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Trent Tucker Celebrity Tournament – September 16-18, 2010
The Trent Tucker Non-Profit
Organization was established as a way for former Gopher
and NBA player, Trent Tucker, to give back to his community.
Trent is a strong believer in community partnership, working
together to provide a better environment for our children
and families.
Trent started the first celebrity golf tournament of its
kind in Minneapolis in 1998. The fundraiser’s featured
guest, Michael Jordan, has returned each year along with
a host of Trent’s other NBA friends. Over the past
ten years, the Trent Tucker Celebrity Golf Tournament
has grown into a premier event in Minneapolis drawing in
celebrity athletes and entertainers from across the nation.
With the help of everyone involved, this event has raised
over $1,000,000 for local charities and the Trent Tucker
Youth Program.
But Trent didn’t stop there. In 2001, after researching
the needs of the community, he started the Trent Tucker
Youth Program. He found the most need to be in after school
programming for middle school students, who are at a critical
stage in life where they can easily veer off course. The
Trent Tucker Youth Program helps inner city middle school
students to develop their character and leadership skills,
provides career and educational opportunities, and promotes
students to take positive risks. This unique program has
also partnered with corporate sponsors, General Mills and
Campbell Mithun, to provide one-on-one tutoring and mentoring
with employees of the company. Trent’s hope for each
student is to have the opportunity to realize their fullest
potential.
In 2009 middle-school students in grades 6 and 7 at W.I.S.E Charter School completed a 20-week program in conjunction with the University of Minnesota’s Office of Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration and CLA Connections (College of Liberal Arts K-12 Outreach Program).
The program promotes early college awareness, enhances the knowledge of core subject areas (meeting the Minnesota Department of Education state standards), and assists students with homework assignments. Students are exposed to the University of Minnesota campus, university staff, faculty and students, who offer mentoring and academic assistance.
2008 Photo Gallery links below: Celebrity Golf Tournament, Celebrity Poker Tournament, Golf Groups, and Reception.
Trent Tucker Non Profit
4350 Baker Road Minnetonka,
Suite 400
MN 55343
Phone: 952.837.3045 mail@trenttucker.org