Who We Are
Our Mission
Our Vision Fore Life
To give all youth exposed to Fore Life the opportunity to realize their full potential. To assure that Fore Life youth are empowered with decision making skills and are challenged with appropriate experiences that make them less vulnerable to the perils of today’s society.
- Empower Youth
- Develop Life Skills
- Build Community Partnerships
- Raise Awareness and Support
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Years of experience
Our Strategies
- Provide interactive life altering skills and experiences, not just golf lessons for use at and away from a golf facility.
- To link youth with a caring group of adults that can relate to the issues they face daily and who are committed to helping them identify transferable life skills and values.
- Form coalitions with Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), State Attorney’s office, local law enforcement and other agencies that will benefit from Fore Life’s specialized programming.
- Be identified as not just the preferred diversion program in the juvenile judicial system, but a program that serves all youth, offenders and non-offenders.
- Provide access to Fore Life programming to help support and strengthen existing agencies and programs that already serve to foster family health and youth at risk.
- Develop strategic alliances with the public and private sectors, as well as corporations and individuals who support the vision of Fore Life, Inc.
- Form a collaboration/partnership with local school systems to integrate Fore Life programming into their curriculum, re: credit hours, community service hours, etc.
- Utilize various professionals that also play golf to translate the life skills they used to achieve success in their respective careers and their lives. Individuals that share the Fore Life vision and are desirous of making a difference in the lives of youth.
- Raise national awareness of the vision of Fore Life, Inc. and the benefits that it can offer today’s youth.
- Provide a web page which disseminates information to communities in need of Fore Life, Inc. programming.
- Utilize a database for participants and social service researchers to track progress and report outcome to create statistical data to analyze the effectiveness of Fore Life, Inc.
Encourage
Challenge
Empower
Board of Directors
V. Lynn Whitfield
President
Karen Morgan Matterson
Vice President
Vice President Human Resources, Global Payments, Inc., US Organization
Tressilind Mozie
Treasurer
Accounts Manager, Aetna
Ms. Alison Brooks
Secretary
ESE Specialist
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Office of Equity & Academic Attainment Broward Schools
Ms. Paula Pearson-Tucker
Founder & CEO/Executive Director
LPGA Teaching & Club Professional
Paula Shaw, Ph. D.
Chairman
Retired
Advisory Board
V. Lynn Whitfield
Attorney
Mr. Kenneth McCraney
Director of Team Services, Miami Heat
Mr. Reggie Givens
Owner, Blitz Fitness, NFL Alumni
Testimonial
How Fore Life, Inc. Has Changed Lives
Hear from our members how Fore Life, Inc. has positively impacted their lives, enriching both their golf skills and personal growth. Discover the personal stories and successes of those who have benefited from our program.