Volunteer Board Ambassador

Volunteermatch; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking passionate individuals to join as volunteer Board Ambassadors. This unique role allows you to make a meaningful impact on youth development through golf. By integrating life skills with the sport, you will help foster resilience and self-confidence in young participants. This opportunity is ideal for those who want to contribute to their community while enjoying the rewarding experience of mentoring youth. Join us in creating a space of belonging for every kid, regardless of their background, and help shape the future of young golfers in Silicon Valley.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old and complete orientation or training.
• Ambassadors should commit to 10 hours per month.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a volunteer Board Ambassador to support youth development through golf.
• Assist in fundraising efforts to support financial aid for low-income youth.

Skills

Business Development

Management

Golf

Job description

The location is listed as Virtual, but you must be in Silicon Valley to serve.

First Tee - Silicon Valley is searching for five (5) volunteer Board Ambassadors to join our organization. Do you have a passion for golf and youth development? Joining our non-profit organization will allow you to impact the lives of youth in a unique way. Help us to actively create a space of belonging for every kid - no matter what walk of life. Our program integrates our life skills curriculum with the game of golf, creating active learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience, which is more important now than ever.

Fundraising is our top priority as we grow our financial aid program for low-income youth in our community to have affordable access.

About FUTURE TALENT OF SILICON VALLEY dba First Tee - Silicon Valley

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Mission Statement

First Tee - Silicon Valley develops youth through golf. We enable kids and teens to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges. By seamlessly integrating the game of golf with a life skills curriculum, we create active learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience that kids can carry to everything they do. We make our programs accessible to youth of different backgrounds and perspectives and affordable to families experiencing financial hardship.

Description

Our programs fall into one of three categories - Classes, School, and Opportunities.

• Course Program - We offer four seasons of 8-week sessions for 5 hours per week at Rancho del Pueblo GC (San Jose), Baylands Golf Links (Palo Alto), and Gavilan College Golf Course (Gilroy). All sessions are organized by grade groups 2-4, 5-6, 7-8, and 9-12 to keep peers together. We teach all of our life skills and golf skills to each grade group and help participants self-manage their development.
• School Program - We equip teachers and after-school partners to deliver our life skill and golf skill curriculum in their setting. We focus on low-income areas and Title 1 Schools and transition students to our on-course program.
• Opportunities - We give our long-term teens special life and leadership experiences as well as scholarships to recognize outstanding achievements.

Since 2005, we have served over 89,876 kids and teens on-course, in-school, and after-school.

CAUSE AREAS

Board Development

Sports & Recreation

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.

DATE POSTED

April 8, 2025

SKILLS

• Business Development
• Management
• Golf

GOOD FOR

• People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

• Must be at least 18
• Orientation or Training
• 10 hours per month
• Ambassadors must complete all steps of Volunteer onboarding including a Sport:80 background check and SafeSport Training.