FORE Kids ATX Raises Nearly $2.4 Million at Its Fifth Annual Austin Fundraising Weekend
Nearly 1,000 guests turned out across a masquerade gala, a Barton Creek golf tournament and a mahjong brunch, pushing the Austin charity weekend's five-year total past $11 million for four Central Texas children's organizations.
AUSTIN — FORE Kids ATX raised nearly $2.4 million at its fifth annual fundraising weekend, the organizers announced Tuesday, bringing the event's five-year total to more than $11 million for four Central Texas children's charities: the Center for Child Protection, Dell Children's Medical Center, Experience Camps and the UGLI Foundation.
The weekend, hosted by Masters champion Sergio Garcia and Angela Garcia with television host Chris Harrison and producer Lauren Zima, drew nearly 1,000 guests across three days of events. It opened Thursday, October 29, with a masquerade-themed gala — a cocktail reception, seated dinner and a fireside chat with featured philanthropist Roger Clemens, with Andrew Firestone as celebrity guest auctioneer. On Friday, October 30, play moved to the Fazio Foothills course at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa for a private tournament, and a ladies brunch, Mahjong for a Mission, rounded out the weekend.
"Angela and I are incredibly proud to stand with Lauren and Chris — and with Austin — to give these kids a stronger shot," Sergio Garcia said in the organizers' release. Angela Garcia said what moves her most is "knowing every dollar goes straight to organizations that protect, heal, and lift up kids who need it most." Harrison added that "the people of Austin show up like nowhere else." FORE Kids ATX was founded in 2022 by the Garcias with Harrison and Zima, and says it champions nonprofits providing health care, wellness and family-support services to children.
