FROM THE CROP TO THE CUP TO THE COURSE: Inner City Coffee Introduces the Coach Gladys Lee Specialty Coffee.

FORT WORTH, TX – We are excited to announce that the Inner City Coffee Exchange is launching a new specialty coffee brand to celebrate and honor one of the nation’s top golf coaches, Coach Gladys Lee. In collaboration with the Center for Coffee Research and Education at Texas A&M University and What’s the Buzz Coffee Company in College Station, proceeds from some of the world’s best specialty coffee will benefit the Golden Gladys Lee Golf Academy at the New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas (https://youtu.be/xW2GwQY_IBo). The Coach Gladys Lee Speciality Coffee will be available at the 2024 Youth Coffee Expo on Friday, October 18, 2024 at New Mount Rose. Contact Pastor Tatum at 817-966-7625, kptatum1@gmail.com for more information.

LPGA Coach Gladys Lee Specialty Coffee | “From the Crop To the Cup To The Course.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Since her youth, Professional Golf Hall of Fame Coach LPGA Coach Gladys Lee has been committed to improving the lives of young people as well as adult women using the attributes of golf to grow the game of golf. In 1986, she established a junior golf program called the Texas International Stroker’s Junior Golf Association, later named in 1997, The Roaring Lambs International Junior Golf Academy. Tiger Woods recognized Lee’s Roaring Lambs organization as one of the Top Junior Golf Programs in the U.S.A., which led to being featured on the NBC Tom Brokaw segment of “Making a Difference”. 

Now, Coach Lee is launching her legacy project, the Coach Gladys Lee Golf Academy in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas. Link: www.roaringlambsjrgolf.com Coach Lee has a long and respected career in the golf industry. She has developed curricula inclusive of golf training and life skills for multi-ethnic children while contributing her talents, abilities and service to organizations, corporations, and non-profits for decades. 

A 2025 Inductee into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame, Coach Lee was inducted into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame in 2003. The Coach Gladys Lee Specialty Coffee is the fundraising tool used to help promote, market and support Coach Lee’s Golf Academy. The Gladys Lee Golf Academy at The New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church 2864 Mississippi Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76104. Visit the church’s website: www.newmountrose.com