Carter Bonas, the teenaged CEO of Spectrum Golf, cartersspectrumgolf.com donating a golf simulator to Florida Memorial University, in Miami Gardens, FL, thanks to a grant by the National Recreation Park Association. The Ribbon Cutting Reveal will take place at the university’s Wellness Center, Wednesday, April 29th at 5:30pm.
Carter who is on the Autism Spectrum, became Sports Illustrated’s SportsKid of the Year after launching his own line of golf apparel. Since then, he created a nonprofit, called Carters Spectrum Golf to teach kids and veterans to play the game and offers golf equipment for free. Dozens of kids are in the program. Through it, he discovered ALL FOSTER KIDS in Florida have a waiver to attend college for FREE, but many don’t because they feel inadequate or undeserving. Carter is hoping to change that with the game of golf!
By having a golf simulator right on a college campus, Carter can train the students, and the university can introduce them to the possibilities of attending college. A win, win. FMU president, William McCormick will also share how students at the University will have access to the simulator and more.
This is not the first time Carter and FMU have shared an extraordinary experience. When Carter was about 11-years-old, he was asked to play in a golf tournament in Naples, Florida, by William McCormick, who is now the President of Florida Memorial University. At the end of the tournament, Carter was awarded a 4-year scholarship to attend FMU, to play in a golf program they expected would be in place by the time he’s ready to go to college! Ironically, Carter, who is now 15, with his nonprofit Carter’s Spectrum Golf is taking that first step toward a golf program, with this golf simulator!
Announcement of Carter getting scholarship to FMU & pictures of Carter with FMU President, William McCormick + Carter Playing, logo, apparel
Carter is inviting the media to witness this historic day. Students from his nonprofit, as well as, some of the foster kids are expected to attend. Let us know if you will be attending!
Carter’s Background:
Carter, who has received media coverage from around the world, was unable to speak until he was 4 years old. Now he is booked as a speaker to address hundreds of people. Multiple interviews from the media as a contributor to his confidence. He released his 1st book called, “Swinging Beyond the Spectrum: How Autism Became My Superpower On and Off the Golf Course,” has been named the UPS Masters Unstoppable CEO of the Year where they sent him to the Master’s, and is a golfer for former NFL Quarterback Doug Flutie’s STARS of the Spectrum competitive golf league for Autistic Golfers.
Carter’s mother, Dr. Thelma Carter, who is a mental health therapist, created a nonprofit in Carter’s honor that offers NO COST mental health services to children and adults. The WHY behind its creation is a story in itself.
