CHAIRMAN AND GM MESSAGE 14 APRIL 2020
Dear Member,
I hope this message finds you and your family healthy and safe. We are taking several additional actions to help us navigate through these unprecedented times.
Although there are relief packages out there for small businesses, as a 501 (c )7 organization, ANCC does not qualify for most of the options, including the Paycheck Protection Plan, which would have allowed the Club to receive 2.5 times our payroll for a period of two months. This has left us with the difficult decision to furlough 123 employees. The majority work in our food and beverage departments at both Arlington and Fairfax. Many of our hourly employees may benefit from unemployment benefit rates as the government has subsidized the payout with an additional $600 per week, creating increased income versus our employee ’ s traditional earnings. The Club is also covering all furloughed employee ’ s healthcare premiums until they can come back to work. Through your generosity, the ANCC Foundation has raised over $100,000 to the Employee Support Fund, and several team members have already received funds to help them pay rent, pay bills, and put food on the table. Those on furlough are still eligible for support through this program. If you would like to make a tax - free contribution to the Fund to assist our staff in need, please click here. Those employees not on furlough continue to work hard for ANCC, and they thank and appreciate you for all the support over the past weeks. We are continuing to add services where we can at the Club for you. For example, over this past weekend, Arlington and Fairfax together served 1,000 to - go Easter meals to our members. Other to - go meal programs have launched with great success as well. Wine orders over the past two weeks have exploded, selling over 1,200 bottles of wine. We will be emailing a special edition of our e - newsletter by the end of the month with several opportunities for you to take advantage of. Recently, some of our neighbors have been visiting the Arlington property on their own, so we are scheduling a security guard at the 18th Street entrance gate four days a week, ten hours each day, to patrol access and to remind non - members that we are a private club. It is important to continue to obey the social distance regulations while at the Club. Please do not gather anywhere on property after your round of golf or tennis. We have had two visits from the Fairfax City police department saying they received anonymous calls about people gathering at the Club. We must continue to follow the Governor ’ s orders or risk being completely shut down.
Thank you for the continued support as we work together to get through this pandemic.
Raighne Delaney
Patrick King
Chairman, Board of Governors
General Manager/ COO
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