This morning, after dropping David off at work, I drove to Leesburg, some 15 miles from here, to volunteer at a Charity Golf Tournament in aid of the Arthritis Foundation.
River Creek is quite a large gated community of rather grand colonial style homes built around a very impressive golf course and country club, on the banks of the Potomac River.
About 150 golfers set off between 8 and 9 am around the course - with forecast temperatures of 90 degrees for today. They had a number of promotional items given to them before they started and were served drinks and lunch at grill points around the course.
Once all the golfers were out, the function room overlooking the course was made ready for their return for 'cocktail hour', formal dinner, auctions and raffles, including the 'trip raffle' - ticket price $100 - to win a luxury golfing holiday in Ireland.
Unfortunately I had to leave before the dinner and fundraising, I would have liked to have seen how it worked as they had both silent and live auctions. The whole day is projected to raise around $250,000 for research, individual and family support and outreach activities.
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