$160,000 Raised at AT&T Champions for Child Safety Golf Tournament

World-renowned golf players and local teams recently came together to raise more than $160,000 at the 19th Annual Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc. Pro Am Golf Tournament. This year’s event marks the launch of the newly-named tournament. Formerly known as the Jinglebells Pro Am, the event was presented by AT&T and is known as the Monique Burr Foundation for Children Champions for Child Safety Pro Am. Held at the Palencia Club, the premier charity golf tournament featured golf pros alongside Northeast Florida golfers.

“This signature event is very important to the Monique Burr Foundation and we are grateful for the overwhelming response and support,” said Executive Director Lynn Layton. “Golfers, sponsors, participants and volunteers all came together to make this tournament a success. Their dedication to promote MBF Child Safety Matters™, an educational program designed to prevent bullying and child abuse throughout Florida, is meaningful.”

Since the Golf Tournament began, it has raised more than $3 million for the Monique Burr Foundation for Children. This year’s sponsors included: Acosta; Action News CBS 47/ FOX 30; Ahead; John and Anne Baker; Baptist Health; Bank of America; Barraco & Associates; BestBet Jax; Brennan, Manna & Diamond; Brumos Automotive Group; William Calfee; Callaway Golf; Champion Brands; Cheney Brothers; Christ Episcopal Church; Clearview Land Design, P.L.; Robert M. and Ann H. Clements; Clockwork Marketing; Club Car; Coastal Engineering; David Plummer & Associates; Denny Doyle, State Farm Agency; Drummond Press; Episcopal School of Jacksonville; England-Thims & Miller, Inc.; Esenbaugh Land Company; Feldman & Mahoney, P.A.; The Fiorentino Group; FMSbonds, Inc.; Genesis Group; GHG Insurance; Glenn Layton Homes; Gravina, Smith, Matte & Arnold; GreenPointe Homes; Hannah A. Holifield, Boutique 3:16; Hampton Golf; Harden; Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.; Hopping Green & Sams; Hugo’s Fine Furniture & Interiors; Jacobsen, a Textron Company; Jax Chamber; Lee Printing; Lennar Homes; The Lighthouse Group at Morgan Stanley; Montoya & Associates; Paulson & Co.; Pepsi; PGA Tour; Region’s Bank; Reynolds Smith & Hills; Connie Robbins; Roy’s Restaurant; Sierra Grille; Signs By Tomorrow; Southern Wine & Spirits; SunTrust; St. Vincent’s HealthCare; Town & Country Insurance, Inc.; Underwood’s Jewelers; University of North Florida; Vallencourt Construction; The Vestcor Companies; Vulcan Materials; Waste Management; Winston Family Foundation; and Yellow Dawg Striping.

 

What They're Saying...

The MBF Teen Safety Matters curriculum hosts an in-depth approach to important social and safety concerns relevant to youth. The program content is age-appropriate with engaging activities, jargon, and realistic situations to positively promote a relatable and impacting learning experience…Teen Safety Matters is an educational benefit to all parties involved – students, parents, facilitators, and schools.

There’s not a child in the world who can’t benefit from this program. There are so many instances where we see children who have been damaged and hurt. Things happened to them and we think, if they’d only had this program, if they’d only had the benefit of this education, that might not have happened to them. If we can prevent that from happening to a single child, then it’s worth all the effort we have put forth

The MBF Child Safety Matters program is impressive. This important information is well formulated and well presented, developmentally appropriate, and based on good understanding of literature.

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