"Links to Labs" - First Green Program Gets Started at Vancouver Golf Club
by Jerry Rousseau
While speaking at the Pacific Northwest Golf Alliance Summit in Seattle in early March, Trevor Smith, Western Canada Turfgrass Association (WCTA) President, Stan Kazymerchyk, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Turf Management instructor and I were approached by Karen Armstead, Executive Director of the First Green Foundation, an organization that had developed a program where school aged children are taught science, math and environmental stewardship using golf courses as the classroom and golf course superintendents as the teachers.
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In August of 2013, Directors of the Boards of both the Western Canada Turfgrass Association and the British Columbia Golf Superintendents Association met, along with staff, to explore opportunities for synergies between the two organizations, to identify gaps and overlaps in activities, to discuss potential operational efficiencies ranging from shared responsibilities to joint programs to association amalgamation.