For the third year in a row, a San Diego charity has been selected as a PGA Tour charity of the year finalist. Promises2Kids, a local organization that provides life-changing services to foster youth, was nominated by the PGA Tour’s local host organization, the Century Club of San Diego. As a finalist, Promises2Kids will receive a $5,000 donation from the PGA Tour.
Each PGA Tour administrative host organization throughout the country had the opportunity to nominate a charity as well as vote for finalists from among the 34 submissions. The PGA Tour reviewed all finalists and selected Promises2Kids, a beneficiary of the Farmers Insurance Open, as the 2016 award recipient.
“We are thrilled to have been selected as a finalist among the many impactful charities who are served by PGA Tour events throughout the country,” said Tonya Torosian, Promises2Kids CEO. “This funding will help up to five foster youth attend Camp Connect, a unique Promises2Kids program that reunites siblings who have been separated by the foster care system.”
Since 1981, Promises2Kids has annually provided over 3,300 current and former foster youth in San Diego County with the tools, opportunities, and guidance they need to address the circumstances that brought them into foster care, overcome the difficulties of their past, and grow into healthy, happy and successful adults.
Promises2Kids has been a primary beneficiary of the Century Club for the last 3 years as a participant in the Champions for Youth, the primary charitable program of the Farmers Insurance Open, which aims to use the annual PGA Tour event as a platform for economic and charitable good in the community.
“We could not be more proud to once again have one of the Champions for Youth charities selected as a PGA Tour Charity of the Year finalist,” Century Club Chairman and Board President Brian O’Callaghan said. “We understand not only how significant the funding from this award can be, but how critical the increase of awareness about the issues foster youth are facing every day is, and how we can each be a part of making a brighter future for them and subsequently, for our community. We are grateful to have the opportunity to nominate and spotlight charities like Promises2Kids that are doing truly incredible work.”
Promises2Kids is currently raising funds through the Farmers Insurance Open’s Champions for Youth program. To donate or to learn more about the program, visit www.farmersinsuranceopen.com/champions-for-youth/.
