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What We Do

Supporting and Creating Life Enhancing Opportunities for Individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Challenges

Special Olympics Golf

Welcome to The Kathy B. Foundation, dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities through the incredible impact of sports. In collaboration with Special Olympics of Georgia, we proudly organize two annual Special Olympic Open Golf Tournaments—one at the esteemed UGA Golf Course in Athens Ga. and another at the scenic Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club in Waleska, Ga.. Led by our committed Special Olympics Golf Coach, Dave Davis, we provide training for coaches and unified partners throughout the state. Join us in our mission to champion inclusivity and equality, a community where everyone can flourish.

The Kathy B. Davis Foundation is pleased to introduce our newest program, The Kathy B. Davis Special Clubs for Special Golfers Program. This initiative refurbishes and custom-fits used, donated golf clubs for Special Olympian golfers from various counties across the state. We extend our sincere gratitude to our volunteers, who diligently supervise the program and manage the distribution of the clubs. Within a short period, 25 sets of clubs have already been ordered.

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Flowers For a Purpose

This program facilitates the collaboration of individuals with intellectual/developmental challenges, volunteers, and local senior citizens to learn about flowers and create floral arrangements. The completed bouquets are then shared with the participants and community members, providing a source of uplifting moments. Furthermore, the sessions foster friendships in comfortable environments, thereby promoting the development of social skills.

Caring During COVID

At the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic, the Kathy B. Davis Foundation had to re-imagine its monthly Flowers for a Purpose sessions.  The events typically bring together area individuals with special needs and Cherokee County senior citizens to create floral bouquets that are shared with the participants, assisted living residents, and neighbors who may need a little pick-me-up.  With quarantines in place at nursing homes and assisted living facilities this spring, the in-person activities were canceled, but the desire to maintain the relationships continued.  Jim Bennett, a well-known local artist and Flowers for a Purpose volunteer, created a special mixed-media drawing that was printed as a greeting card, signed by the volunteers and sent to the senior living communities that participate in the program.  Recently, as several facilities began to allow outside deliveries, the volunteers are once again creating bouquets, now done off-site, to share with the residents and staff.  Volunteers and participants. alike, are looking forward to the time when they can join together, once again, to share their love of flowers and one another.

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In addition to its own programs, The Kathy B. Davis Foundation contributes to the following area organizations that share similar missions and goals.  

THE KATHY B. DAVIS FOUNDATION, a 501c3 organization, was established in 2011 in memory of Kathy Davis, a loving wife to her husband, Dave, devoted mother to her sons, Chris, Eric and Matt, and passionate advocate for people with intellectual and developmental challenges.  To honor her legacy, Dave established the foundation with a single mission:

"To support and create life enhancing opportunities for individuals with intellectual/developmental challenges.”

2024 The Kathy B. Davis Foundation,  All Rights Reserved

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