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Golf Tournament to benefit CLO
This year the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM) is sponsoring a Past Presidents’ Golf Tournament to benefit a charity, October 13, 2010.
Past President Robert Machado selected Creative Living Option as the recipient. AJ, Robert’s son, is a client of CLO.
Event registration and donation details are available in the Golf Tournament Flyer (pdf).
Fun in the Sun Celebration
Nearly 100 members of the Creative Living Options extended family donned shorts and swim suits, slathered on sunscreen and had a splendid time at the first annual CLO Fun in the Sun celebration on Saturday, August 18. The revelers included office and direct support employees, their families, people whom CLO supports and their families, and professional colleagues. CLO staff members staged the event at the California State University Sacramento Aquatic Center. In addition to a lake-front sandy beach, the venue included a wide variety of boats—from canoes and kayaks to paddle boats and aqua-bicycles. “This is an ideal location to have this kind of gathering,” said CEO Joan Schmidt.
After indulging in a Tex-Mex feast, celebrants enjoyed beach volleyball, an array of water toys, and several enormous beach balls. Young and young-at-heart dove into the water. “It’s cold,” several people exclaimed, “but you get used to it!” then CLO Field Advisor Mark Grassinger was the man of the hour; he escorted a steady stream of water adventurers in his two-seat kayak. Other partiers took to the water in solo kayaks, canoes, pedal boats and aqua-bikes. A few took unplanned dips in the lake as they climbed out of their boats onto the dock.
The picnic coincided with several birthdays—most notably those of Jackie, whom CLO supports, and Jason, Co-Founder Kathleen Campbell's son. Almost everyone managed to find room for cake, even after polishing off hefty servings of fajitas and nachos.
CLO staff members had nearly as much fun organizing the celebration as they had attending it. Field Manager Michelle Tongren and CSF Shelby McGee headed the planning team. However, every office staff member had a hand in the planning, setup and clean-up, Co-CEOs included. “I just wanted to say a huge thank you to each and every one of you for the fabulous job you all did to make our ‘Fun in the Sun’ picnic the best ever. You truly exemplified teamwork, from planning to execution to modeling having fun,” said Kathleen.
“For me, our ‘Fun in the Sun’ day was an example of how CLO just keeps getting better and better,” Joan said. “I already have some ideas for next year’s celebration.”
