Partner SPOTLIGHT: All Golf Services

All Golf Services (AGS) is a golf course marketing and promotions company that is a national sponsor/partner with Tee It Up for the Troops and has a strong passion for helping our service members, veterans and military families.

Just this month, AGS donated $48,210 raised during their 2019-20 golf season to Tee It Up for the Troops! Despite all the interruptions caused by the pandemic, AGS only just missed its highest annual total EVER and was still able to make this amazing donation. Thank you AGS for your unwavering support of our military veterans!

AGS’s management team has extensive golf operations, sales and marketing experience and a heart for America’s military. Jonathan Mostyn, co-founder of AGS, created the unique results-driven business model that drives the success behind AGS. Fellow co-founder Steve Phillips is a member of the Professional Golf Association and the all-things-golf expert for AGS. In addition to his extensive business experience in golf, Steve also serves as a commissioned officer in the US Navy Reserve. We at Tee it Up for the Troops thank him for his service and for AGS’s extremely generous support!

Tim Wegscheid, Tee It Up for the Troops President and Jonathan Mostyn, All Golf Services CEO

Since 2010, AGS has donated over $286,000 to non-profits that support veterans. Their contributions and commitment to Tee It Up for the Troops have helped us to accomplish great work, like reuniting combat veterans through our unique REUNION Program. The REUNION Program reunites old friends from the service for four days of golf and other activities at the Reunion Resort in Kissimmee, Florida. The trip is almost entirely expense-free thanks to the support from our partners like AGS.

If your organization might be interested in partnering with Tee It Up for the Troops, get in touch! There are plenty of other ways to get involved, too, whether finding an event near you to join or starting one yourself.

Once again, THANK YOU to All Golf Services for their support of our troops, and we look forward to a successful year of golf in 2021!

A Smile Can Make All the Difference for America’s Veterans – Shop AmazonSmile for Tee It Up for the Troops

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, since 2009, Americans have increased their online spending by 100 billion dollars.

According to a 2018 NPR/Marist poll, 69% of Americans shopped online during the year, and 43% regularly shop online.

That is a lot of money spent on shopping, and with the advent of Covid-19, the percentage of people regularly shopping online has dramatically increased.

What does online shopping and AmazonSmile have to do with Tee It Up for The Troops?  Four words: Fast, Easy, Life-Changing Donations.

Shop AmazonSmile to Raise Money for Tee It Up for the Troops at No Cost to You!

Amazon through its AmazonSmile initiative is donating 0.5% of all eligible purchases to the charity of your choice when you shop. That means it’s possible to send real donations to Tee It Up for the Troops at absolutely NO cost to you—just shopping at smile.amazon.com does the trick!

Designate Tee It Up for the Troops as your charity, and Amazon will send donations to benefit the organization every time you shop—every little bit counts!

Giving to Tee It Up for the Troops has never been easier. Let’s get started!

There are a couple of different ways you can sign up for the AmazonSmile program.

Join AmazonSmile at smile.amazon.com. You can sign up to the AmazonSmile program at smile.amazon.com on your computer, tablet, or phone. There you’ll select the Get Started button and sign into your Amazon account. After you sign in, there will be a list of charities to choose from. Search for Tee It Up for the Troops in the search bar and select us! Once you’ve selected Tee It Up for the Troops, then you’re set up!

Here’s the all-important final step: make sure you shop at smile.amazon.com rather than plain amazon.com. Using the “smile.amazon.com” address will ensure that Amazon contributes part of the purchase price to Tee It Up for the Troops!

Get the app. Download or update to the latest version of the Amazon Shopping app on your phone. You can find the app in the App Store for your iPhone or Google Play for Android. Log in to your Amazon account on the app. Once you’re logged in, navigate to the Settings menu ( where you can also see buttons for Account and Your Orders). Below Settings, you’ll find an AmazonSmile button. Click the AmazonSmile button, and then proceed through the instructions provided, and you’ll be set!

You can begin to make a difference in our veterans’ lives with a smile and a click, here and now, today.

Please give to Tee It Up for the Troops through AmazonSmile. You can start today!

Tee It Up for the Troops Named 2020 Top-Rated Nonprofit by GreatNonprofits

Award Based on Outstanding Online Reviews

Tee It Up for the Troops, with their national headquarters in Burnsville, Minn., announced today it has been named a “2020 Top-Rated Nonprofit” by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews of charities and nonprofits.

Tee It Up for the Troops provides critically needed services to combat veterans and their families and has hosted nearly 550 fundraising events in over 40 states over the last 16 years, allowing the non-profit organization to donate over $11 million to partnering veteran service organizations.

“We are very proud to be recognized by GreatNonprofits as a Top-Rated Nonprofit based on user reviews by our veterans, military family members, sponsors, donors, volunteers, and supporters,” says Tim Wegscheid, President & Executive Director for Tee It Up for the Troops. “Thank you to our supporters and everyone who shared your Tee It Up for the Troops experience. We are honored by this achievement and dedicated to supporting all those who serve(d) in the Armed Forces of our great nation with your help!”

The Top-Rated Nonprofit award was based on the large number of positive reviews that Tee It Up for the Troops received – reviews written by volunteers, donors, and military veterans and family member aid recipients. People posted about their personal experiences with the nonprofit.

For example, one combat veteran wrote, “Tee It Up for the Troops is a great organization. I wish I would’ve found them sooner as golf has played a significant role in my overall mental stability since coming home and transitioning into civilian life.” Another supporter wrote, “An essential organization that works hard to help Veterans of America’s Armed Forces and their families to heal, transition, grow and thrive…they believe in their mission, they achieve their goals and they help veterans in need succeed in life.”

“Savvy donors want to see the impact of their donations more than ever,” said Perla Ni, CEO of GreatNonprofits. “Tee It Up for the Troop’s award is well-deserved recognition not only of their work but the tremendous support they receive, as shown by the many outstanding reviews they have received from people who have direct experience working with them.”

GreatNonprofits is the leading website where people share stories about their personal experiences on more than 1.6 million charities and nonprofits. The GreatNonprofits Top-Rated Awards are the only awards for nonprofits determined by those who have direct experience with the charities – as donors, volunteers, and recipients of aid.

To read about our five-star ratings, reviews and add your own review if interested, please visit: https://greatnonprofits.org/org/tee-it-up-for-the-troops-inc