Up & Down Golfwear creates on line education and hosts e-Learning site for The First Tee of Tampa Bay

Up & Down Golfwear launched our business and a website a little over a year ago. We were incredibly excited to open up shop for sales and had a nice little pop. A big thank you to all who supported our lifestyle with a purchase! So where have we been since then? Although we've been quiet on the surface, we've actually been quite busy behind the scenes by laying the groundwork for what we believe in. That is, 'Helping You Get Up & Down...On and Off the Course'.

Over the past year, we reached out to the First Tee of Tampa Bay to see how we can help out. As our local community's youth is a priority, Up & Down Golfwear offered to initiate the process of transforming their education to an interactive and engaging online modality. Over the course of many months, we have volunteered to develop online education for their PLAYer level course. The hope is that these online courses will not only create engaging activities for our tech savvy youth, but also provide a more easily manageable and reportable means for assessing progress by it's leaders. Early this fall, Up & Down Golfwear and the First Tee of Tampa Bay initiated a pilot at a local school to begin testing our efforts. With the help of the outstanding leaders at the First Tee of Tampa Bay, we are excited to evaluate the testing process we are going through now in order to make improvements. Our goal is to first create a meaningful tool for their PLAYer program, then use that as a template to develop tools for the rest of the First Tee's programs. Ultimately, we hope our combined efforts can lead to a complete transformation to having online tools available for all aspects of the First Tee's programs. Up & Down Golfwear is committed to owning this process as we will continue to volunteer our efforts in the development and implementation of this process.

To assist with the process, Up & Down Golfwear has also procured a Learning Management System (LMS). This site enables the online education to take place so that First Tee of Tampa members can login to access the learning and so that it's leaders can monitor progress, provide feedback, and report on activities. Up & Down Golfwear is donating the cost and managing this site so that this can all be possible for the online education within the First Tee of Tampa Bay.

Remember, you don't have to be a golfer to support us. Although we sell golf apparel, we are more importantly selling a lifestyle. Up & Down Golfwear: Helping You Get Up and Down...On and Off the Course. Whether it's for you or a golfer you know, check us out and grab some gear.

Thank you,

Sean Caffrey

Owner, Up & Down Golfwear