The Orlando Magic hosted the 21st Annual Orlando Magic Youth Foundation Golf Tournament (OMYF Open) on Thursday, September 29 at Disney’s Palm and Magnolia golf courses with over 200 golf participants including Magic staff, talent and celebrities. Over the last 21 years, the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation has raised community dollars resulting in more than $16 million distributed to local non-profit community agencies serving at-risk youth through programs focusing on education, arts and reducing childhood obesity. In 1994, the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation partnered with the McCormick Foundation to establish the Orlando Magic Youth Fund, a McCormick Foundation Fund (OMYF-MFF). Proceeds from the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation fundraising efforts go to the Fund and are matched at fifty cents on the dollar by the McCormick Foundation.
The Orlando Magic Youth Foundation raises community dollars annually through donations, auctions and events such as the Black Tie and Tennies Gala and the OMYF Golf Tournament with matching funds provided by the McCormick Foundation. In 2011, the OMYF-MFF presented checks totaling $1 million to 19 non-profit organizations from three counties in Central Florida and will award scholarships totaling $30,000.
