Tim, I never thought it would so difficult to give away golf clubs. I have several sets of used(demo), irons and some drivers that I've tried to giveaway.Tried several high schools, the local park distrtict that owns and runs the public golf courses. Nobody really wants them. Unfortunately we don't have a Frist Tee program near us. Guess they'll just sit in the basement a while longer. Carl
Carl Mc Kinley Retired, ICG Member GCA Accredited Clubbuilder [email protected] P T Barnum is the patron saint of expensive club manufacturers. --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Tim Hewitt <[email protected]> wrote: From: Tim Hewitt <[email protected]> Subject: Re: ShopTalk: What's up? To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 4:00 PM We do donate to the First Tee - however they are not interested in used clubs at all, nor are they interested in sets that are not complete - at least not in our area. Maybe other areas are less picky, but they won't take anything used here - not even bags... The last run to the scrap yard - as an example - had several hundred pounds of 3 and 4 irons from new set sales that have been broken up and will never have a 5-PW to go with them since we've dropped the models from production... We also send clubs to the Troops overseas - hundreds of clubs last year alone - through our Wedges for War Boy Scout program. This too can only handle so many clubs and take only so many shafts as reshafts... -t On Feb 17, 2009, at 4:04 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Tom Wishon tried sending this reply to Tim and it bounced for some reason. Here's the note-John: > > > TIM > > Why don't you find the local chapter of PGA First Tee and donate them - they are able to give you a receipt that you can use to verify it as a tax deduction. That's what we do so we can both help kids in the game and get a deduction for the effort. If there is no First Tee program near you that is engaged in clubs for their kids and can't do that, then you can declare the goods to be "distressed goods/unsellable", and take them to the landfill > where you get a receipt proving they were disposed of so you can take them > off your taxes. > > TOM -- Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/
