Our 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, November 14, 2014, at Regatta Bay Golf and Country Club. Proceeds will benefit The Taylor Haugen Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides grants, education and funding to athletic teams, schools and districts through its YESS (Youth Equipment for Sports Safety) Program. The Foundation also recognizes and supports outstanding scholar-athletes with scholarships and awards.
“It is a matter of honoring Taylor and kind of continuing his legacy. We wanted to do something that would have a lasting impression to make a difference and protect children and parents from having to go through what we’ve had to go through,” Kathy Haugen said.
The Taylor Haugen Foundation was created in 2011 by Brian and Kathy Haugen to honor the memory of their 15-year-old son and Niceville High School student who passed away after an injury sustained during a football game on August 30, 2008.
The Taylor Haugen Scholarship: The $1,500 scholarships are offered in the memory of Taylor Reid Haugen, Class of 2011. Taylor was a member of the Niceville Eagles Football and Wrestling Teams as well as being an Honor Student at Niceville High School. He was comfortably expressive about his faith in God and showed it through his commitment to volunteer work in his church and community. This scholarship is awarded to an area athlete who best demonstrates a similar balance between academics, athleticism, leadership, community service and Christian faith. The Foundation hopes to recognize those well- rounded individuals who demonstrate the perseverance to improve themselves in all aspects of their life while enjoying God’s gifts to the fullest.
(2014 Scholarship Recipients: Kerri Andre, Charles Foy, Alayna Nixon)
The YESS Program: The primary goal of the Youth Equipment for Sports Safety Program (YESS) is to reduce the number of sports-related injuries in middle and high school athletes. The YESS Program provides awareness of and equips youth contact sports teams with the same technologically advanced safety equipment worn by professional and collegiate athletes. Working directly with school administrators, the THF Board of Directors actively participates in a variety of meetings and activities to present the benefits of wearing sports safety equipment. Through collaboration with vendors, the YESS program provides interested middle and high school athletic teams with grants to purchase “state of the art” safety equipment.
If you are interested in teeing it up for The Taylor Haugen foundation sign up in person at Blue Marlin Realty Group office on Holiday Isle, at Regatta Bay Golf and Country Club or call us at(850) 837-7800 for more information.
