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35 years later, VIP Golf
Card continues growth
$2.3 million have been
allocated to VSGA-VIP
Scholarship Foundation
recipients since 1985
T
h i r t y- fi ve y e a r s a g o,
past VSGA president
Frank Filipowicz and
friend Dave Daniels
embarked on a mis-
sion: To start a pro-
gram in which golf courses across
Virginia came together to support
the college aspirations of students
in the Commonwealth who had an
interest in golf.
Thus, the VSGA VIP Golf Card was
born. The first edition of the card,
in 1984, featured 25 courses. A year
later, the proceeds generated from
that very first card helped the VSGA
allocate $4,000 worth of scholarship
money to three individuals in 1985.
As the VIP Golf Card celebrates 35
years of existence in 2019, we want to
hear from past scholarship recipients.
What impact did receiving a scholar-
ship make in your life? Additionally, the
VSGA is interested in a potential future
gathering of past scholarship recipients.
Please connect with Tripp Sheppard at
the VSGA office at [email protected]
or (804) 378-2300 for more information.
vsga.org
Hannah Sowers, shown with Scholarship Foundation president Michael Millen and board member Lindsay
Wortham, was a scholarship recipient in 2018.
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