Your Foundation has been hard at work this year under the adroit leadership of our President, John Trauth. We continue to grow and flourish with the indispensable help of the Club membership.
Our annual campaign from the membership yielded $105,229, an increase of 28% over last year. We had 396 donors, an increase of 26% over last year. We encourage all of our members to take part in the charitable work of the Foundation. No contribution is too small.
Our 20th and 21st Classic Golf Tournaments this year netted $375,595. Kudos to Foundation Board Member Dave Davidson, who tirelessly shepherds these tournaments from start to successful conclusion.
Our Ultimate Wine Dinner and Auction (inaugural event) in August was a great success, netting $104,016. The event, a brainchild of Board Member Marguerita Perry, had the professional touch of Fred Dame, Foundation Board Member and Master Sommelier. This signature event will return on September 30, 2006.
Now a brief overview of this year’s beneficiaries of the Foundation’s efforts.
Bay Area Outreach Program (BORP):
Funds provide youth sports programs for physically disabled Bay Area youth, including wheelchair basketball, power soccer, track, field and hand cycling. Last year BORP athletes competed in Athens at the Paralympics.
Good Tidings Foundation:
Our grant will support the renovation of the athletic field at Milton Meyer Field in the Hunter’s Point neighborhood. The field is used for youth baseball, Junior Giants, PAL and the Boys and Girls Club.
First Tee Program:
This program promotes character development through golf. Our grant was coordinated and presented by Board Member John Abendroth in memory of Jim Lucius, one of the leading lights in the formation of the Olympic Club Foundation.
Pop Warner Football:
Our grant supports Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. (PWLS), reputedly the only national youth sports program that requires participants to perform adequately in the classroom before permitting them to play.
San Francisco Unified School District:
The School Sports Fund supplements the program to support twenty sports at 31 middle and high schools in San Francisco. The Foundation seeded the capital campaign for the renovation of the Phillip and Sala Burton Fields at Burton High School.
St. Charles Elementary School:
Our grant will install lighting in the gymnasium and purchase equipment for sports programs at this inner-city school that serves at-risk youth.
San Francisco Little League:
Our grant will support the development of new baseball/softball fields in the San Francisco Presidio and on Treasure Island for 1,000 participants in softball, baseball, and the Challenger Program for the physically challenged.
St. Mary’s College High School:
This recent grant, made following our October Classic Golf Tournament, will be used to upgrade the athletic facilities at St. Mary’s, including the track, baseball and football complex.
The grants made in 2005 brings our cumulative grant outlay since inception to $1,604.112! Thank you everyone!
Enjoy the December display at the entry of our Downtown facility, which highlights the beneficiaries of 2005.
Finally, we want to thank Club President, Al Clifford, and his Board for their steadfast support of the Foundation’s endeavors this past year.
For more information about the Olympic Club Foundation, visit our website (also accessible through Olyclub.com) or call Executive Director Isabella Lanza at 415/345-5230.
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