For those of you familiar with the Club, you will know that we think that our members are awesome. So awesome that we make them chant 'we are awesome' at all our Club meetings. AWESOME is our Club mantra and stands for the values and principles that we expect from members, staff and which the Club operates by.
Since the call came to close the Club on Saturday 14th March, the staff and our leadership have been working hard to follow the new regulations we are operating under, while still trying to provide value and help to our members, family and community. We want to use this moment to let you know what we have done, what we are currently doing and what [...]
Winston Churchill said it best when he quoted "We make a living by what we get; but we make a life by what we give." I was reminded of this quote recently when a parent told me that along with all the personal requests to Santa, her children are asked to also include a request for someone else. It can be a physical thing 'please bring my best friend a soccer ball so we can play together' or, as they've got older, a request for a cause or charity that they have become interested in. She hopes that this early reminder to think of others as well as themselves will teach a lifelong habit of concern for others and charity.
For those of you who have not seen the coverage in the local press, it was quite an opening day, with people lined up early in the morning to be the first through the doors, with goodie bags and saver cards for the first 300 visitors. If you have not yet been to check it out, then today is your day! On Wednesday 13th November, Whole Foods South Lake Tahoe is donating 5% of all their sales revenue to the Club. We are so excited to have created this partnership and to be chosen as one of Whole Foods' local charities. Indeed, we have been extremely impressed by how Whole Foods have approached local charitable giving with the opening of a store here.