Students of IberoAmericana Bachillerato and San Diego's Parker and University High School together after Daniel Pegg's first organized binational golf clinic at the Club Campestre, Tijuana.

class="footer">Parker High School Junior, Daniel Pegg, provides golf tips to an UIA student.

YOUTH PHILANTHROPIST MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Philanthropy has often been defined as the act of individual citizens and local institutions contributing money or goods, along with their time and skills, to promote the well-being of others and the betterment of the community in which they live and work. More often than not, philanthropy is perceived as an "adult endeavor", but Francis Parker High School Junior, Daniel Pegg, believes that teens can make a difference.

The 17 year old Daniel recently established the San Diego/Tijuana Youth Scholarship Fund at the International Community Foundation with the goal of raising moneys through golf related events to promote binational fellowship through golf as well as to help under-privileged high school students in Tijuana get a chance to go on to college. As Daniel has sought to make his fundraising effort binational, he worked to recruit 15 students from Tijuana’s private Universidad Iberoamericana Bachillerato School. As the majority had not previously played golf, Daniel organized a golf clinic at Club Camprestre in Tijuana to introduce these students to golf basics.

According to Daniel, "my idea was to get Tijuana students interested in golf, promote some cross border fellowship and in this way send a few kids to college."

To assist him in his efforts, Daniel has teamed up with 5 fellow golfers from Francis Parker and University High School in San Diego and another 15 students from the Universidad Iberoamericana. With this combined binational group, Daniel held his first golf clinic at the Club Campestre in Tijuana in May and plans to hold future clinics with students in Tijuana over the summer and next school year. According to Daniel, "a key criteria of the scholarship fund will be to select students which embody the values of golf which includes honesty, integrity, respect, confidence, the importance of maintaining a positive attitude, how to define and set goals, and good sportsmanship."

Besides promoting the game of golf, Daniel noted "I wanted to find a way for me to practice my Spanish, make some new friends in neighboring Tijuana and also make a difference." He continued, "I hope my fund will help open some doors to fellow high schoolers that would otherwise not have an opportunity to learn golf or go on to attend college."

To contribute to the San Diego/Tijuana Youth Opportunities Fund please call Marisol López, at (619) 235-2300.