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Yesterday was a great day. A coworker, our company president, and I went to Williamsburg for the annual VHDA Charity Invitational golf tournament. The weather was absolutely beautiful, 70s, Virginia (Carolina) blue sky, a slight breeze, and no humidity. It was one of those days that you don't want to go inside and feel blessed to not have to be in the office. There were over 300 golfers playing captain's choice on three courses. Our foursome shot a 72 which was +1; unfortunately, it was nearly good enough to beat the teams that shot 60 to win their flights. This was my first official golf tournament to play in which was good to do because I'm heading up (with great help) the organizing of our first company tournament which will be at the end of June.

In the past I haven't been a fan of the charity party scene, thinking that it was a waste of money to have a big party and then pass on less money to the cause, but I've kind of had a change of heart. I don't know if it's because I've now been the beneficiary of the party/golfing (probably some of it) but I've realized that the funds may not have been raised if VHDA had just asked the developers, bankers, and other companies for the money. As a result of the tournament almost $1,000,000 has been raised for homeless charities throughout Virginia over the last 15 years. This year five charities each received $22,000 to use to serve their missions.