The Vanderbilt Bridge Center is a member owned duplicate bridge club named for Harold S. Vanderbilt, the man credited with inventing contract bridge in the mid-1920s. The center is located west of downtown Nashville and hosts 17 games weekly, including eight limited masterpoint games for new and intermediate players. All sessions are open to members and non members alike. Day and evening bridge classes are also available.

As you know by now, the VBC is teaming up with the ACBL and the Alzheimer’s Association to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research on Friday, June 21^st.   On this day, bridge clubs throughout the US and Canada are participating in this worthy cause.

Here are some ways you can give:

• Make a tax-deductible donation on our team page.

• Solicit family members and friends to sponsor you to play in the bridge marathon that will be held at the VBC on June 21^st.  Typically, they would pledge so much $$ per hour that you play bridge on that day.  Of course, you can sponsor yourself, as well.  A copy of the pledge form is attached to this email.

• Encourage your party or rubber bridge friends to join us at the VBC on June 21^st.  We will be conducting party bridge games all day long, and we welcome bridge foursomes to join us, as well.  There will be no charge for non-duplicate players, except for a requested donation to Alzheimer’s research to be collected at the club that day.

• Subscribe to Audrey Grant’s daily online bridge column.  Better Bridge, founded by Audrey Grant and David Lindop, will be donating 100% of their sales of the Daily Bridge Column for the month of June to The Longest Day.  If you have wanted to check out the Daily Bridge Column, now you can do so by giving to a great cause.  To order your $10 30-day subscription, please use this link:  http://www.betterbridge.com/web/.

• Give of your time.  We need volunteers to: work the event on June 21^st; bring delicious snacks for our players and guests; distribute flyers in the days leading up to June 21^st; and decorate the club this coming weekend (see additional information below).

We have created a 28-page User Guide for the new BridgeWebs site.  We believe the website is fairly easy to use.  This guide lists screen shots of the various pages found on the site and gives a brief description of the contents.  To view the guide, simply click on this text.  If you feel you need a printed copy, click on the link above the preview that says open in a new window and print the copy to your printer from there.

We hope you enjoy the new website!

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The Vanderbilt Bridge Club welcomes new players and offers games which are limited to players with fewer masterpoints.  We also offer a variety of classes for people who would like to learn more about bridge.