Disc Golf Everywhere

I found this very interesting and wanted to share it with you: the following is a post from pdga.com message board

"DisCovery - A Recreational Gateway To Wellness", conceived earlier this year by Kira Coopersmith and Dan Doyle, uses the sport of Disc Golf as a therapeutic tool in a variety of settings.Beginning in late October, Budd MacKenzie, the founder of an organization called "Trust in Education", will be introducing the sport of Disc Golf on an experimental basis to a few schools and villages near Kabul, Afghanistan. From their website: "Trust in Education (TIE) is a grass roots, non-profit organization founded in May 2003 to provide health care, education and economic development programs in Afghanistan. An equal amount of time is devoted to educating Americans about our involvement in Afghanistan, past, present and future. TIE connects American communities and Afghan villages. Through these exchanges everyone discovers that we share more in common than not and experience the joy of making a substantial and long lasting difference in the lives of thousands."Kira Coopersmith reached Budd through a referral from Khaled Hosseini, the subject of the widely acclaimed book and movie entitled "The Kite Runner". Budd loves the idea of introducing Disc Golf to the Afghanis, especially schoolboys, because his hope is that introducing some much-needed fun into their lives will help make education more fun. "Education is the long-term solution to everything and they love to learn", according to Budd. Note in the prior paragraph I made reference to "schoolboys". Budd, Kira, and I would LOVE to expose Afghan girls to the sport as well. However, at the present time the situation in Afghanistan is such that it would be extremely problematic (and potentially overly controversial and dangerous) to attempt to expose our sport to girls, who are schooled behind large walls. Harold Duvall of Innova is working closely with Kira and I in this project and is very supportive of the project. Thanks Harold!!The grant that Kira and I received earlier this year from the PDGA has also been instrumental in allowing us to put this project together. Budd, Kira, and I are very excited to see this project come together. If Budd's first attempts to introduce the sport are successful we hope to see the project grow over time. Perhaps on the next trip over there in the Spring of 2009 Kira will accompany Budd."

Anyone that would like more information on "Trust in Education" is encouraged to visit their website at: trustineducation.org - there's really a lot of good stuff on here. Hope you enjoy it.