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First Tee – Coachella Valley Magazine
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Spring 2022
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Pair of aces! FTCV announces Jim Kane Scholarship winners
T
wo exemplary members of
the First Tee – Coachella
Valley recently received a
nice boost toward their educations.
Braden Bernaldo and Maleyna
Gregorio were selected to be
awarded the Jim Kane Scholarship
in March, named in honor of the or-
ganization's long-standing board
member who passed away in 2019.
The scholarships are $2,000 each.
Gregorio, who recently signed a
letter of intent to play golf at UC Riv-
erside, has been a member of FTCV
since she was 4 years old. Bernaldo,
who will enter his senior year in
high school in 2022, has been a
member of the organization for 12
years, and is planning to attend
Morningside University in Iowa.
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Bright idea
Hailey Hays helps raise nearly
$16,000 at Shots in the Night event
E
agle-level participant Hailey Hays put together
a fundraiser for the First Tee – Coachella Valley
that utilized Indian Wells Golf Resort's night-
time entertainment venue Shots in the Night – and
the results from the March 30 event were lights out.
Hays, who organized the fundraiser after attending
a First Tee leadership conference and as part of an ef-
fort to obtain a scholarship, helped raise nearly $16,000
for the organization, a feat that will help bring a First
Tee program to the physical education classes at Palm
Desert Middle School.
"As a golfer on the Palm Desert High School girls
golf team, it has always been a goal and passion of
mine to get more girls into the game," Hays said. "My
hope is that by implementing this First Tee program
into Palm Desert Middle School we can introduce new
people – boys and girls – to a sport that has had a
profound impact on my life."
Hays said Shots in the Night, which features a glow
golf range and laser putting games, served as a won-
derful venue for the event as it also gave people who
had never played the game a chance to do so.
"We also had the opportunity to showcase First Tee
golf equipment along with a few games and activities
that will soon be implemented into the middle school's
program," Hays said. "This was a great way to intro-
duce various aspects of the First Tee curriculum."
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Executive Director Teal Guion, Braden
Bernaldo and Maleyna Gregorio.
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