The East Valley Area Special Olympics is very excited to announce the 2009 – 2010 Unified Friendship Golf League event. This is a great new opportunity for athletes and partners to improve their golf skills, make new friends and to play nine holes on a variety of fantastic golf courses in the East Valley.

Each golfer and partner is responsible for raising the funds necessary to keep the league going through the Thunderbirds "Birdies for Charities" program at the annual FBR Open (Feb2010). The success of this program is going on its fourth year has experience a phenomenal growth over the last three years. We are now at a pivotal point of the program to ensure that we keep the pace of the game at the new standard set by our unified teams. This year we have asked all of our league partners to participate in a the FUNdamentals of Golf class that will surely improve our partners and athletes approach to the game of golf and keep out league at a Fast Paced, don’t hold me up, keep it moving and let me "grip it and rip it" for an eagle or birdie putt!!!

The experience awarded by the Unified Friendship League athletes and partners the opportunity has become an integral part in the lives of some new friends established at with our golf courses personnel.

In the past we’ve had the privilege of participating together side by side with the JGAA players in the Les Wimpy Memorial Golf tournament from which a resounding support of appreciation was given to our league players as well as the JGAA players for a true Sportsmanship event. As you can see, we have touched many new lives in the short time of our existence and plan on touching many more as our league continues to grow with new athletes and partners.

We look forward to an enjoyable fun filled 2009 - 2010 seasons. For our community friends viewing and visiting this site, we hope that you will be so kind in providing your support by making a contribution through the "Birdies for Charities" or a direct contribution to this league. A mother and daughter of one of our athlete’s said it best – "This is all they (athlete’s) have! That’s why we do what we can for them as they give us more than we’ll ever give them."