How Birdies works
The way Birdies for Charity works is for charitable organizations to obtain pledges (donations) of 1 cent or more for every "birdie" made during the John Deere Classic.

Birdies for Charity will donate ALL money received by the Birdies for Charity program to participating charities. All administrative or promotional costs of the program are paid by John Deere. All the money goes to participating charities!

Each person who makes a pledge to Birdies for Charity has an opportunity to guess the exact number of birdies that will be made at the John Deere Classic. The one person who guesses the exact number has the chance to win a car. Over 500 other great prizes are also awarded.

Individuals and business leaders also have joined Birdies for Charity to raise money for their favorite charities.

Each "Bird" solicits pledges on behalf of their favorite charity. Birdies for Charity then collects the pledges and donates all money received to the charity written on the pledge card. The more a Bird collects, the more his or her charity receives.

Participating charities must be approved by Birdies for Charity and must be a publicly supported charitable group recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization.

If an individual would join Birdies for Charity and raise 100 pledges at 1 cent each, the individual's charity of choice would receive approximately $2,000. The individual would have no risk or expenses and the individual's donors would have a chance at a car or other great prizes.

Bonus Bucks
Put simply, Bonus Bucks means your charity will actually receive MORE THAN 100 PERCENT of its donations from the Birdies for Charity program.

How is that possible? The John Deere Classic has donated over $300,000 as a bonus fund to be distributed to charities participating in the program this year in proportion to the pledges collected on their behalf. Historically all participating charities have received a bonus of 10 percent.

The only limitation to Bonus Bucks is that no single charity can receive more than $15,000 from the bonus fund. Also, Bonus Bucks are paid on collected pledges only and not on total pledges made.

For more information contact the John Deere Classic at 309.762.4653, or call toll-free 1.800.336.4655. Or click here to send an email.

Living Lands & Waters Birdies for Charity Account Number is- # 1148

You can make a Birdies for Charity pledge by calling our home office 309.496.9848