CFMA - Valley of the Sun

Today, we held a New Member Breakfast to help introduce our newest members to each other and to some of the great opportunities available to all VoS CFMA members. The breakfast was held at and sponsored by Lovitt & Touche' - a BIG thank you to VoS member Elise Thorpe for all her help and the sponsorship! Please help us welcome: Bobbie Romo - Controller - Indigo Contracting Chris Wright - Sr Account Executive - Explorer Software Group Cris Costigan - Sr Tax Mgr - Morrison, Clark & Conover CPAs, PLLC Fredric Fial - VP - Western Alliance Equipment Finance Gayle McClellan-President-D&M Surety Scott Sawyer - CFO - Comfort Systems USA Southwest Troy Griffith-Sr Auditor-Price, Kong & Company CPAs PA   Make sure you say HI to our newest members - they are all great people to know and we are all so happy they have joined us!

VOS will match up to $1,500 in member donations to help raise funds for UMOM in connection with their Walk at the Phoenix Zoo. Click on the link above to register and/or donate using the VOS’ Challenge Page.   Refer to the following link for further details about the walk:  http://umom.kintera.org     UMOM’s  mission is to provide homeless families and individuals with safe shelter, housing, and supportive services to assist them in reaching their greatest potential.   Let’s all come together for a fun day and help support a great cause!!  Any questions please contact Lisa Vaglio at lvaglio@mccarthy.com  

VOS chapter has a section of seats reserved for the August 26th Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers game.  Bring your family and join your CFMA friends in the All-You-Can-Eat seats to boo the Dodgers.  Tickets are $35 each,  click here  to buy your tickets today!

Wednesday, October 22 nd , at the Orange Tree Golf Resort for the 24 th Annual CFMA VOS Golf Classic . See below for details.   This annual event raises scholarship funds in support of construction education.   Sponsors – the second page of the attached brochure offers numerous opportunities to showcase your logo in support of this event. Please commit by email, then mail your check.   Early Bird discounts are available until August 29 th .   Golfers – get together a four-some, or come and be paired with others. Individual golfers may register and pay online with a click or save with Early Bird pricing by using the brochure.   The raffle debuts at the August lunch, so be sure to sign up for golf and the lunch.    

by Marj Weber   Back by popular demand - ok just two people admitted they have read and enjoyed the past columns, and in my opinion, more than one makes this column 'popular'!!   First things first - don't you just love the new version of our Chapter Newsletter?   And now thanks to the amazing Michelle Walker, it is published monthly!!   Love it!!   Even I had trouble remembering the last time this column was written - had to look it up! (Note here: back issues of the Copper State Ledger are available on our website-in case you are in search of good reading material!)   Last column was back in October, yes when we were envisioning cooler days and much cooler nights.   Sorry to say those much cooler temps came in early December and were gone after Christmas!   So tired......   Getting back to the Chapter 'happenings' (have I shown my age AGAIN?) a lot of FUN stuff has happened and a bunch more to come.   The Gol...