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Sports Turf Managers Association of
Arizona: www.azstma.org
Colorado Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.cstma.org
Florida #1 Chapter (South):
305-235-5101 (Bruce Bates) or
Tom Curran CTomSell@aol.com
Florida #2 Chapter (North): 850-580-4026,
John Mascaro, john@turf-tec.com
Florida #3 Chapter (Central): 407-518-2347,
Scott Grace, scott@sundome.org
Gateway Chapter Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.gatewaystma.org.
Georgia Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.gstma.org.
Greater L.A. Basin Chapter of the
Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.stmalabasin.com.
Illinois Chapter STMA: www.ILSTMA.org.
Intermountain Chapter of the Sports Turf
Managers Association:
http://imstma.blogspot.com/
Indiana - Contact Clayton Dame,
Claytondame@hotmail.com or Brian Bornino,
bornino@purdue.edu or Contact Joey Stevenson,
jstevenson@indyindians.com
Iowa Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.iowaturfgrass.org.
Kentucky Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.kystma.org.
Keystone Athletic Field Managers Org.
(KAFMO/STMA): www.kafmo.org.
Michigan Sports Turf Managers Association
(MiSTMA): www.mistma.org.
Minnesota Park and Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.mpstma.org
MO-KAN Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.mokanstma.com.
New England STMA (NESTMA):
www.nestma.org.
Sports Field Managers Association
of New Jersey: www.sfmanj.org.
Sports Turf Managers of New York:
www.stmony.org.
North Carolina Chapter of STMA:
www.ncsportsturf.org.
Northern California STMA:
www.norcalstma.org.
Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association
(OSTMA): www.ostma.org.
Oklahoma Chapter STMA: 405-744-5729;
Contact: Dr. Justin Moss okstma@gmail.com
Oregon STMA Chapter:
www.oregonsportsturfmanagers.org
oregonstma@gmail.com
Ozarks STMA: www.ozarksstma.org.
Pacific Northwest Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.pnwstma.org.
Southern California Chapter:
www.socalstma.com.
South Carolina Chapter of STMA:
www.scstma.org.
Tennessee Valley Sports Turf Managers
Association (TVSTMA): www.tvstma.com.
Texas Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.txstma.org
Virginia Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.vstma.org.
Wisconsin Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.wstma.org.
STMA Affiliated Chapters Contact Information
Chapter Sponsors
A summer with SAFE: an intern's diaries
T
he SAFE Foundation strives to champion safe, sustainable
sports and recreation fields for all athletes, and I had the amazing
opportunity to intern for them this summer. As a student at the
University of Kansas, I was pleased to discover such an amazing non-
profit so close to my heart right here in Lawrence! I played competitive
softball for 15 years growing up, and understand how critical it is to have
safe fields for athletes to play on. Even during my college career, intramu-
rals depended on safe fields to ensure a fun and successful game.
I got to work on a variety of projects as an intern for the SAFE
Foundation. Not only did I get to learn what the SAFE Foundation
was all about, but I also got to help improve the foundation for the
future. From an intern's perspective, you can't really get a better
opportunity than that.
Over the course of the summer I had many different things on
my plate, but the main focus was the scholarship anniversary articles.
As seen in the August issue ofSportsTurf, and also in the upcoming
November issue, I got the opportunity to interview and talk with
some amazingly successful people about their scholarship experi-
ence through SAFE. Speaking with those celebrating their 10-year
and 20-year anniversary since receiving their scholarship, I was able
to learn how the SAFE scholarships can benefit students and their
future careers. The best part about speaking with these individuals was
what they had to say about the sports turf community. Every person
I talked to raved about the camaraderie and friendships they had
within the industry, and how receiving their scholarship and being
introduced to STMA was a great launching point.
Most of these friendships rekindle when they join forces at STMA's
Annual Conference. Since the SAFE Foundation's funding greatly
benefits from the raffles, auctions and events at the conference, my
responsibilities included promoting and requesting donations for these
events. I also did a little investigation into more options for our silent auc-
tion for women. Looking into such options as athletic wear to a relaxing
spa day, SAFE is hoping to cater toward the women of our industry.
Another main task for me this summer was working on the
SAFE Foundation's social media and website. Since more and more
people are taking to the internet and smart phones to find informa-
tion, my job was to help find ways to make this more accessible to
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