The document announces a 3-day National Apprenticeship Week event at the MAM Park Golf Course from November 3-5. The event will include registration and networking in the morning, followed by a 9-hole round of golf, foot golf, or disc golf. In the afternoon, there will be presentations on the benefits of apprenticeships and available grants and state benefits, followed by a question and answer session.

1. NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK
MAM PARK GOLF COURSE
2146 BALL ROAD
NOV 3-NOV 5
Vince Alfonso Jr. PGA
Golf Director
TEAM UP!
3 day event
9:00 a.m.-9:45 – Registration and networking, teaming up
*Coffee, juice
10:00-11:45 Shotgun start for Golf, Foot Golf or Disc Golf …. 9 holes
Participants will be business leaders, local government officials, apprenticeship program
leaders, and non-profits organizations. Match game begins, to team up a non-
apprenticeship sponsor with a current apprenticeship sponsors (with more than 2
apprentices) for one hour and 45 minutes
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Each player turns in their score card with their name, street
address, city, state and zip as entry in player’s prize drawing. Pick up box lunch.
(Drawing for prizes will be held at 2 PM Thursday afternoon Nov. 5th)
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – PowerPoint presentations on the benefits of apprenticeship,
grants available, state benefits available. Followed by a QA session
Tues – Thursday activities

2. Nestled in the heart of urban Memphis are 48 acres of green, grassy slopes where
outdoor enthusiasts of all ages are welcome. The MAM Park outdoor activity center
offers our community and its people a place to experience healthy outdoor
recreational activities free of charge. Our ultimate goal is have a godly community
influence in urban Memphis.
Prior to MAM, these 48 acres were part of the 350 acre Memphis Defense Depot, a
former U.S. Army supply depot. In the early 1990’s the U.S. Army closed the depot
and gave it to the City of Memphis. The Depot Authority was formed to manage the
entire 350 acres. The Depot Authority chose not to resurrect the abandoned Army
golf course. When MAM opened its flagship location, the Memphis Grizzlies Center,
across from the old golf course, MAM management inquired about the land and was
able to lease it from the Depot Authority. In 2003, nine years after falling into ruins,
the land became a 9-hole golf course once again to be use not only in MAM’s
ministry to urban youth across Memphis but accessible to all Memphis residents.

3. Recent renovations in 2015 have created more ways to enjoy this beautiful property
located off Airways Blvd. in South Memphis. The MAM Park outdoor activity center
now includes an 18-hole championship disc golf course, a 9-hole beginner’s disc and
foot golf course and an accredited 9-hole foot golf course. The original course
includes a 9-hole golf course, 9-hole chip and putt course, and a 9-hole S.N.A.G.
(Starting New at Golf) course.
In addition to offering the general public access to the games listed above, our
outdoor activity center gives us another way to involve more under-resourced
youth in MAM programming. Disc golf and foot golf do not require specialized
training to play. Only a disc or a soccer ball is needed. These new courses, together
with the SNAG golf course, allow many boys and girls to be exposed to two newly
popular sports in a safe, secure environment. And for MAM, it is an avenue to build
deeper mentoring relationships.
We invite groups and individuals of all ages to enjoy the course. It is open Monday –
Saturday from 9:00 am until dark. Multiple groups can be at MAM Park
simultaneously playing the different games. Individuals do not have to schedule a
time to play. Come and bring your friends!
If you are a disc golf enthusiast, you will be glad to know that the Memphis Area Disc
Golf assisted in planning and designing the championship disc golf course and the
beginner course. And the foot golf course follows the guidelines of the U.S. Foot Golf
Association.

4. There are several hotels in the area, example, Marriot Courtyard, Sheraton Airport, and
others, all only 10 minutes from golf course.
If you would like more information, please contact Cedric Divine, divine.cedric@dol.gov
Or Vince at the information above.

5. The weather forecast for the event is no rain, high 68
degrees, and low 45 degrees for all three days