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UnionTrack at the Community Services Agency 's Bowling for Gold Tournament

One of the things I love most about this job is getting to spend time with my brothers and sisters in the Labor movement—to step away from the office, to put work aside for a while, and just have fun.

I had one of those opportunities this past weekend, when I joined members of IBEW Local 26, Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, Iron Workers Local 5, Brick Layers and Allied Craftworkers, IMTEF, IUOE Local 99 and my teammates from TCU/IAM as part of the 23rd Annual "Bowling for Gold" Tournament sponsored by the Community Services Agency of the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO.

The mission of the Community Services Agency is to improve the lives of workers and their families by meeting their human and social services needs; by building diverse coalitions to promote and protect dignity and justice for workers; and by empowering workers and their unions to make their communities better places to live, work, raise a family and retire. The tournament benefits the CSA's Emergency Assistance Fund.

Last year, the Emergency Assistance program helped more than 300 families avoid evictions, foreclosures, utility cutoffs and hunger. Emergency Assistance is one of the ways the Labor community gives back to our larger community, and knowing we were making a real difference in the lives of Washington-area families—just when they need it most—more than made up for my less-than-stellar performance in the lanes.

I should note that although I did not get top score—that was 297—I managed to avoid totally embarrassing myself with a respectable 116. At a top velocity of over 124 m.p.h., I was able to bounce out of the gutter and pick up a spare. Not everybody can accomplish such a feat, and not that many try. Perhaps it's because it doesn't count, but I do think it's nice to have someone clear the gutters!

I'll be lobbying for some rule changes over the next year, because we are bringing a UnionTrack team to the 24th annual tournament in 2016. In the mean time, I'm looking forward to Labor Night at the Nats this summer, the next chance to raise money for the Emergency Assistance Fund, and another opportunity to get out of the office and spend some time with my friends.

In Solidarity,

Ken

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