California Fire Foundation Thanks Pro-Golfer for Generous Donation

December 1, 2010 – The California Fire Foundation, a statewide charitable organization associated with the California Professional Firefighters (CPF), had an opportunity to thank professional golfer Fred Couples during the 2010 Champion's Cup at the Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco the California Fire Foundation held a press conference to deliver its public thank you to Couples.

Addressing Couples, California Fire Foundation Secretary-Treasurer Lew Stone said, "This donation makes you a founding member of our Endowment. Your support will go to providing scholarships to children of fire fighters in California. Thank you for going beyond yourself and giving to this cause. It means the world to us."

The California Fire Foundation created the California Firefighters Endowment in 2009 when it saw the need to provide funding beyond the $2,000 scholarships it currently gives to children of fire fighters killed in the line-of-duty.

Couples responded by saying that he felt compelled to make the donation after watching fire fighters fight the fire storms that broke out near his Santa Barbara home for three years in a row. He commented that before that experience, he knew what fire fighters did, but was impressed by the extent of it after that and wanted to do whatever he could to give back.