NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEKMAM PARK GOLF COURSE

2146 BALL ROADNOV 3-NOV 5

Vince Alfonso Jr. PGAGolf Director

TEAM UP!3 day event

9:00 a.m.-9:45 – Registration and networking, teaming up*Coffee, juice

10:00-11:45 Shotgun start for Golf, Foot Golf or Disc Golf …. 9 holes

Participants will be business leaders, local government officials, apprenticeship program leaders, and non-profits organizations. Match game begins, to team up a non-apprenticeship sponsor with a current apprenticeship sponsors (with more than 2 apprentices) for one hour and 45 minutes

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Each player turns in their score card with their name, street address, city, state and zip as entry in player’s prize drawing. Pick up box lunch.

(Drawing for prizes will be held at 2 PM Thursday afternoon Nov. 5th)

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – PowerPoint presentations on the benefits of apprenticeship, grants available, state benefits available. Followed by a QA session

Tues – Thursday activities

Nestled in the heart of urban Memphis are 48 acres of green, grassy slopes where outdoor enthusiasts of all ages are welcome. The MAM Park outdoor activity center offers our community and its people a place to experience healthy outdoor recreational activities free of charge. Our ultimate goal is have a godly community influence in urban Memphis.

Prior to MAM, these 48 acres were part of the 350 acre Memphis Defense Depot, a former U.S. Army supply depot. In the early 1990’s the U.S. Army closed the depot and gave it to the City of Memphis. The Depot Authority was formed to manage the entire 350 acres. The Depot Authority chose not to resurrect the abandoned Army golf course. When MAM opened its flagship location, the Memphis Grizzlies Center, across from the old golf course, MAM management inquired about the land and was able to lease it from the Depot Authority. In 2003, nine years after falling into ruins, the land became a 9-hole golf course once again to be use not only in MAM’s ministry to urban youth across Memphis but accessible to all Memphis residents.

Recent renovations in 2015 have created more ways to enjoy this beautiful property located off Airways Blvd. in South Memphis. The MAM Park outdoor activity center now includes an 18-hole championship disc golf course, a 9-hole beginner’s disc and foot golf course and an accredited 9-hole foot golf course. The original course includes a 9-hole golf course, 9-hole chip and putt course, and a 9-hole S.N.A.G. (Starting New at Golf) course.

In addition to offering the general public access to the games listed above, our outdoor activity center gives us another way to involve more under-resourced youth in MAM programming. Disc golf and foot golf do not require specialized training to play. Only a disc or a soccer ball is needed. These new courses, together with the SNAG golf course, allow many boys and girls to be exposed to two newly popular sports in a safe, secure environment. And for MAM, it is an avenue to build deeper mentoring relationships.

We invite groups and individuals of all ages to enjoy the course. It is open Monday – Saturday from 9:00 am until dark. Multiple groups can be at MAM Park simultaneously playing the different games. Individuals do not have to schedule a time to play. Come and bring your friends!

If you are a disc golf enthusiast, you will be glad to know that the Memphis Area Disc Golf assisted in planning and designing the championship disc golf course and the beginner course. And the foot golf course follows the guidelines of the U.S. Foot Golf Association.

There are several hotels in the area, example, Marriot Courtyard, Sheraton Airport, and others, all only 10 minutes from golf course.

If you would like more information, please contact Cedric Divine, divine.cedric@dol.govOr Vince at the information above.

The weather forecast for the event is no rain, high 68 degrees, and low 45 degrees for all three days