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The Illinois Deaf Golf Association is coming home this weekend for its 25th anniversary tournament.
The event will take place Friday and Saturday at RedTail Golf Club in Lakewood with participants coming from Wisconsin, New Mexico, California, Washington and, of course, Illinois.
The first IDGA event was held in McHenry County. The organization estimates between 50 and 75 percent of its members are from the region, so coming back here was natural.
"A lot of deaf people live in the area, so it made it easier for us to get together," IDGA co-chair Liz Tannebaum said in an e-mail. "It was the perfect location."
For 25 years IDGA, a non-profit group, has had the mission of promoting social skills, discipline and networking among its members. Contributions to the event are going to promote golf among deaf and hard-of-hearing golfers, and golf camps for hearing-impaired children. Additional proceeds go to other non-profit groups that serve similar communities, including the Midwest Center on Law and the Deaf.
IDGA has been working tirelessly to get word out about the tournament. Wendy Adams, head of public relations for the IDGA, said a sense of community is important to the deaf because being deaf often can result in a feeling of isolation.
"The deaf community is very small," Adams said in an e-mail interview. "It is not as easy as it is in the hearing world to draw people to participate."
According to Adams, a Cornell University study revealed that 68 percent of deaf people in the United States are on welfare, 14 percent graduate from high school and 1 percent from college.
"We're including both deaf and the hearing community in this event," Tannebaum said. "We want to open the door for anybody and everybody to play together."
Registration has passed, but contributions can be made to the IDGA, P.O. Box 59856, Schaumburg, IL 60159.
Illinois Deaf Golf Association returns to roots
The Illinois Deaf Golf Association is coming home this weekend for its 25th anniversary tournament.
The event will take place Friday and Saturday at RedTail Golf Club in Lakewood with participants coming from Wisconsin, New Mexico, California, Washington and, of course, Illinois.
The first IDGA event was held in McHenry County. The organization estimates between 50 and 75 percent of its members are from the region, so coming back here was natural.
"A lot of deaf people live in the area, so it made it easier for us to get together," IDGA co-chair Liz Tannebaum said in an e-mail. "It was the perfect location."
For 25 years IDGA, a non-profit group, has had the mission of promoting social skills, discipline and networking among its members. Contributions to the event are going to promote golf among deaf and hard-of-hearing golfers, and golf camps for hearing-impaired children. Additional proceeds go to other non-profit groups that serve similar communities, including the Midwest Center on Law and the Deaf.
IDGA has been working tirelessly to get word out about the tournament. Wendy Adams, head of public relations for the IDGA, said a sense of community is important to the deaf because being deaf often can result in a feeling of isolation.
"The deaf community is very small," Adams said in an e-mail interview. "It is not as easy as it is in the hearing world to draw people to participate."
According to Adams, a Cornell University study revealed that 68 percent of deaf people in the United States are on welfare, 14 percent graduate from high school and 1 percent from college.
"We're including both deaf and the hearing community in this event," Tannebaum said. "We want to open the door for anybody and everybody to play together."
Registration has passed, but contributions can be made to the IDGA, P.O. Box 59856, Schaumburg, IL 60159.
Illinois Deaf Golf Association returns to roots