Change Starts Here

Great weather, a special golf course and superb food – all combined to make the 2 nd   Annual TTC Pro Am golf tournament a huge success.  Held at the Country Club of Charleston , the TTC Pro Am netted over $51,000 for the Trident Technical College Foundation.  Sun Trust Private Wealth was the presenting sponsor. “We are very grateful for all the members of the community who supported TTC students by playing or being a sponsor for the TTC Pro-Am," said event chair Skip Godow, who is a member of the TTC Foundation Board of Trustees . "We are lucky to have a passionate and dedicated committee who were committed to the success of the event." The opportunity to hold the event at The Country Club of Charleston was also a key factor. According to Godow, “The Country Club only holds two tournaments a year for outside groups. Being able to hold the TTC Pro-Am at this wonderful place with it’s long history and tradition made our tournament especially attractive.” 

Going from a scared, troubled child to a goal-oriented, professional woman in just a few short years would never have been possible without Trident Technical College (TTC). My happiest memory was when I was five and visited my very first film set in my hometown of Covington, Georgia. Seeing so many people and hearing them shout, “places, people!” made me realize this is exactly what I wanted to do when I grew up. I set out to learn everything I could about the film industry by setting up mock sets, taking old cameras apart and destroying any electronic equipment I could get my hands on. But my innocent, childhood dreams were quickly forgotten. My mother began to struggle with drugs and alcohol, and I was often left to fend for myself with little food and no running water or electricity. When I was 15, I was alone in the house and heard the front door open. Two large men came bursting into my bedroom, brutally attacked and attempted to kidnap me.     They told me that my m