Notes from the Games Desk
We maintain a separate scholarship account which we hope will grow someday to where we can pay the $25,000 for scholarships the Board of Directors has allocated annually. Currently we pay all scholarships out of the general fund. Balfour makes a donation to us annually based on the amount of sales they get from state champion ring sales in North Carolina high schools. Also, a few Gold Card members make annual donations which are deposited into that account. This fund, currently about $75,000, also presents a good opportunity for you to make a charitable donation for tax or estate purposes. I would like to see us endow the fund and take the annual scholarship monies from the proceeds each year. Based on a 5% annual return, we’d need to have $500,000 in that endowed fund.
Recently, I ran across this article in The Athletic by Jayson Jenks. Definitely worth the read! https:// www.nytimes.com/athletic/7075906/2026/03/13/ coach-k-leadership-practice-play-duke/ What looks like a simple practice plan is anything but. In this story, Mike Krzyzewski turns a routine workout into a masterclass on leadership—where every drill reflects something bigger: how to organize, when to delegate, how to adapt, and the standards that define winning. It’s not really about basketball at all—it’s about what it takes to lead at the highest level.
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