Shumaker Advisors and The Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation are teaming up to help at-risk kids in Pinellas County build confidence, character and opportunity through golf.

The Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation has a middle school education program, which it hopes to expand to reach even more students across the Tampa Bay region through the new partnership with Shumaker.

The partnership is more important than ever. Pinellas County graduation rates have declined over the past two years, with a significant achievement gap for economically disadvantaged students, particularly those who are Black or Hispanic/Latino. Black students’ graduation rates are 8 percentage points lower than their White peers, according to Florida Department of Education data from 2022-23 .

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