Kids Helping Kids - The Kyle Lograsso Challenge

Track and rank your child's golf game.

The Kyle Lograsso Golf-a-thon Challenge uses the GolfChamp Databank which also tracks your child's golf performances, on several organized junior golf tours (e.g., U.S. Kids Golf Tour, The First Tour and The Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour) for each hole played. GolfChamp provides tools to track their performance on tee shots, approach shots, and putting. This service can show your child's progress and areas for improvement for either each round or from year to year. A great benefit for those children looking for scholarships or a leg up on improving their games.

The GolfChamp golf databank service answers such questions as:

1. How does your child’s game compare to others of similar age and golf ability?
2. How is your child performing on Par 3’s, 4’s, 5’s?
3. Should your child focus on improving putting, approaches, or tee shots?
4. What are his/her strengths?   Areas to Improve? ... and a whole lot more !!

All tracking, calculations and ranking of individual and team golf performances and pledges is done by the GolfChamp Databank - a private golfer's databank with a yearly membership fee. The membership for juniors this year is $15 which is only 37% of the normal $40 yearly membership fee.!

To allow all kids to enjoy friendly competition, GolfChamp has divided the world into 23 competitive regions based on each kid's postal code or country of residence. Eleven (11) of these regions are in North America and with Kyle's dad being a proud marine, we have created a separate region for the US Armed Forces. Each kid will be playing for his/her Region, Country, County and Age group. Each player will be able to see how he/she ranks in his/her age group, gender and region as compared to others of similar Golf Ability Range (GAR)

Prizes/Awards That Participants Can Win

• GolfChamp calculates a Golf Ability Range (GAR) for each kid. Invitees in each GAR are:
• GARs-Low 70s: Top 3 males and top 3 females based on age and total of best 4 points scores
• GARs-High 70s: Top 3 males and top 3 females based on age and total of best 4 points scores
• GARs-Low 80s: Top 3 males and top 3 females based on age and total of best 4 points scores
• GARs-High 80s: Top 3 males and top 3 females based on age and total of best 4 points scores
• GARs-90s: Top 3 males and top 3 females based on age and total of best 4 points scores
• GARs-Over 100: Top 3 males and top 3 females based on age and total of best 4 points scores

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Benefiting Charities and Partner Organizations

The Lograsso Family could not be more thrilled about this "kids helping kid's" concept! We feel now that Kyle has overcome his battle with cancer and we must do all we can to give back to the organizations that saved his life! It is because of the research conducted at the Eye Tumor Research Foundation and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that Kyle's life was spared. Our family also spent some time at the Ronald McDonald house in Philadelphia and that is an amazing place! Thank you so much for joining in our fight to reach the Lograsso Family goal of one day finding a cure. That day may not even be in our lifetime but we feel it is important to take advantage of opportunities in our lifetime that better the lives of others.

The Eye Tumor Research Foundation

The Eye Tumor Research Foundation is a foundation devoted to research in eye cancers and eye tumors in an effort to win the struggle for life and sight. The ultimate goal of the Foundation is to improve patient care by improving methods of diagnosis and treatment of affected patients. The contributions made to the foundation are specifically for one purpose - to provide support for research in the investigation of eye cancers and eye tumors. This organization is based out of the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia where Kyle has been treated from day one.

Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia

Kyle was treated by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and we believe it is so important to do all we can to prevent another child from going through what Kyle did. The Children's Foundation will benefit through this fund and aids in all pediactric oncology research.

Ronald McDonald House Charities

The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities, Inc. (RMHC®) is to create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and well being of children. RMHC fulfills its mission by creating innovative, effective programs that address targeted needs, and by supporting these programs and other activities conducted by its local Chapters worldwide. RMHC also awards grants to other nonprofit children’s organizations that positively impact the health and well being of children around the world.

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Contact Information

Contact Information

For questions throughout the year, contact ParsforCharity Info.

Email: peryerdj@parsforcharity.org
Fax: 610-539-5105

To add/captain a new team - Email: Add New Team

To add a new Partner/Organization - Email: Add New Partner

For registration issues - Email: Sign-Up/Join Issues?

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FAQ's

Details and FAQ regarding the 2008 Kyle Lograsso Golf-a-thon Challenge

Q: How do I raise money for my selected charities?
You earn points for each par-or-better hole that you score. You solicit pledges from peers, friends, family, etc for each point you earn. Based on Gross Scores for each hole played, points are:
•  Double Eagle = 16pts
•  Eagle = 8pts
•  Birdie = 4pt
•  Par = 2 pt
•  Net Par = 1pt

Q: Can I also pledge money per point and have friends and family sponsor me?
A: Yes! It is a golf-a-thon. It is an opportunity to celebrate all your pars-or-better scores and make them count towards something meaningful. We therefore encourage you to additionally pledge for yourself and solicit as many pledges as you can from friends, family and peers.

Q: What charity will my personal donations go to?
A: Your choice from a list of several charities. At registration, you select and notify us of your zip/postal code. At the end of the golf-a-thon, the ParsforCharity databank will notify you of how much you owe as well as switch you to Kyle Lograsso Website where you will be further instruction on how to proceed with your payments. You will be mailed a receipt for tax purposes. SAP employees should also note that WE are also diligently soliciting pledges from several corporate sponsors

Q: Is this a traditional, one day golf tournament?
A: No, the Kyle Lograsso Golf-a-thon Challenge runs from January 1st – December 31st. Every round you play, regardless of where played in any recognized organized event count.

Q: Who is eligible to play?
A: All kids who will be between 4 to 18 years old on December 31, 2008!

Q: What is the competitive team structure?
A: Region, county, Teams. The world has been divided into 23 regions - 11 of which are in USA. At registration, the databank will ask for your country, zip/state code (if applicable) and use this to attach you to a region. You will also be grouped into teams of 24 players each based on your age and county or country of residence

Q: Do I need a handicap?
A: No, players do not need to have an established handicap, everyone is welcome to join. The Pars for Charity database will calculate for you a Golf Ability Rating (GAR) based upon the scorecards you turn in. A GAR is very similar to that of the USGA Official Handicap.

Q: Do I need to have a team selected before I can play?
A: No, if you are not recruited by a specific team in your region, you will be assigned to a team in your region.

Q: What does the $40 registration fee cover?
A: Membership To Golfchamp Databank The $10 Fee will cover all administrative costs associated with Kyle Lograsso Golf-a-thon Challenge. It will also provide you additional access to Pars for Charity for 1 year - Jan 1 - Dec 31 to enable you to track all your cards and playing statistics.

•  You will be provided with a golfname and password for the GolfChamp databank upon receipt of your payment. To view and maintain your individual scores and data profile, access the Personal Databank . Upon entering, click on the "Members"  logo located on both the top and side menu bar and enter your golfname and password. Then, select any menu-item from your personalized menu bar.

Q: How are team members ranked?
A: This is done automatically by The GolfChamp Databank once you have entered at least 5 scores. It is based on your age, gender, calculated golf ability range and the total points earned from the best 4 points scores entered for each player.

1. Once you have entered 5 scores, GolfChamp uses your best 4 over par scores to calculate a current Golf Ability Rating and Range (GAR).
2. This slots you in the proper GAR category (e.g., Low 70s). It also uses this calculated value to award you with net-par points where you earned one
3. It selects and totals your best 4 points scores
4. This total points score is used to rank all players against each other based on age, gender and GAR

Q: How are teams ranked?
A:  Teams are ranked against each other based on the average overQuota scores of their top 12 ranked players..

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Past Annual Golf-a-Thon Results

Over the past 5 years more than 163,000 holes of golf have been played by Greater Delaware Valley golfers with charitable contributions in excess of $112,000!

2007: Parents of kids, 4-12 years old, playing on the 2007 U.S. Kids Philadelphia North and South Golf tour donated over $2,000 to the Eye Tumor Research Foundation. One kid who was having a very bad golf day finally made a birdie on his last hole of play. He instantly loooked at his grand-dad who was caddying for him, issued a fist-pump, and said. "See Pop-Pop - That is $4 for Kyle and tomorrow, I am going to make it $8". His Grand-dad replied instantly - "You do that and I will make it $16. I am also sure that your Grand-ma will want to add something to the pot"

2007: For the fourth year in a row, SAP Americas provided its employees, clients and partners with an opportunity to celebrate and enjoy competitive fun and team camaraderie while generating $15,000 in charitable revenue for the American Red Cross and over $10,000 to The First Tee based on the pars-or-better golf holes played by SAP NA employees, partners and clients. A team from Global Marketing - "The Atlanta Prime Time South" based in Atlanta, Georgia won the fund raising title by raising over $4,000.

2006: SAP Americas celebrated it's third year of internal competitive fun and team camaraderie by generating $19,000 in charitable revenue for the American Red Cross based on the good golf holes played by SAP NA employees. With the Ernie's Castaways from New York stealing the fund raising title away from the Dallas Drivers.

2005: We surpassed our $10K objective and finished with 103.5% of goal. We also had repeat team champions. Taylor-made golf team won the annual SAP Golf Challenge and Dallas Drivers won the year end Championship.

2004: The total charity funds in this phenomenal first year of this event totaled $8,500. And the Dallas Drivers started showing SAP what they had by placing first!

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