Learning from The VERY Fairy Princess
Written by Courtney Stiles, McGladrey Classic Tournament Manager
Over the last few months my daughter, Palmer, has decided to enter the world of all things Princess. In this world she wears lots of pink and purple, sparkly bracelets and necklaces, finger nail polish and glittery shoes that she can’t walk in. She also likes to make demands, fall to the ground crying with her hair tossed over her face and use the word NO. All of which will be resolved before she officially turns 13! With her transformation to the princess world Palmer has acquired a book from her YaYa + Dough (grandparents) called “The VERY Fairy Princess”. This book has found its place in our staples of night time stories for months now.
It took about ten reads but eventually all of the fairy princess attributes starting popping out at me. The traits that the very fairy princess in the story has are all great. I personally do not possess all of these qualities and probably never will, but combined with the rest of my Davis Love Foundation work family, I think we do!
So, what attributes does a VERY Fairy Princess possess? Or in our case, the very fairy princes and princesses?
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At McGladrey, I’m a Tax Supervisor and now a PGA TOUR Caddie
Written by Matt Stoner
Tax Supervisor
Cedar Rapids, IA
McGladrey hosted an internal contest called Caddie Quest, giving employees the chance to caddie for Zach Johnson during the Wednesday Pro-Am at this year’s McGladrey Classic. McGladrey’s own tax senior associate and fellow Cedar Rapids native, Matt Stoner, won the contest! Learn about Matt’s experience during the Pro-Am.
For the past month my wife and I have been looking forward to our trip to The McGladrey Classic, but it really hit us when we crossed the bridge to Sea Island and saw a big sign advertising the tournament. It was hard to believe that the next day I would be Zach Johnson's guest caddie at the Pro-Am.
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Observations From a 1st Time Volunteer (Oct. 13)
Thursday morning. First day of the “real” part of The McGladrey Classic. Time to perform. I got up at some awful early hour, showered and dressed quietly so as not to wake up the household, and drove to the remote parking area. The shuttle bus was full of volunteers, all dressed in blue shirts and khaki pants. It was dark. I flashed back to taking a similar trip many years ago to Richmond for a pre-induction physical. Four hours to Richmond in a chartered Greyhound bus and it was just getting light when we got there.
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Observations from a 1st Time Volunteer (Oct. 12)
Monday afternoon, after I finished my blog, I picked up my volunteer kit, which included a shirt, a jacket, a cap, some lapel pins, a reusable water bottle, a bunch of paperwork, and some coupons. I tried the shirt on to make sure it fit (it did). Shirt is a nice, silky kind of material. The stuff in this kit is worth way more than what they charge for the privilege of volunteering.
Tuesday I worked at home, but I did spend some time studying the volunteer handbook (covers where to park, how to get to the tournament, how to be quiet, etc.) I’ll carry it with me. I also went online to see what information the PGA TOUR has. A good part of the website dealt with a wrap-up of the tournaments just completed this past weekend. Who won and why and how. This is important, because (1) I have learned that a player’s performance can affect whether or not he will be in the field for The McGladrey Classic, and I’m interested in seeing if some of the blurbs I wrote will actually be used. Also, (2) I’m starting to recognize some more names and am now very much interested in which players to pay attention to in the next few days.
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