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LONDON BRIDGE YACHT CLUB CHARITIES, INC.
OUR YACHT CLUB WAS LESS THAN ONE MONTH OLD WHEN, IN 2005, WE ANSWERED OUR FIRST CALL TO COMMUNITY SERVICE, LENDING OUR SUPPORT TO A VISITING GROUP OF YOUNG MEN RIDING BICYCLES CROSS-COUNTRY AND KNOWN AS THE "JOURNEY OF HOPE". SHORTLY AFTER THAT, OUR MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER TO PLAY HOST TO THE LOCAL BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS ORGANIZATION AND A TRADITION OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT WAS BORN. OUR FIRST TRADITIONAL OPENING DAY BOAT PARADE IN 2006 WAS COMBINED WITH A MARDI GRAS THEME AND A BENEFIT DINNER, DANCE AND AUCTION LATER THAT EVENING TO BENEFIT LAKE HAVASU'S SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAM; OUR FLEDGLING GOAL OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT WAS NOW BEGINNING TO BLOSSOM. SINCE THAT FIRST YEAR, OUR SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS HAS INCLUDED DIRECT MONETARY SUPPORT OF MANY LOCAL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH AS HALLOWEEN, THE RELAY FOR LIFE CANCER WALK AND, MOST RECENTLY, A COORDINATED JOINT EFFORT TO CLEAN UP THE BEACHES AND SHORELINE OF LAKE HAVASU. THE NATURE OF OUR FUND-RAISING EVENTS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO CHANNEL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO MORE THAN ONE CHARITY OR ORGANIZATION AT A TIME AND WE HAD NO EFFECTIVE MECHANISM TO HANDLE NON-CASH CONTRIBUTIONS. SO, IN 2008, WE FORMED A SEPARATE NON-PROFIT, 501(C)(3) CORPORATION TO ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO ACCEPT DONATIONS OF ALL KINDS AND TO DISPERSE PROCEEDS TO VARIOUS LOCAL CHARITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS. THE CORPORATION IS MANAGED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO OVERSEE AND CONTROL ALL OPERATIONS. THE FIRST REAL "PROJECT" FOR THE NEWLY FORMED LONDON BRIDGE YACHT CLUB CHARITIES, INC. BEGAN WITH AN 18-FOOT POWER BOAT DONATED TO OUR ORGANIZATION. MEMBERS REFURBISHED THE BOAT, ENGINE AND TRAILER AND RAFFLED IT OFF TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY. DURING THE SAME TIMEFRAME, OUR MARDI GRAS BENEFIT DINNER AND DANCE WITH BOTH LIVE AND SILENT AUCTIONS RAISED ADDITIONAL MONEY TO SUPPORT LAKE HAVASU CITY CHARITIES. FUNDS RECEIVED ARE DONATED BY THE YACHT CLUB AT VARIOUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE SECOND MAJOR PROJECT WAS A 21-FOOT OMEGA JET DRIVE BOAT WHICH WAS ALSO RAFFLED OFF TO SUPPORT LOCAL CHARITIES. THE THREE PHOTOS BELOW SHOW THE 18-FOOT POWER BOAT, A GROUP OF COSTUMED REVELERS AT THE ANNUAL MARDI GRAS BENEFIT DINNER, DANCE AND AUCTION AND OUR MOST RECENT 21-FOOT PROJECT BOAT.
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