 382 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 2: more part of culture. Like I'm starting to see, you know, 383 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 2: more black and brown people out there. I Mean, it's 384 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 2: funny because I always think about there was a Dave 385 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 2: Chappelle's shoe skit where they went golfing like the fool. 386 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 2: But now again you start to see, like, you know, 387 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 2: rappers out there, folks out there enjoying it. Like how 388 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 2: have you enjoyed watching you know, golf kind of become 389 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 2: a part of you know, the culture. 390 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: Oh man, it is probably it is an exciting thing. 391 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 1: One thing I always point out though, is we've actually 392 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: been a part of golf for forever in the day. 393 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: So you know the team that you put the ball 394 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: on that was actually patented by a black man in Boston. Okay, 395 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: I think I heard that. So I always tell anybody, 396 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: and our kids specifically, we've been a part of this 397 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: thing for a while. It's nothing brand new. Then you 398 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: look at some of the history with golf here in Atlanta, 399 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: there used to be an old golf club called the 400 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: Lincoln where black guys would play golf, right, and it 401 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 1: was a big deal. Fast forward to what it looks 402 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 1: like now. The growth in the popularity of it is 403 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 1: being tremendous and for us, we get excited about it 404 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: and seeing all the culture, as you say, right, be 405 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: a part of it. That helps our kids feel more 406 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: connected to it themselves. Right. So seeing that growth, seeing 407 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: that boone where you know you see twenty one Savage 408 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: if you saw him playing golf a while back, that 409 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: was at Tough Homes off a cascade, right. So being 410 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 1: able to see that has been amazing. So our kids 411 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: now it's not just old, rich white men playing golf. 412 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 1: It's anybody and everybody. And so for our kids to 413 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: be able to see that, it's huge. And then It 414 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: also kind of pulls into play kids being able to 415 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 1: see themselves in golf, right, so they know, now I 416 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: like golf, and I don't have to be Tiger Woods 417 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: to be a part of this. I can go out 418 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: and just play on the weekends with my friends. I 419 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: can use this as a business tool. I can just 420 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: have this as an outlet. Right. So being able to 421 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: see representation, what we don't realize is how big that 422 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 1: is for our young people, right. It doesn't Again, it 423 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: doesn't have to be Tiger Woods, and that's the standard 424 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: of black golf. It's let's be comfortable in our skin 425 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: with wherever we go. So seeing the boom, especially here 426 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 1: in Atlanta, is absolutely amazing and it's something again it's 427 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 1: nothing that's new to us, but we get to see 428 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: it in a different lens now. So it is on 429 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: front page news. And now you take east Side Golf 430 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 1: for example, east Side Golf Elijah and is from the 431 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: east side of Atlanta, yep. Right, So seeing everything that 432 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 1: they're doing to make representation real, being authentically you in 433 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 1: any space you go into has been a beautiful thing. 434 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: And so you see the effects throughout the community where 435 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: kids are feeling a little more themselves. You see adults 436 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: being a little more of themselves. It's not I got 437 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 1: to go to the course and I gotta have my 438 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: button down shirt. You'll see more guys wearing T shirts. 439 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: You'll see guys and Jordan's playing golf. Everything that is 440 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 1: the culture is moving into the golf space. And the 441 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: beautiful thing about it is bit by bit that tears 442 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: down the wall, like you saw it easily, right. So 443 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: that's the most beautiful thing where we can just be 444 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: there and be ourselves and enjoy everything that golf can 445 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 1: provide to our communities. 446 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 2: I mean, what's been one of the more surprising reactions 447 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 2: that you've seen, maybe from the parents to get involved 448 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 2: as their kids start starting to appreciate the game of golf. 449 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,959 Speaker 1: The confidence level that kids begin to display, right, And 450 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: it's a from a parent perspective, it's a blessing and 451 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 1: a curse. Right. What I mean by that is you'll 452 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 1: you'll have a kid who comes into the program and 453 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,719 Speaker 1: they're only there because their mom or dad made them 454 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,199 Speaker 1: sign up. They don't want to play golf. This is stupid, 455 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: it's boring. But as they get into the program and 456 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 1: they're learning the skills of golf a little bit more. 457 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: But more importantly, they're meeting coaches who care about them, 458 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: who talk to them, who pour into them. Now it's 459 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,679 Speaker 1: they build a relationship. Right, So as the teens and 460 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 1: kids are being poured into now you have that team 461 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: who's like, hey, mom, I really want to do ABC 462 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: and I can do it, and I can do it 463 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 1: this way and I'm dead set on doing it, like 464 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: hold on, wait, pumpin breaks a little bit, right. So 465 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: that's why I called it a blessing and a curse. 466 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: But if we're being really it's truly a blessing. When 467 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 1: a young person can display confidence, they are untouchable, when 468 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: they know whatever's in front of me, I can figure 469 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 1: it out. I have people around me who can support me. 470 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 1: I have the wherewithal within my mind to be creative 471 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: and how I reach any goal I set. That's the 472 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: most beautiful thing. And so for me being able to 473 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: see that shy kia when they're seven or eight, then 474 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 1: when they graduate to see that that transformation has been 475 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: absolutely amazing. The confidence level. I'll use an example recently 476 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: at the most recent Tour Championship, we have two kids 477 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: who hit the whole t shot and it's a big deal. 478 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 1: They're hitting off whole number one at East Lake in 479 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: front of thousands of people. It's televised nerve racking thing, right. 480 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: But when I tell you, these two young people are 481 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: so confident and everything they did that week. At one 482 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 1: point in time, we were at an event PJ Tour 483 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 1: commissioners in the corner and I walk in and I 484 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: see him talking and it looks like he's in a 485 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 1: real deep conversation. Work a little more around the corner, 486 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: he's talking to our two kids, and the two kids 487 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 1: are just holding their own and I remember the mom 488 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: one of the mom I'm saying, that's not my child. 489 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 1: Who is this child? Right? I haven't seen this before. 490 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: And so for me being able to see that confidence 491 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,679 Speaker 1: grow bit by bit, day by day, and then you 492 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 1: see that final product when the kid is graduating and 493 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: they're telling you everything they're going to do with their 494 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,919 Speaker 1: lives and how they're going to impact their community, that 495 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: is the most amazing thing that we get to see 496 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: every day. 497 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 3: No, that's amazing, is there? 498 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 4: You know? 499 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 2: I know you'll have a lot of you know, partners 500 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 2: that he'll make you know, first tea possible or like 501 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 2: what's the cost to get your kids involved in something 502 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 2: like that. 503 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, So we are an organization that we really 504 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 1: don't put up any barrier to allow kids to get 505 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: it off. So we run about four program sessions throughout 506 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: the year about six weeks apiece. The cost is seventy 507 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 1: five dollars for those six weeks, right, so it's not 508 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: seventy five dollars per week, seventy five dollars for that 509 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: six week session. In addition to that, because of great partners, 510 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: we are able to talk for financial lative. Parents say yeah, 511 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 1: seventy five is in that, but I can't afford it. 512 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: They can apply for financial aid and get their kids 513 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 1: involved in a program, so it's not a heavy cost 514 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 1: on the front end, and then at the end the 515 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: tail end of it, we actually have a scholarship program 516 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: where when our kids graduate there is a dollar amount 517 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: based on how long they've been active in the program. 518 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: So we kind of you know, it's a running joke, 519 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: but I call it a money back guarantee for parents. 520 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 1: If you sign your kid up for X amount of sessions, 521 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: if they stay in a program and they leave, they're 522 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 1: going to get a scholarship that's going to be more 523 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: than what you put in. And the idea behind that 524 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: is the kids that are in our program are the 525 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: type of kids that you want to support. If they're 526 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 1: coming to the program and they're active in the program, 527 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: they're getting poured into by caring, committed adults. So this 528 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 1: is going to be a young person anybody in the 529 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: community would want to support. So you think about going 530 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: off to college, A couple of thousand dollars makes a 531 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,679 Speaker 1: big deal for a lot of our kids, right, So 532 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: being able to supply them them with that and so 533 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 1: having a parent know ahead of time, if I keep 534 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 1: my child in this program, they're going to turn out 535 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 1: a good kid. In addition to there might be some 536 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: money on the table for scholarships at the end of it. 537 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: Then it's a beautiful thing. So we are not an 538 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 1: organization that tries to keep kids out, So we're always 539 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 1: cognizant of what that price point is to get involved 540 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 1: and what the benefit is to the community. 541 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 2: At the end of the day, he said, they're like 542 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 2: six week sessions, So like how long does it take 543 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 2: to kind of go is it just going through all 544 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 2: six weeks or is it you know, doing that two 545 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 2: or three times. 546 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 1: So with our program. The way the program is built 547 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,679 Speaker 1: is actually you build upon yourself. And so what I 548 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: mean by that is it's not something where you as 549 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: a parent have to sign your kid up for every 550 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: six week session. You might pop in in spring, kids 551 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 1: go away for the summer time of their grandparents, come 552 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: back and fall a winter like that's completely fine. The 553 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: way the six week sessions are set up, they're set 554 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 1: up up a standalone events and we're gonna have a 555 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: focus on the six weeks so that if again, if 556 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: you're out of the picture for a while, you're not 557 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,679 Speaker 1: gonna miss anything. That's it just builds on top. So 558 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: just like as we know as adults, you get better 559 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: by repetition, so it's it's our program is set to 560 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 1: build on that. So it's not a you sign up 561 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 1: for six weeks, you're going to be a better golfer 562 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 1: and a better kids. It's all built it's all designed 563 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 1: to be built upon each other. So when you think 564 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,640 Speaker 1: about what that looks like from a seven year old 565 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,160 Speaker 1: been in the program at seven all the way through eighteen, 566 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: that's if I do my math right, it's about twenty 567 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: eight sessions. That's what it is. So being able to build, 568 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 1: build upon. Each session is kind of the baseline of 569 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: the program and how big is like the staff like. 570 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 1: So we have a full time staff of seven people, 571 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: including myself. We have over one hundred and fifty volunteers. 572 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 1: We have about eighty five coaches that help out with 573 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: program implementation, and then we have a nice a nice 574 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: array of alumni who come back and help us out 575 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,919 Speaker 1: as well. So it takes a lot of hands to 576 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: get all this done. We like to think that while 577 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: we can't be everything for everybody, we could be a 578 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 1: lot of things for a lot of people. So that's 579 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 1: the attitude we all take. So having the ability to 580 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: bring people into the fold and figuring out how they 581 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 1: can be most impactful on our kids helps us grow 582 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: that much more so. 583 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,360 Speaker 2: As executive director, kind of what's your day to day 584 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 2: look like, changes about hopefuls, a little bit golf in 585 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 2: there too. 586 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 1: Surprise, Surprisingly, I don't get to play a lot of golf. 587 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: I don't get to play a lot of golf. But 588 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 1: for me, day in, day out is really managing the 589 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 1: relationships at the corporate level with those partners. It's managing 590 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: the other six employees kind of setting the vision for 591 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: the organization more than anything. So being able to say 592 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: this is where our chapter really really wants to go, 593 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 1: and then figuring out what's the path to get there, 594 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: and then holding people accountable to get there, holding myself 595 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: accountable to get there. So day to day it looks different. 596 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: Some days I do get to do some pretty cool stuff. 597 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 1: Sometimes I get to play a little golf, right. There 598 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: are days like that. But then other days it's stopping 599 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 1: by our program location and seeing what our coaches are doing, 600 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: talking to the parents, seeing what they want to get 601 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 1: out of the program, talking to our kids, seeing what 602 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 1: they like, what they dislike about the program. And then 603 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 1: it's going to a corporate partner and saying here's what 604 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: we're doing, thanks for your donation, saying your support, here's 605 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: where your money's going. What else can we do together 606 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 1: to create change within our community. Then there's things like 607 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: this where I get to go out and just as 608 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 1: I like to say, you know, be an evangelist for 609 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 1: first Seat and what it is that we do. So 610 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 1: it's a lot of different things. There is no ordinary day, 611 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: but it's it's all fun. It's all enjoyable. I tell 612 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: people all the time, I don't I don't have to work. 613 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: I have to manage, right, which is it's a little different. 614 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: It's a little different. I get the joy of waking 615 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: up every morning knowing that I'm impacting lives in any 616 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: and everything that I do, and that in itself is 617 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 1: the most rewarding thing that I could ever imagine. 618 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 4: So what's one of the biggest misconceptions around golf, especially 619 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 4: with you know, these younger kids are like underrepresented communities 620 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 4: that you've experienced. 621 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: Man, that's a good question. I would say, just the 622 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: level of involvement. So what I mean by that is 623 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 1: a lot of time on the surface level, when you 624 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: look at golf, you don't see a lot of us 625 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 1: playing at the high level. So a lot of people 626 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: are you got to get more black kids playing at 627 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: the top level, not necessarily, right. The misconception is that 628 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: there aren't a lot of black kids playing golf. There 629 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:12,520 Speaker 1: aren't a lot of brown kids playing golf. But I 630 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: can tell you we serve over about twelve hundred kids 631 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: a year. It's more than That's like playing golf, right, 632 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: But just understanding that playing golf doesn't equate to playing 633 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,479 Speaker 1: at the highest level. We could just be playing on 634 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: the weekend and learning the values that come with the game, 635 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 1: like that's a win in itself. So understanding that everybody 636 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: isn't going to be Tiger Woods, everybody isn't going to 637 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 1: play Division one golf, and that's fine, but going into it, 638 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 1: and the thing that comes to mind additionally is this 639 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 1: idea that what we do as an organization is simply 640 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: teach golf. Right, a lot of people think, will sign 641 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: my child up for this, they're going to be a 642 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 1: great golfer. But in reality, our biggest focus is how 643 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: do we create better keys and we're just happen to 644 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 1: use golf as that foundation. So those are the two 645 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: the big misconceptions about golf and our program. But I 646 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 1: think it's changing the more and more that people will 647 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: find out about us, people find out about the joys 648 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: and benefits of golf, that's just going to keep shifting 649 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 1: where that isn't a misconception anymore. So excited and looking 650 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 1: forward to that day when that happens. 651 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 2: In how many different golf courses do y'all work with 652 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 2: through Metro Atlanta area. 653 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: So we are at seven different golf courses throughout Metro 654 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: Atlanta where Sugar Creek Mystery Valley over on the east Side. 655 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 1: We got Charlie Yates Brown's Meal off of Cleveland Johnny White. 656 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: We also do partnerships with the PJ Tour Superstars. We 657 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: also just kicked off something really really cool with Top Golf, 658 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: So we're doing some stem and golf classes at Top 659 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: Golf in Buford and we're looking to expand that out 660 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: to the other Top Golf locations here in the metro Atlanta. 661 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 1: We're always looking at different golf courses. Like one of 662 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 1: the push now is to get into a golf course 663 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 1: in Coff County as well as Douglas County. But it's 664 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: one of those things where the partnership has to be 665 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: right where it's you know, our kids are feeling welcomed 666 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,520 Speaker 1: at all time, and we can create the environment that 667 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 1: we want for our young kids when to go into 668 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: the golf course for the first time. But we are 669 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 1: actively looking at how do we bring more of our 670 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: program locations to people on the outskirts of Metrolina. Yeah. 671 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 3: Still, and golf that sounds interesting, I mean. 672 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: To no, no, no, no, no, no, no no no. What's what's 673 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: interesting is golf is probably the best sport to actually 674 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: teach stem right. There's so much math that's involved in golf, 675 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: math involved in stem right. So being able to give 676 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: you an example, when we're at top golf and you 677 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 1: think about all the fun games that you play up there, 678 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: they're actually the ability to talk about the science that 679 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 1: goes into that, right, talking about the chip that's in 680 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:10,239 Speaker 1: that ball that goes out, that's then broken down to 681 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,840 Speaker 1: give you the GPS of the ball, that's how you 682 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: get the points on the board. And being able to 683 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: talk that language to a young person, now that excites them. Right. 684 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 1: Then we can get into all the metrics of how 685 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 1: fast your club head is going, and we can tell them, 686 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 1: you know, the faster your club head goes, the further 687 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 1: the ball goes. So we're talking all the science and 688 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,279 Speaker 1: it makes sense them. It's not over their heads. And 689 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:36,439 Speaker 1: then you have the ability to gamify at all. Right, 690 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,040 Speaker 1: So it's one thing to give a kid a lot 691 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:40,759 Speaker 1: of knowledge and say this is science and this is it. 692 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,320 Speaker 1: But how do you change that to something that's fun. 693 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,239 Speaker 1: So now we're moving into a space of eventually we 694 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 1: want to get to a space of where our kids, 695 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:51,239 Speaker 1: when we start getting in the coding, maybe they can 696 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,919 Speaker 1: create a new game that you see at Top Golf. 697 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,400 Speaker 1: That is the top secret on ten nobody. It just 698 00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:00,080 Speaker 1: gave you too much information. But it is something that 699 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,360 Speaker 1: we're excited about and seeing how that grows. Because we know, 700 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:08,439 Speaker 1: outside of the life skills that we're giving our kids, 701 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,400 Speaker 1: we want to be able to give them the ability 702 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 1: to make a living for themselves. Right So being able 703 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,600 Speaker 1: to give them tools right now is young people to 704 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:20,280 Speaker 1: say you can create your own business model right now. Okay, 705 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,279 Speaker 1: you're into video games, I'm not telling you that's a 706 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: bad thing, but here's how you monetize it. Here's how 707 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: you learn that, here's how you apply all those lessons. Now, 708 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 1: go forth and do your thing. So when we think 709 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:36,880 Speaker 1: about STEM and golf and our partnership with Top Golf, 710 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 1: it just makes a lot of sense. And then on 711 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: top of it, it's a beneficial thing for Top Golf 712 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:46,040 Speaker 1: because now parents they get to sit, eat, drink, have 713 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,120 Speaker 1: a good time where the kid is learning something. It's 714 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 1: a win win for all of us. So when we 715 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:58,160 Speaker 1: think about partnerships and whatnot, that's the perfect convergence of 716 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 1: those things. And again, at the end of the day, 717 00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 1: we're still using STEM to bring it all together. 718 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,160 Speaker 2: So no, I mean, I love the act development of it. 719 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 2: I mean, again, I'm a parent, and again, both my 720 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:10,440 Speaker 2: kids are into STEM, and you know, I don't give 721 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,279 Speaker 2: them a hard time because I grew up, you know, 722 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,320 Speaker 2: playing video games and all that kind of stuff. I 723 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,200 Speaker 2: do get them out there, they play sports and everything. But 724 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,239 Speaker 2: I think, yeah, well, you can find those opportunities to 725 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,440 Speaker 2: kind of make those two things come together and let 726 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,520 Speaker 2: them be active, let them get out there and get 727 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,920 Speaker 2: some fresh air and move around and do stuff, but 728 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 2: still be able to tie in the STEM of the 729 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 2: technology element. You kind of you know, you're really getting 730 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,320 Speaker 2: a lot of bang for your bucket that whole experience. 731 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:31,520 Speaker 1: Man. 732 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:33,520 Speaker 2: So that's that's a good way to approach it. You know, 733 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,279 Speaker 2: over the next five to ten years, you know what 734 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 2: do you really hope that first tea kind of helps 735 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:39,160 Speaker 2: accomplish in the metro Atlanta area. 736 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:43,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, five to ten years. What we're really looking at 737 00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,360 Speaker 1: is being able to set our young people up now 738 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:50,520 Speaker 1: to be leaders within the community, being confident in themselves, 739 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:54,080 Speaker 1: being confident in their ability to make the tough decisions 740 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,600 Speaker 1: and formulate the world and the city the way that 741 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,879 Speaker 1: they see is best for them and how they exist. Right. 742 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:05,319 Speaker 1: So for us again, it's really how do we keep 743 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,000 Speaker 1: creating these spaces to part to our young people so 744 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 1: that in five to ten years we can say the 745 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,719 Speaker 1: Mayor of Atlanta came through our program. We can say 746 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:18,280 Speaker 1: the da and came through our program, the big business 747 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:21,359 Speaker 1: leader came through our program. We want to have an 748 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,239 Speaker 1: impact and an imprint on our young people now so 749 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: that they can have that impact on the community down 750 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,640 Speaker 1: the line. Like we often say, we want our young 751 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,200 Speaker 1: people to know that they create the world that they 752 00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:34,480 Speaker 1: want to see. It's one thing for us as adults 753 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 1: now and say this is the way the world should 754 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,520 Speaker 1: be in ten years. But if I'm being gone, it's 755 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,000 Speaker 1: in ten years, I'm gonna be a little bit older. 756 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,600 Speaker 1: It's really you know, I'm moving out the way, right, 757 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 1: So how do we give our kids the opportunity and 758 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 1: the playbook, if you will, right now to be able 759 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,920 Speaker 1: to start moving, shaking, to create the world that they 760 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 1: need for them. And that's the five to ten year vision. 761 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,800 Speaker 1: Really being able to point back can say our alumni 762 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,800 Speaker 1: played such a major part in setting up what Atlanta 763 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:06,839 Speaker 1: is in a positive way. 764 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:09,239 Speaker 2: Oh man, that's amazing. Well, look man, before we get 765 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,560 Speaker 2: out of here. Can you please let people know how 766 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,440 Speaker 2: they can get involved, how can they get more information 767 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,280 Speaker 2: about first t You know, how can you get. 768 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:16,719 Speaker 5: The kids out there? Because I'm getting my kids out there. 769 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,920 Speaker 5: Let's get it, let's get I'm looking forward to it. 770 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,319 Speaker 5: So the best point of contact is going to be 771 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:26,399 Speaker 5: our website for the First TIA Atlanta dot org. Follow 772 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:30,360 Speaker 5: us on all social media channels Instagram, x, Twitter. 773 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,880 Speaker 1: Whatever y'all want to call it these days, LinkedIn as well. 774 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:36,680 Speaker 1: One thing about us, we have a lot of information 775 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,799 Speaker 1: on the website, but there's always that contact us for 776 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 1: more information. We take pride in being able to answer 777 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:48,000 Speaker 1: the call answer questions in a unique one to one way. 778 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,319 Speaker 1: We just asked, you know, you reach out, We'll reach 779 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,279 Speaker 1: back out and keep the conversation going. 780 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,120 Speaker 2: And do y'all have any more sessions starting this year? 781 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 2: Is going to start back up in twenty twenty five. 782 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll start back up in twenty twenty five. Right now, 783 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,399 Speaker 1: we are actually in our winter programming session, so we're 784 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,960 Speaker 1: doing a few things, like so when we talk about 785 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:09,560 Speaker 1: top Golf and PGA Tour Superstars, the weather changes, we 786 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,680 Speaker 1: get to go indoors a little bit more so we're 787 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:15,440 Speaker 1: wrapping up the year there. But then come around Christmas 788 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,799 Speaker 1: sound we'll released a whole schedule for twenty twenty five 789 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:22,279 Speaker 1: and what those four sessions are, program locations, how you 790 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,480 Speaker 1: sign up all that good stuff. So we for the 791 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:29,359 Speaker 1: most part, hold your horses right now. We will have 792 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,600 Speaker 1: some ongoing clinics here and their pop ups because one 793 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,600 Speaker 1: thing about us, we recognize that while we've been around 794 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:39,279 Speaker 1: for a while, we really haven't told our story all right. 795 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,319 Speaker 1: We want more people to know who we are and 796 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 1: the great things that we're doing. So be on the 797 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 1: lookout for pop up sessions so people can kind of, 798 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:48,640 Speaker 1: you know, put the toe in the water a little bit, 799 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,319 Speaker 1: test out who we are, what we're doing, getting understanding. 800 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,800 Speaker 1: Then we'll roll out for fledge we get our programming 801 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,879 Speaker 1: usually starts into February, beginning of March, and then we're 802 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,760 Speaker 1: rolling through roll until November. 803 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,719 Speaker 2: Well heah man, look, thank you so much for pulling up. 804 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,560 Speaker 2: Thank y'all for all the amazing work y'all doing with 805 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 2: these kids in and around Atlanta, and also just first 806 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,080 Speaker 2: tea all over the world again, golf is importing, y'all. 807 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,960 Speaker 2: Get y'all kids outside them active, and you know, yo, 808 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:15,600 Speaker 2: that's the pod. 809 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:16,759 Speaker 1: We out appreciate it. 810 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,480 Speaker 2: You've been listening to button Nomics and I'm your host, 811 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,319 Speaker 2: Brandon Butler, comments feedback. 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