20th Annual FPA NCA Charity Golf Classic

On Wednesday, May 1^st, FPA NCA will hold its annual charity golf classic at 1757 Golf Club in Dulles, VA. This year’s tournament is particularly special, as it is the 20^th annual tournament, and we hope to celebrate this milestone in style at 1757.  This is a great day to relax, reconnect with old friends, and make new connections.

As in years past, proceeds from the tournament are donated to the Foundation for Financial Planning, as well as local chapter pro bono efforts centered on financial counseling at Our Daily Bread, in Fairfax, VA.

In 2012 the tournament raised over $26,000 for these two groups, thanks in part to a pledge by TD Ameritrade to match any donations to the Foundation for Financial Planning.  TD Ameritrade is once again matching donations in 2013, up to $1 million total. Please join us on the links and encourage your colleagues and business partners to join us on the course or as a tournament sponsor. Without our sponsors, the tournament would not exist in support of these two great organizations.

The Foundation for Financial Planning (FFP) helps people take control of their financial lives by connecting the financial planning community with people in need. To achieve this mission, the FFP supports pro bono advice and financial life skills education by making grants to organizations that reach out to and extend the benefit of financial planning to those generally underserved by the market.  To date the FFP has awarded grants totaling over $4.6 million, to low income individuals, military families, disaster victims, and underserved groups such as Native Americans, foster care youth, the unemployed and the victims of abuse.

Local FPA NCA pro bono activities currently support Our Daily Bread, a non-profit organization dedicated to easing the plight of low income residents in Fairfax County, Virginia.  Since 2011, the FPA NCA chapter has collaborated with Our Daily Bread to provide free financial counseling sessions to low and moderate income individuals and families. Our Daily Bread follows up with the client 90 days later to track the client's progress.  Of those clients that responded to the 90-day follow up survey (80% average monthly response rate), on average 81% improved their financial situation.

Registration begins at 1pm, with a shotgun start at 1:30pm, and the round will be followed by dinner and a prize raffle.  Slots are limited this year, so sign up here online before it’s too late!

Chris Rivers, Golf Classic Co-Director