About Chad Blum and our charity

Our beloved son, brother, uncle, nephew and dear friend Chad Blum always had a tendency to say, “You know what I was thinking?” He would always have some grandiose idea whether it was covering the entire backyard with a lavish desk design or installing an elevator in a two-story beach house! In June 1997, at the age of 29, Chad’s life tragically ended in an automobile accident.

Some time had passed when family and friends were gathered during the holidays. We embarked upon the Chad “syndrome,” which began with “you know what we can do,” and ended with “we can hold a golf tournament in memory of Chad and raise money to benefit a charity.” Chad, our entire family and friends were fond of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic because a family member who was born with a life-threatening condition, Alyssa Matus, had a wish to go to Disney World fulfilled by the organization. In the fall of 2001 after nine magical years of touching people’s lives, Alyssa’s life journey came to an end.