Club + Resort Business’ Second Annual Awards recognize the Detroit Athletic Club for hosting a four-day “Welcome Back to the Club” commemoration that consisted of golf at nearby TPC Dearborn, a weekend series of tastings that included a “spirited lineup” of premium gin, rum, tequila and whiskey, special dinners, a “silent disco,” and fireworks from Comerica Park…

The Seattle Yacht Club hosted an exotic car and motorcycle BBQ as part of its effort to appeal to a broader interest. In Virginia, Farmington Country Club and The Country Club of Virginia catered to their youngest members with versions of “Cookies and Canvas” to help kids “unplug” and enjoy the club.

Houston Racquet Club called upon local fire and police departments, K-9 units and construction companies to have a fleet of vehicles set up on the premises so members and their families could check them out up close during the annual Labor Day celebration. The “Touch-a-Truck” add-on helped increase usual revenues by 33 percent.

Congressional Country Club’s successful family events keep younger members engaged, on-site and involved.

Frozen fowl are the center of attention at Desert Highlands GC’s “Un-Thanksgiving Eve” event.

Chenal CC revived a slow month at the club with daily, innovative programming for members of all ages.

Outside of high school cafeteria food fights, produce rarely goes airborne, much less in a club atmosphere. But The Ivanhoe (Ill.) Club turned a dash of chaos into a family-oriented lesson in composting and recycling at its first Pitch the Pumpkin event. It all started with a very large pumpkin. One element of the club’s…

To kick off our Sixth Annual Ideas Issue and lead into the department-specific concepts     featured throughout the rest of this special issue, we start with highlights of some especially     inspired events that have been held at club properties over the past year. More photos and details on these programs and experiences can be…