09/20/10
11th Annual SCYC Golf Tournament and Silent Auction
Sign up today for our 11th annual golf extravaganza at Fort Belvoir Golf Club; you could win $10,000 or other great prizes! Get all the details or e-mail us at SCYCGolf@aol.com with any questions.

PAST EVENTS

02/07/10
Super Bowl XLIV Party
Thanks to Chris Mickey and all the staff at the Columbia Firehouse for making our first fundraiser of 2010 such a success.

12/13/08
2008 Holiday Drive benefits 60 families at Lyles-Crouch and Maury elementary schools.

06/20/2006
Special Award Recipient from Ms. Lucretia Jackson, Principal, Maury Elementary School, Fourth Quarter Honor Awards Ceremony.

05/25/2006
Alexandria City School System presents SCYC with Principal's Choice Award in appreciation of outstanding service and commitment to the students of Maury Elementary.

History | Beneficiaries | Testimonials

History
The Santa Claus Yacht Club was founded in 1990 as a fraternal organization to provide an atmosphere of friendship and camaraderie among its fellow members in the Alexandria area. The club has evolved into a civic-minded organization intent on setting a good example in the community.

The club's charitable focus has been to dispense goodwill to less fortunate children in the Alexandria area. The large portion of that endeavor involves delivering food and gifts to those children during the Christmas season. This annual holiday drive also honors the memory of C.S. Taylor Burke, Jr. (1922-2000).

For over a decade, the organization has provided nearly a month's supply of food to deserving families with the professional guidance of participating school officials and the support of their PTAs.

In 1994, 7 families chosen by the school officials at Lyles Crouch received several weeks' worth of food and staples. Additionally, a gift card for each child (for a Christmas present) was given to the head of the household. By 2005, the effort had grown to over 40 families in the Lyles Crouch and Matthew Maury elementary schools.

Also receiving food and food gift certificates were all the active shelters in the Alexandria area, bringing the total number of children and family members reached in 2005 to over 200.

In recent years the club has been able to expand its efforts to assisting shelter families that graduate to self-subsistence, providing uniforms for school children, and aiding disaster victims and others befallen by tragedy.

The Santa Claus Yacht Club is a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation. Our tax ID number is 54-2006265.

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Beneficiaries
Over the years, the Santa Claus Yacht Club has contributed over $300,000 in cash donations, goods, and services. In the last four years alone, the SCYC has donated more than $120,000. The following organizations have benefited from the group's support.

Adopt A Family (Christmas)
Alexandria Police Association
Alive
Child and Family Center
Hurricane Katrina Fund
Leukemia/Lymphoma Society
Lombardi Cancer Center
Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy
Matthew Maury Elementary School
National Minority Junior Golf Scholarship Association
Police Youth Camp
Saint Colleta School
Saint Patrick Foundation
Special Olympics
Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure
The Rocky Versace Memorial Fund
V Foundation for Cancer

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Testimonials

"In today's world, which is filled with a 'What's-in-it-for-me' attitude, the members of the Santa Claus Yacht Club stepped forward and freely offered their services to the students, staff , and families of Matthew Maury Elementary School. They have assisted with the purchase of school uniforms, incentives utilized during celebratory occasions, contributions of food by the truckload during holidays, and gift cards for students and their families.

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Santa Claus Yacht Club members generously give so that others may partake of the benefits brought about by their efforts. They have placed their most considerable talents at our disposal and are invaluable to the school. The support that members of the Santa Claus Yacht Club give to the students, families, school, and community demonstrates their commitment to the important initiative of educating Alexandria's children."

Lucretia M. Jackson
Principal, Matthew Maury
Elementary School
Alexandria, Virginia
May 2006

"As the year comes to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt gratitude to your amazing organization for its generosity towards Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy's students and families. Without your monetary support, several of our programs would not have been held this year.

Specifically, I would like to thank you for your sponsorship of 25 families at Christmas time so that they had food and gifts to celebrate the season with. In addition, I would like to thank you for your support of our annual fourth grade field trip to Jamestown for an educational experience few students will ever forget. And finally, I would like to thank you for your continued support of our summer reading enrichment program where every student receives a new book to read over the summer break.

Without the involvement of organizations such as the Santa Claus Yacht Club, public schools would be unable to meet the needs of all their students. Thank you for continuing to actively support your community and its children. You truly do make a difference!"

Patricia Zissios, Ph.D.
Principal, Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy
Alexandria, VA
May 2006

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