Lt. Col. Dan Rooney talks Folds of Honor
Dive into a truly inspiring conversation with Lt. Col. Dan Rooney, the visionary founder of Folds of Honor. In this exclusive GolfLife.com feature, Rooney shares the powerful story behind this incredible organization, dedicated to providing educational scholarships to the spouses and children of fa…
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Thanks for watching Golf Life, America's longest running golf show. We sat down with the founder of Folds of Honor, Lieutenant Colonel Dan Rooney. We had an historic year, sent over 9,000 families to school, $45 million out the door. But to take everybody back, you know, 15 years ago, I'm sitting above my garage dreaming of starting folds of honor. I reach out to the PGA of America with this idea called Patriot Golf Days, and they called me back, which is, makes no sense. But what we have done over 15 years, 44,000 scholarships, $220 million out the door in life-changing education to the families of our fallen and disabled military. There's only one rationale for this happening. It's like God is good, right? And he is watching over this mission $50 million later through Patriot Golf Days, and this relationship that we have with the PG of America and golf professionals to raise life-changing funds. But we give people the opportunity to play golf's most heroic ground, but have an impact. And I really think most people wake up every day and they, they want to do good. They just don't know where to start. Right? And Folds of honor has become that vessel where people can do good, say thank you for our freedoms, combine their passion, the game of golf, and make an impact. And, and that's the magic in, in what we're able to do.