Aaron Flener, caddie for J.T. Poston, pledges to Nashville relief effort

Aaron Flener, caddie for PGA Tour player J.T. Poston, pledged money to the Nashville relief effort.

When two tornadoes struck four counties in the Nashville, Tennessee, area early Tuesday, over 20 people were killed and countless homes were destroyed.

In the midst of the tragedy, however, kindness and generosity have emerged.

Aaron Flener, caddie for J.T. Poston, is a Nashville, Tennessee resident. Thankfully, neither he nor his family were affected during the storm, but Flener said he wanted to help in the relief effort. Even from afar as he and Poston compete at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida, Flener has found a way to help rebuild.

For every birdie Poston makes over the next two weeks, Flener will donate $20 to Gideon’s Army — a children’s charity in north Nashville.

“There’s a lot of devastation, a lot of cleanup and rebuilding to do and while I wish I was there physically to help with that right now, but I’m not,” Flener said Thursday in a video posted by the Caddie Network.

Flener said his action has already made waves this week on Tour.

“The great thing about working for a guy like J.T. is he’s also agreed to match that,” Flener said. “And over the past day or so I’ve had a lot of guys reach out and also say they want in so we got about 12 or 13 people right now that are going to give some sort of donation to Gideon’s Army based on J.T.’s results over the next couple of weeks…

“It’s going to be a process to rebuild for all of us in Asheville but every little bit helps.”

In a Twitter post later on Thursday, Fleaner said the list of people donating when Poston makes birdies over the next two weeks has grown to 33. Harry Higgs is one of the PGA players contributing.

Flener encouraged fans who want to donate to the cause to send him a message on Twitter.