(Ponte Vedra Beach, FL) — THE PLAYERS Championship and the PGA TOUR raised $2.5 million for charity in 2005, money which will be distributed to more than 77 Northeast Florida charities.
The joint contributions benefit a multitude of diverse charities ranging from health and education to community youth organizations and adolescent drug treatment.
Since 1977, when THE PLAYERS Championship moved to Ponte Vedra, more than $22.5 million has been contributed to Northeast Florida charities.
THE PLAYERS Championship–PGA TOUR 2005 Charities
Health Care $292,000
Baptist Health
Brooks Health Foundation
Mayo Clinic
Shands Hospital
St. Vincent’s Foundation
Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Cultural $82,320
Focus Cummer
Friends of the Library, Ponte Vedra Beach
Jacksonville Children’s Chorus
Jacksonville Public Library Foundation
Jacksonville Symphony
Jacksonville Youth Symphony
The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach
WJCT
Education and Youth $1,436,830
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Boy Scouts of America
Boys & Girls Clubs of NE Florida
Camp Tracey
Children’s Home Society
Coaches Honor
Episcopal High School
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Flagler College Florida Community College, Jacksonville
Jacksonville University
Junior Achievement
Lee High School NJROTC
Leroy Butler Foundation
MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation
Metro Kids Konnection
Monique Burr Foundation for Children
Navy Sea Cadets
Nease High School
Otis Smith Foundation
Parks & Recreation Foundation, NE St. Johns County
PGA TOUR Junior Golf Association
Ponte Vedra Athletic Association
Project SOS
St. John’s County Schools, Ponte Vedra
Teen Challenge
The Bridge of NE Florida
The First Tee
THE PLAYERS Scholarship Fund
University of North Florida
Human Services $626,905
Alzheimer’s Association
American Cancer Society
Anastasia Baptist Church
Baker County Special Olympics
Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry
Beaches Habitat
Betty Griffin House
Builders Care
Cerebral Palsy
Child Cancer Fund
Children’s Miracle Network
City Rescue Mission
Community Hospice Foundation
Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation
Council on Aging, St. Johns County
Cystic Fibrosis
Daniel Foundation
Deliver the Dream
Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville
Dreams Come True
Empowerment Media
Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast Florida
First Coast Women’s Services
Habijax
Hearts, Hands and Hooves
Hope Haven
Hubbard House
Jacksonville Urban League
L’Arche Harbor House
Learn to Read Jacksonville
Learn to Read St. Johns County
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Lutheran Social Services Second Harvest Food Bank
March of Dimes
Metro Ministries
Mission House
Multiple Sclerosis Society
North Florida School
Sickle Cell Disease Association
St. Johns Vision
Survivors of Suicide
THE PLAYERS Championship Village
United Way
Volunteer Jacksonville
Westside Business Leaders
Winston Family YMCA
Total Allocated Charitable Contributions 2005 $2,438,055
Other Miscellaneous Charities $55,916
Future Disbursements $6,029
Total 2005 PLAYERS Championship and PGA TOUR Contributions, $2,500,000
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