RR Donnelley to raise $300,000 through Scoring For schools
RR Donnelley successfully staged the second RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup in cooperation with the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) Tour, however, a factor that made the event special was the introduction of “Scoring For Schools”.
RR Donnelley designed “Scoring For Schools” — a charity programme that will raise $300,000. The donations collected will be used for schools via DonorsChoose.org.
DonorsChoose.org is working in close cooperation with RR Donnelley and the LPGA Tour in a bid to help promote education as well as golf.
According to the details, the charitable programme will be run throughout the season and will be catering to a variety of schools.
RR Donnelley officials said that the programme is based on points system. They said that the programme will be awarding points to players throughout the season.
Players will typically get 5 points on every birdie they make, whereas, one eagle will help them secure 25 points.
At the end of the season, the programme will pick the top-10 players for directing donations to different schools. Officials said that in addition to schools, players will be allowed to single out programmes of their own choice for directing donations.
RR Donnelley President and CEO, Thomas J. Quinlan III said that he is quite happy about the partnership with the LPGA Tour and DonorsChoose.org, as they are providing the much-needed support to schools.
“We are delighted to collaborate with the LPGA and DonorsChoose.org in the Scoring For Schools programme”.
Thomas said that since education plays a pivotal role in society, RR Donnelley is proud to take part in the drive to promote education.
He added that LPGA’s role is very important in all this, as it has been involved in a variety of such charitable programmes.
“This is a wonderful way to continue our tradition of supporting education and literacy. Throughout the season, some of the most exciting moments on the LPGA Tour will also make an important and lasting difference in classrooms,” Thomas shared.
“Scoring For Schools will be especially effective because it directly answers teachers’ requests for the materials that they need most”.
RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup is one of the LPGA events. The tournament was first launched in the 2011 season.
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