January-March 2021 The Stone Newsletter

Three years ago, Greystone increased our investment in our employees by creating Greystone University. In addition, our staff also continuously supports several local charitable organizations with their time and efforts. The list of our traditional member holiday events continues to grow as well! Our New Year’s Eve parties, Valentine’s Day dinners, Easter Egg hunts, 4th of July celebrations, Memorial Day and Labor Day offerings; Halloween Festivals and Christmas events like “Breakfast with Santa” and the Dickens Dinners, have quickly become family classics and are now favorites of our second generation of members! In 2021, we will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Grey- stone Golf & Country Club! As your President, it is an honor and a privilege to lead this celebration. An excit- ing addition to our celebration is the formation of a new Historical Committee! (See the associated article in this edition of The Stone News). Over the next year we will take a look back at our history, celebrate our successes, enjoy their associated lifelong memories and at the same time map out a course for continued success over the next 30 years! The Board of Directors, Committee Chairs and Committee members & our Administration and Staff have a renewed sense of passion and excitement as we make plans for the upcoming year and beyond. Our Club’s financial position is stronger than ever thanks to the financial leadership of your Board, your committees and our General Manager David Porter and his team. On behalf of the Board, the staff and our members, I would like to express our sincere heartfelt thanks to our 2020 President, Janice Folmar for her steady leadership and dedication to our club during the past year. When you see Janice, your club leadership and your staff in the coming days and weeks, please give them a heartfelt “thanks” and maybe even a socially distanced fist bump! You are also invited to attend the President’s Dinner on Saturday, January 16, 2021 to honor Janice Folmar and celebrate her dedication to Greystone.

No one plans on having to lead such a large organization through a worldwide pandemic on top of their regular jobs and family responsibilities. But through the efforts of your Board of Directors, those of our General Manager, our staff and of course our wonderfully patient and supportive members, we took a never ending line of storms and turned them into one beautiful sunset after another! A special “thank-you” to all of our new members who found it time to call Greystone “home” even during such challenging times. Welcome aboard! In all of our endeavors in life we should seek to reach our full potential. Every success worth obtaining takes a step of faith and sometimes grasping at goals that may seem beyond our reach. But it is only after taking those steps - and sometimes leaps - and making those often challenging decisions, can we look back and say that we were glad we made those choices. Every legend needs to be passed along in order to stay alive for future generations. Greystone needs to continually grow in order for our legend to survive. This fundamental need for growth can be found in numerous areas including creating new offerings, fine-tuning our present level of service, increased partnerships and service to our community, continued investment in our staff and constant improvements in our facilities. With the guidance of your club leaders, the teamwork of our staff and the support of our members, we can make sure that for many generations our motto will remain…

"GREYSTONE – THE LEGEND GROWS”

See you at the Stone!

Dale Gorham Club President, 2021

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