About Our Event
Birdies for Beacon is the annual golf tournament benefitting Project Beacon. Project Beacon exists to build a community of belonging where adults with autism and other neurodiversities can play, learn, work, and live. We are committed to delivering quality, sustainable solutions for the educational, vocational, social, and residential challenges facing the neurodiverse community. Together we can help those on the autism spectrum and with special needs have lives of self-agency and purpose. Join us and support an often-overlooked community and need that has so much to offer our communities.
The Birdies for Beacon Golf Tournament will be held Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025, at Highland Pines Golf Club and will feature an 18-hole Four-Player Scramble Tournament and an Adaptive Golf Experience.
For tournament inquiries, please contact
Mark Stachowiak 281-714-6143 or email: stackjohn@aol.com
David Moore 281-455-2924 or email: dwm1986@sbcglobal.net
Sarah Kay 832-385-8230 or email: sarah.kay@projectbeacontx.org
We look forward to seeing you at our 3rd Annual Birdies for Beacon Golf Tournament and thank you for your support.
Inclusive Greens: Adaptive Golf Experience Schedule at a Glance:
At Project Beacon, we desire to create a community of belongings where everyone is included and an active vibrant member of the community. This Adaptive Golf Experience gives older adolescents and adults with autism and other Neurodiversities a chance to experience the game of golf through modified rules or equipment based on the person’s abilities. A variety of experiences and skills will be tested along the course in a fun and inclusive way.
If you are interested in participating in our Inclusive Greens either individually or on a team, please contact: events@projectbeacontx.org
Schedule
18-Hole Four-Player Scramble Tournament Schedule at a Glance:
10:30 am - VIP Check-in and VIP Brunch*
11 am – Player Check-in and Lunch
11-12:30 pm – Putting & Pitching contests
12:30 pm – Driving Range Closes
1:00 pm – Shotgun start
Dinner begins at the end of play - approximately 5:30 - 6PM
The tournament is a four-player scramble. Before play, golfers can participate in the putting contest, pitching contest, and warm-up on the range and putting green.
Lunch will be provided before tee-off with unlimited soft drinks and domestic beer.
At the conclusion of tournament play, players are encouraged to stay, relax, and enjoy a buffet-style dinner, raffle, auction, and Awards Ceremony.
*Birdies for Beacon VIP Brunch, included in the Premium Sponsorship packages, offers conversation with the Project Beacon board, complemented by a delightful lunch and refreshing Bloody Mary's. Enjoy an exclusive experience that promises engaging conversations and additional surprises.
Inclusive Greens: Adaptive Golf Experience Schedule at a Glance:
11:30 am – Player Check-In and Lunch
12:30 pm – Shotgun Start
3:30 – Awards Ceremony
About Project Beacon
Our Mission
Our mission is to build a community of belonging where adults with Autism and other Neurodiversities can Play, Learn, Work, and Live.
Project Beacon - A Bold Solution to a Pervasive, Growing Problem
A perfect storm -- insufficient resources, overwhelming demand for services, and aging caregivers -- threatens the wellbeing of individuals and families impacted by Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other neurodiversities. According to Autism Speaks, more than half of individuals diagnosed with ASD also deal with an Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD). In Texas, the waitlist for state-funded services for people with ASD/IDD can stretch well beyond a decade. With approximately 100 available beds in group homes and intermediate care facilities in Greater Houston, and tens of thousands of people with ASD/IDD on the waiting lists, family caregivers know that their loved ones with ASD/IDD may never get the government-funded supports they need, and to which they are entitled. The threat of homelessness for people with ASD/IDD looms large.
Family caregivers have cobbled together resources to the best of their ability, sacrificing their time, savings, employment options, and mental and physical health. They have taken it upon themselves to connect with other families and build the informal networks that get things done, despite the odds. These caregivers call up deep reserves of grit and determination, dedicating their talents to supporting their loved ones and the entire ASD/IDD community.
Despite these efforts, the perfect storm persists and grows stronger as the years progress. An estimated 70% of individuals with ASD/IDD live with their families, and 20% of family caregivers are age 60+. Knowing that the day will come when they can no longer care for their loved ones, a group of family caregivers and skilled advocates in Greater Houston have banded together to envision and execute a bold solution: Project Beacon. Leveraging their considerable skills and professional networks (in finance, law, real estate, and other relevant fields), decades of personal experience with ASD/IDD, and the expertise of seasoned professionals in ASD/IDD service provision, they have initiated preliminary steps towards building a long-term services and supports and eventually a customized residential community. More than just a place to live, the residence (and associated social, educational, and vocational programming) will be a place to thrive; an inclusive, sustainable home where residents can form friendships, develop life skills, secure jobs, and become vital and visible members of the community.
Project Beacon will shine its light to guide people with ASD/IDD toward homes and supportive communities. Early-stage investors will help Project Beacon attract private and public funding, and hire professional staff to build our programs and offerings.
Project Beacon is a Texas nonprofit corporation recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 87-2278608). Contributions to Project Beacon are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.