FAIR OAKS, CA (MPG) - The Club provided approximately $8,000 to high school senior men and women scholarships this year with the money coming from member contributions and cumulative grants now approach $40,000. The criteria for an award include grade point average (GPA), golf index and accomplishments over the student athletes’ high school career from local, Sacramento area schools, community involvement and work, and character references. The variety and multitude of accomplishments of the high school men and women recipients and all aspects of the student athletes lives and contributions to the greater Sacramento area is impressive. Many of the recipients have been captains of their golf teams, team or league MVPs, have earned all-league honors and goneon to play collegiate golf.

According to Mike Galli, head professional at North Ridge: “While we have a love of golf, our members also believe young people should have more in their lives than just golf. That’s why we emphasize grades and community involvement as well as golf skills. We are proud of our members for their generosity in making personal contributions to make these awards possible.” Some recipients have gone on to attend such schools as UC Berkeley, Penn State, University of Nebraska, Long Beach State and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to continue their golf and academic endeavors.

Through member contributions of time and funding, North Ridge also has provided support to such organizations as Youth on Course, Folds of Honor Foundation, Junior Girls Program, Stanford Youth Solutions, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Bella Vista, Del Campo and Casa Roble High Schools, Albie Aware Breast Cancer Foundation and others. It is all part of North Ridge’s efforts to be involved in the community. Over the past ten (10) years, including the high school golf scholarships, the Club has donated approximately $300,000 to the aforementioned organizations.

For more information on North Ridge Country Club, please contact Rink Sanford, General Manager at 916-967-5717.