Philanthropic Work Proves Priceless as Club Members Age

5 N 507 AbPacific Athletic Club is one of eight clubs under the umbrella of Western Athletic Clubs, which since 1990 has been a wholly owned subsidiary of The Atlantic Philanthropies, a foundation formed by Chuck Feeney, co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers Group Ltd. So it wouldn't be totally wrong to say that WAC has philanthropy in its DNA.

But philanthropy is more a product of nurture than nature, and in the past decade WAC has cultivated its philanthropic tendencies to become a model enterprise. This was especially the case when, four years ago, WAC brought in Jeremy Howell, chair of the exercise and sports science department in the University of San Francisco's sport management graduate program and a former WAC employee, to direct WAC's philanthropic program.

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