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​On Dec. 2, 2023, Vice Mayor Maria G. Marino received the 2023 Community Giant Leadership Award at Eastpointe Country Club in Jupiter, Florida. ​Inner City Youth Golfers’ Inc. is an academic excellence and golf program that uses excitement, etiquette, rules, behavior, dre​​ss, manners and speech about golf to help inner-city children focus on the positive and mold them into good citizens and future role models. Golf is provided and scheduled after school and on selected Saturdays and holidays. School teachers, law enforcement officials, and community role models serve as mentors, while professional and amateur golfers provide golf instructions as generally prescribed by the PGA, LPGA and USGA. ​

More information about their programs can be found at www.icyg.org.