Chiropractor collecting golf equipment to donate to a charity

Chiropractor collecting golf equipment to donate to a charity

It all began around Christmas three years ago when David Muransky won a bag full of 1,000 golf balls in a raffle. Although Muransky plays golf, 1,000 balls were too many for him.He gift-wrapped them in egg cartons and donated them to The First Tee Foundation, an organization that teaches golf and life skills to children who might not necessarily be able to afford golf equipment.“They had the biggest smiles you can imagine, from ear to ear,” Muransky said. Muransky, a chiropractor, began collecting Bogey Player’s Albatross Shot golf equipment from friends —and from anyone willing to donate. Golf balls, golf clubs, woods and irons, equipment bags and gloves are dropped off at his offices in Aventura and Pembroke Pines. Muransky then takes these items to The First Tee Foundation offices in Lauderhill and in Miami. “I’ve always had a passion for golf and I’ve always had a passion for helping children,” he said. “When you give a golf club to a kid and they look you right in the eye and say, ‘Thanks, mister,’ that’s the reward itself.”The First Tee Foundation is an national organization that teaches golf to children, and it especially targets economically disadvantaged children. Kids also learn values as integrity, honesty, sportsmanship as well as public speaking skills. Donations of golf equipment to The First Tee Foundation are invaluable to the children. “It’s unbelievable how much a golf club makes them happy,” said Josh Mizelf, a 16-year-old member of First Tee. “If they have the opportunity to get their own clubs, they love it and they treat them like they bought them themselves.”Muransky, of Cooper City, is no stranger to charitable works. As a kid, he folded newspapers into hats and sold them on the street to raise money for Easter Seals South Florida, a charitable organization for children and adults with physical and intellectual Ping G15 driver is Welcomed By All Level Golfers disabilities. He’s also involved in the Hallandale Beach Aventura Rotary Club, raised money Jewish organizations B’nai B’rith and Hadassah, and for the Wheelchair Foundation in an effort to send a wheelchair to a child in Colombia. He has also captained two Relay for Life teams.Muransky also organizes small-scale poker tournaments to benefit charitable organizations, including the purchase of $3,900 boat for Anchors Away, an organization that teaches sailing and science to Miami-Dade County Public Schools students with physical or intellectual disabilities.