Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Local Charity Teaches Golf to the Physically and Developmentally Challenged


To most of us, lush fairways and manicured greens are the playground of the affluent and the retired. But for the instructors and students of the Northeast Accessible Golf Association, these plush surroundings are a sanctuary where physical and emotional rehabilitation can occur without the glare of iridescent lighting and the squeak of linoleum floors.


Some years ago, we instituted our Chanukah family picnic at the park, where we play baseball and bring portable stoves to make our latkes outside. Aunt Dorothy made a gigantic silver and blue star, under which we placed all the presents. My favorite picture of our daughters - Julie and Felicia - was taken under this star.She would set each of us up with our own clunky graters, give us a potato, and in her trademark Latvian/ Lithuanian/untouched by the King's English accent - ask, "So, vel, isn't it the same thing?" To Granny, love and latkes were synonymous. Celia has inherited Granny's role - she's even got her speech down pat.Video-Link Available: http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/frame_mw?attachid=16412693 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and quartered"Golf has rejuvenating qualities," explains founder and Wellesley resident Fred Corcoran, "It creates an opportunity for individuals to regain their independence, foster camaraderie, and enjoy the outdoors."My mother, Celia, my Aunt Dorothy, my two brothers and cousins of all ages, would crowd into her cozy kitchen to watch the joyous Chanukah ritual and glean her annual instruction. Granny (or, as we called her, Bubbe), being the matriarch of our family, was a selfappointed teacher, and doled out her common sense, Yiddish philosophy - about latkes - and about life.

Contact: Dean Bragonier Tel: 508.939.1900 Email: Email Contact Web: www.neaccessiblegolf.org




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