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Washington CLUB golf tournament
raises $100,000 for three charities
The Washington CLUB Charity
Golf Classic donated $100,000
to three charities Nov. 8 at its cel-
ebration dinner in Seattle. CLUB
stands for Contractors, Legisla-
tors, Unions and Business. The
largest donation of $50,000 went
to the Diabetes Research Institute
via the national AFL-CIO’s
DAD’s Day (Dollars Against Di-
abetes) campaign. Two chil-
dren’s charities—Holly Ridge
Center and Seattle Children’s
Tom Karlya of the Diabetes Research
Institute — and the AFL-CIO DAD’s
Day campaign (Dollars Against Dia-
betes), right, accepts a donation for
$50,000 from Jon Bettendorf, chair
of the Washington CLUB Charity
Golf Tournament. The check presen-
tation was made at the WA-CLUB
Celebration Dinner Nov. 8 in Seattle.
Hospital, each received $25,000.
WA-CLUB has maintained a
position in the Top 5 donors to
the DAD’s Day efforts nationally
for the past 12 years, and has reg-
ularly been the Number 1 or
Number 2 top donor.
Founded by the Washington
State Building Trades Council in
2000, WA-CLUB is now the
largest multi-trade, labor/man-
agement charity event in the
state.
This year’s event was unique
for a couple reasons. First, it was
the wettest most miserable
weather the tournament has ever
experienced, with over half of the
field coming into the clubhouse
unable to finish their rounds, and
second, their donation reached
the $100,000 goal, which it
hasn’t achieved since 2008.
With this year’s proceeds,
WA-CLUB’s total 17 year dona-
tion is nearly $1.4 million.
“It’s fun to look back over the
past 17 years and see how the
event has grown and remained
popular,” said Bettendorf, a prin-
cipal at Quest Investment Man-
agement. “We have an excep-
tional group of volunteers that
meets monthly throughout the
year in order to put on an excep-
tional event. Even this year in the
face of very wet and difficult con-
ditions, everyone had a smile on
their face and enjoyed the day.”
Next year’s event will be back
at Gold Mountain Golf Complex
in Bremerton, Washington June
13-14. The tournament is always
the Wednesday and Thursday be-
fore Father’s Day.