Fundraisers For Pre-teen Sports Teams
Pre-teen sports teams give young people a great opportunity to participate in a team sport, make new friends, and learn about teamwork. Besides being great fun and keeping them out of trouble, participation in pre-teen sports also gives young people a solid foundation for the future.
While fundraising on the part of parents, coaches and teachers is good and effective, the young people enjoying team sports can also enjoy participating in the fundraising themselves.
Encouraging participation
Everybody loves pre-teen sports, and sometimes the parents get even more excited about it than the kids. At the very beginning of the season, send out a fundraising letter or hold a meeting with all the parents to discuss fundraising, if for no other reason, to get them prepared to spend some time and get into a fundraising mode. Leverage the parents that were involved the year before. Encourage them to help out again in sharing their ideas and wisdom with the rest of the group. Get the kids interested too. Discuss the need for fundraising with them, and tell them about a few fundraising ideas. Kids are natural salespeople, and will be able to help out a lot towards their own cause–don’t make the mistake of just leaving all the fundraising to the parents.
Set the stage for participation in the next fundraiser too, by making sure to recognize the hard work done by all the volunteers, including both students and parents, making sure everyone knows the results of the fundraising, and sending a “thank you” to donors.
Have specific goals
Pre-teen sports teams can always use money for something, whether it’s new uniforms, awards, field trips, or equipment. But each fundraising initiative should have a specific and realistic goal that everybody is working for. When a child says “will you buy a box of candy to help us buy uniforms,” they’re a lot more likely to get a positive response than if they simply say, “will you buy a box of candy.” Also, you’ll get your parent and student volunteers more excited about fundraising if they know what they are working towards. Raising money for the “general fund” isn’t nearly as glamorous as raising money for something tangible that everybody can see and is within reach.
Specific goals are easy to come by. Pre-teen sports teams aren’t known for having large amounts of wealth, and there’s almost always something they need. Even if the team is school-sponsored, schools all over the country are suffering from cutbacks and often don’t have the funds to support the teams like they should. Keep in mind too, there are a lot of corporate sponsors and local businesses that would love to help, and would love to have some positive publicity. If they know exactly what is needed, you may have a chance of getting just a handful of companies together to foot the bill for the equipment, trips, or uniforms you need.
Getting support from community businesses
A common method of getting support from local businesses is to publish a yearbook, or sell ads on your team sports programs. It’s not hard to get the support of local merchants, but you do need to follow a few simple guidelines:
In addition to describing the benefit a donation will give to the team, describe the benefit to the individual merchant. You will be much more likely to get a donation if you are offering something to the merchant of value. This may come in the form of ad space in a program, having their company name displayed in the clubhouse, or a mention over the loudspeaker at halftime.
Follow up after the fundraiser is over. Send a “thank you” letter or a small token of appreciation to every donor. This shows them that you appreciate their support–and it also sets the stage for their participation in future events.
Give them a range of options. Don’t ask for the same amount from every merchant, give them a range of options from small to large dollar amounts.
[Top]Internet Sports TV brings only one word to mind WOW!
Ever since I began surfing the web to watch the latest scores of my favorite sports, I used to wonder whether the world wide web will become so fast and efficient someday, that it will enable sports lovers to watch sports online without switching their TV channels. That way sports buffs will not only maintain harmony in their homes, but also utlilize their leisure time more efficiently. Low broadband speeds were the bane of the internet industry for nearly a decade and it is only recently that telecom companies got their act together and began offering 3G and 4G speeds at affordable prices. Cut-throat competition in this sector seems to have played a major role in this phenomenon.
With high broadband speeds now a reality, entertainment portals have begun to offer live-streaming of sports events, making life a lot easier for those who wanted to convert their PCs into entertainment devices. Internet sports TV is the direct consequence of this entire phenomenon and has most certainly become a hit amongst viewers desirous of obtaining the maximum value for their buck. Not only does it offer economy, but also combines several conveniences, because viewers can watch their favourite sports events on the go. By using their hand held devices like mobiles, IPods, PDAs or laptops users can easily watch their favourite sports stars in action and marvel at their performances. Moreover, with these portals offering rewind, playback and live- streaming facilities, viewers will not miss even a second of the thrilling encounters that happen on the sports fields.
Work related stress will become a thing of the past, as these portals will prove to be the best stress busters as more and more viewers begin to watch sports online. These online portals offer users a very high degree of interactivity, something which television cannot match. Not only can users watch sports online, but also participate in live chats with other sports buffs and post their opinions about the shows on these online forums.
So if you feel your favorite sports team hasnt performed quite well, then you can easily share your views on any internet sports TV channel that offers live chat. Some sports channel also offer complimentary access to their database of award winning pictures, which capture some of the most memorable moments that have taken place on the sports field.
The internet and its immensely popular sports TV channels maybe the new kids on the block, but in my opinion, they will surely rule the roost, as television fades into the background.
Watch your favourite sports channel online today, and tell me if you found anything different?
Im sure you willand if you do, then do write back to me on this forum!
[Top]Printable Sports Trivia Questions And Answers
Looking for something fun to do at your next party or family event? Why not try trivia? It is entertaining, exciting and everyone can get involved. Age, sex and the number of people does not matter. Trivia is for everyone and it can be played anywhere.
Sports trivia is a great choice because almost everyone knows something about sports. You may not be a hockey fan, but what do you know about skating or sailing? Almost everyone has knowledge or information about some kind of sport. You do not have to be the worlds biggest fan to enjoy sports trivia. You can print and enjoy these fifty questions that I have compiled about all different kinds of sports and sports figures. Test your knowledge or that of your friends. Enjoy!
1: Britains Linford Christie was banned from competing for two years in which sport?
A: The 100m dash because he tested positive for drugs.
2: Which countrys entire team was barred from competing at the Paralympics in Sydney?
A: Spain, they were caught entering non-handicapped athletes into the games.
3: Which sports figure holds the record for appearing the most times on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
A: Michael Jordan, he has been on the cover 47 times.
4: Who is the only man to play both a NFL game and a MLB game in a single day?
A: Deion Sanders
5: Which two countries have not missed one of the modern day Olympics?
A: Greece and Australia
6: Which goalie holds the record for the most wins in regular season play?
A: Patrick Roy
7: What is the maximum weight for a golf ball?
A: 1.6oz
8: In Olympic badminton how many feathers does the bird have?
A: 14
9: What professional sport did bank robber John Dillinger play?
A: Baseball
10: Who was the only person elected to both the football and the baseball hall of fame?
A: Cal Hubbard
11: Wayne Levi was the first golfer to win a PGA tournament using a colored ball. What color was the ball?
A: Orange
12: Which track and field event is banned in high schools in every state except Rhode Island?
A: The hammer throw
13: The world Cup of Soccer has only been won by three European countries. Who are they?
A: West Germany, England and Italy.
14: Which NHL team was once called the St. Patricks?
A: The Toronto Maple Leafs
15: What sport, other than baseball uses the word homerun?
A: Cricket
16: What sport awards the Maurice Podoloff Trophy?
A: Basketball, it is awarded to the most valuable player
17: How many panels make up a soccer ball?
A: 32
18: How many stitches are there on a baseball?
A: 108
19: Who was the first female parachutist?
A: Jean Genvieve Granerin in 1799, she jumped from a hot air balloon.
20: What is the most watched sport in the world?
A: Soccer (football).
21: Which sport has the largest number of participants in the world?
A: Fishing.
22: In what year did boxing become a legal sport in the US?
A: 1901
23: What edible substance was found in golf balls?
A: Honey
24: Who holds baseballs record for the most stolen bases in a single season?
A: Rickey Henderson
25: Who holds the record for the longest hitting streak in baseball?
A: Joe DiMaggio, 56 games.
26: Who holds the record in basketball for the most career rebounds?
A: Wilt Chamberlain
27: Who holds the record in basketball for the most fouls?
A: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 4657.
28: Who holds the record in basketball for the most blocked shots?
A: Hakeem Olajuwon 3830.
29: In what year was the Ice Dancing included in the World Championship?
A: 1952, in Paris.
30: Who holds the record for the most homeruns in a single season?
A: Barry Bonds he set the record in 2001.
31: Which woman took silver in the mens World Figure Skating Championship in 1902?
A: Madge Syers-Cave, there was no womens events and no rule in the mens saying a woman could not compete.
32: Who was the first woman to win the woman s World Figure Skating Championship?
A: Madge Syers-Cave, she won it in 1906
33: What is the name of the stadium where the Houston Astros play?
A: Minute Maid Park
34: What sport do the Houston Astros play?
A: Baseball
35: Which country won the gold medal in mens beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics?
A: USA, the team of Rogers/Dalhausser defeated the Team from Brazil to win the gold.
36: Who holds the record for the most goals in the NHL?
A: Wayne Gretzky, he scored 894.
37: In which sport would you use the terms reefing and furling?
A: Sailing
38: Which sport awards the Ryder Cup?
A: Golf
39: Who holds the records for the most goals in one season in the NHL.
A: Wayne Gretzky, in the 81-82 season he scored 92 goals.
40: How many players are on the field for each team in American football?
A: 11 there are 12 in Canadian football.
41: James Naismith is credited with inventing which sport?
A: Basketball. When the game was first played there were only 13 rules.
42: Which sport has a three in the key rule?
A: Basketball, it was introduced in 1936 to cut down on contact between players.
43: In basketball how far is the free throw line from the net?
A: 15 feet or 4.6m.
44: How long is a football game?
A: 60 minutes.
45: In which sport might you find a dagger and a trapeze?
A: Sailing.
46: Which country held the 2008 Olympics.
A: The Olympics were in Beijing China.
47: Which sport awards the Winston Cup?
A: NASCAR
48: In which sport did Sonny Liston participate?
A: Boxing, he was a heavy weight.
49: Affirmed, won the triple crown in 1978, who was his regular jockey?
A: Steve Cauthen and he was the youngest jockey ever to win the triple crown.
50: Who eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics?
A: Michael Phelps in swimming.
What You Should Know About Skullcandy Sport Headphones
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