"Helloooo!" It's that time again What time, you ask? It's tiime to start thinking about golf, playing golf, GROWing the game of golf!

In this issue of Women on the GROW (WOG), we spotlight the GROW Golf Committee, the ladies who make the tournament possible each year: Kalthy Buggs, Sylvia Houston-Little, Anita Pearson, LaTasha Thomas, & Donna Wallace. Please also meet and welcome our GROW Communications Intern Shermain Nettles. Shermaine interviews the GROW women and writes articles in prepration for their feature in WOG.

This year should be another phenomenal year! We're planning skills clinics, Lunch & Learns, collegiate lessons, and support of various golf tournaments. The 4th Annual GROW Co-Ed Golf Scramble is underway and Save-the-Date information will be available soon. In the meantime, please send an email to info@growtoday.org if you're interested in joining the committee.
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Seed You Soon™

Tracy Pointer

Kathy Buggs Kathy works for Congressman Jim Cooper; she has been working with GROW since its conception and has enjoyed every moment since. She has a passion for working with school aged children and college students; she works with them to help cultivate their success. She is able to serve her community through her profession, which gives her great joy. Kathy and her husband are both active golf players, so when Kathy met Tracy and heard about the opportunities available, she jumped right on it. Kathy is grateful for the opportunity to mingle with ladies that also want to get involved in their communities and have a mutual interest in the game of golf. Every year that enrollment is increased; Kathy has become more excited about moving forward and growing with GROW.

Donna Wallace is a native of Mississippi; the sport of basketball brought her to Tennessee. When she learned about GROW she was excited to network and connect with professionals like herself through the game of golf. She was playing golf for three years when she heard of GROW, and since then she has been able to cultivate her technique in the sport and through the support of the organization. The perfection of her golf skills has been sharpened through time on the course; Donna believes that consistent practice on her golf game allows her to be competitive in tournaments. She appreciates the camaraderie that the women of GROW bring to the organization. Learning, growing, and establishing new friendships with these women have played an integral role on and off the golf course. Donna currently works with Delta Airlines and sells promotion marketing products. She loves to travel and continues to play basketball. Donna would like to personally applaud Tracy for her dedication to GROW and for continuing to be a visionary within the sport of golf.

Alabama is the hometown of LaTasha Thomas. Latasha currently serves as an attorney with the Department of Labor. She protects America’s workforce by dealing with employment violations regarding coal mine safety. She enjoys visiting historic court houses and golfing. The sport of golf has been a part of Latasha’s family for some time; her uncle hasbeen honored in the golf hall of fame at Alabama A&M University. In her family, you either learned how to fish, or you learned how to golf: Latasha learned both. In 2008, Latasha discovered GROW through a friend that works at The Business Journal; after receiving Tracy’s information, she became a member of GROW. Since 2008, the membership has increased and opportunities for golf lessons and member involvement have evolved. Latasha explained that Tracy’s dedication to GROW Girls has been phenomenal, and so has the years she has been a member of the GROW organization. Through GROW, Latasha has taken her golf game from nonexistent and has been able to improve it greatly.