On behalf of Carolina Youth Development Center (CYDC),
I invite you to help make a difference in the life of a child.

As you may know, our annual golf event (formerly associated with the Arby’s Charity Tour but now known as the Big Brothers Big Sisters Golf Tournament) benefits our Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) program of Carolina Youth Development Center. This year’s event is our first-time “grass roots” effort to begin to build our own tournament.  Scheduled for Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at the exclusive Daniel Island Golf Club, it will be a fun day of golf, which includes box lunches on the carts, a contest or two on the course, mulligans for sale, and a short but lively reception, held immediately following the tournament.  This initial event is actually a low-cost, no-frills tournament designed to set the stage for a large, elegant affair next year, and we hope you will join us as “founding members” of what will become a new tradition for BBBS of Carolina Youth Development Center!

BBBS serves more than 300 tri-county children each year, ages 6-16, by offering them the support of a positive relationship with a mentor (a Big Brother or Sister). Through this relationship, a child has the opportunity to share new experiences with an adult role model while developing and strengthening his or her capacity to become a competent and caring adult. Young people who participate in BBBS are less likely to be arrested or to use drugs, they stay in school longer and earn better grades, and they get along better at home and with their peers.  The benefits of this nationally acclaimed program are greatly needed in our local community!

We hope you will join us for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Golf Tournament. The enclosed materials provide other details about the event. If you have any questions, please call Betsy Sutherland at 266-5218 or e-mail bsutherland@cydc.org. Thank you for helping us to make this a new successful event for the children of the tri-county!

Register to play in the BBBS Golf Tournament

Thank you for your support, we look forward to seeing you there!