Parents and Players,
This blog will be decently long so bare with me. There are many things that we are kicking off this week, so I will be sending out multiple reminders for all of them. We are starting off our fundraising projects with our cookie dough sales on Wednesday, March 16th. We will meet after school on Wednesday in the cafeteria. The information is as follows:
We are kicking off 2011 with the first fundraiser for the Troy Athens Redhawks Football team!
On Wednesday, March 16th the players will be asked to meet after school to receive a sales packet for the Cookie Dough Fundraiser.
The sales packet will include an informational letter about incentives for the players!
Here are some other dates that will be important to the success of this fundraiser:
Turn in date will be Wednesday, March 29th.
We will need every play to turn in their forms by the March 29th date to ensure delivery on Wednesday, April 20th.
We will also be passing out our community outreach packets to the players on Wednesday as well. Troy Athens Football has teamed up with State Champs and Goodwill to help our Troy community members in need. All we are asking is that each player collect $25.00 to help Goodwill and State Champs provide jobs for our struggling neighbors in need. After you have collected your money, all you'll need to do is write our schools information on the envelop we've provided, and turn it in to the closest Huntington bank. They will make sure each envelop get credited to Troy Athens High School The information is as follows:
MEDIA ALERT
STUDENT LEADERS ACROSS METRO DETROIT ANSWER CALL TO JOIN FIGHT FOR LOCAL JOBS, ONE DOLLAR AT A TIME. Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit’s New “Dollars for Jobs” Program Begins March 2nd.
WHAT: Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit, its partners and participating schools will formally kick-off and announce the details of the organization’s unprecedented region wide Goodwill Pass it Forward “Dollars for Jobs” High School Challenge.
The program gives high school students across Metro Detroit the opportunity to emerge as community leaders by combating the region’s unemployment crisis. Student leaders at participating schools will collect “Dollars for Jobs” in support of Goodwill’s employment education, placement and job creation programs. School registration will remain open through the duration of the campaign, which ends April 22, 2011. Information athttp://www.goodwilldetroitpassitforward.org.
Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit is the only organization in Southeast Michigan dedicated solely to helping local people overcome employment challenges and earn jobs. Partners in the campaign including Huntington National Bank, with 50 branch locations around the region, and STATE CHAMPS!, Michigan’s longest running high school sports show. Supporting organizations include 98.7 AMP Radio and Comcast.
WHY: “Young people around Metro Detroit see what is happening in our region and they want to be involved,” said Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit Vice President Lindsay Chalmers. “Working with Huntington and STATE CHAMPS!, we’ve created a simple program that will help high school students contribute directly to the health of Southeast Michigan’s economy by supporting the creation of new jobs and other efforts that can help their parents, friends and neighbors earn employment. ‘Dollars for Jobs’ will prove that even a small contribution from a large amount of people can make an incredible collective impact on the lives of thousands.”
WHO: Executives from Goodwill Industries, Huntington and STATE CHAMPS! Representatives from participating Metro Detroit schools.
Huntington Bank will be giving out a $1000 scholarship to a student that wins the Goodwill Ambassador Award for the Pass it Forward campaign. Details to come soon.
Getaway Raffle:
I must send out the raffle tickets by Tuesday, March 15th for the I've Got Your Backs Getaway Raffle. The cost is only $20.00 per ticket and he prizes include:
1st Prize: Hilton Head Golf Package
2 tickets to PGA Heritage Golf Tournament (April 19th -April 24th, 2011)
5 nights at the Hilton Head Resort and Spa (April 19th -April 24th, 2011)
$600.00 in American Express Cash
2nd Prize: Lake Michigan Getaway
2 night stay on Lake Michigan at Michimonamac Lakeshore Cottages
(Winner will arrange the dates)
$100.00 Gas Card
$100.00 in groceries.
The drawing will occur March 16th, 2011. You can purchase tickets online at: www.ivegotyourbacks.org, or you can write a check to the "I've got Your Backs Foundation" and give it to me. I have 100 tickets ready for purchase.
Last but not least. We are having our second Mom2Mom sale this Saturday, March 19th in the Axillary Gym at Athens High School. I will need two shifts of 30 football players to help unload items for our moms in the morning at 6:00 am, and to help load our moms back up in the afternoon. The Mom2Mom sale will start with the early bird sale from 8:00 to 8:30 and run until 1:00. I will have a sign-up sheet at the Wednesday meeting for our young men.
Thirteen of our football players will also be competing in the State Championship Power Lifting meet as well on Saturday. I will provide more information about the participants later this week. Many congratulations to Coach Divito and the young men who have qualified to represent Troy Athens High School.
Thank all of you for your time, and making it to the end of this email.
Coach Heppner
Go Red Hawks!!!
