Children from Play Study Win programs meet Zakumi at the Tournament launch parrty, January 2010

A portion of all adult league dues benefit
PLAY STUDY WIN &
GRASS ROOTS SOCCER

We also are donating shirts and equipment to the Agahozo Shalom Village in Rwanda.

Check out these photos of the children

Each adult team is also required to hold a fund raising party. It can be at a venue of your choosing, or at ours. This can raise funds for your team as well as for our program. At that party we will offer prize raffles from our sponsors, including (not confirmed, but at an advance stage of negotiations) a package trip to South Africa, w/ flight, hotel and WC tickets included.

The tournament itself will take place over the course of June 5th & 6th at Aviator Sports Complex escellent turf fields. The school team will play a game -supported by their paired adult team and then the adult team will play... supported by the school team. The first two teams from each group will move on to the playoff round and eventually the final.

Questions.
- Who can enter?
The tournament is open both to mens and coed teams. We will pair 16 mens teams with 16 middle schools and 16 coed teams with 16 elementary schools.
- How much?
$850 a portion of which will be tax deductible. Play Study Win is a 501c3 not for profit organization
- What do I get for that?
Entry into this high profile tournament. Your money pays for uniforms, referees, all the normal stuff, plus it underwrites the 6 week training program in the school. We will also allocate some on-field training time for your team prior to the tournament. We were approached by the South African Consulate to organize this tournament... it has their official seal of approval and their and the participating sponsors PR machines behind it. (See photo of us with World Cup CEO Danny Jordaan at a meeting at the Consulate this summer.)
Entry into various parties and after parties organized by our sponsors.
There are a bunch of other benefits that we have still to confirm, including tickets, entry to the World Cup trophy tour when it comes to NYC in the Spring. etc.
- Can I pick the national team that I want?
Generally speaking, no. However, we will listen to your story if you can make a good case for it. Perhaps your team is from a social club that has thousands of members from a particular nationality and you could organize a huge fund-raising party there...We already have one team who will be organizing one party a month for us from Feb, through June... or perhaps your company wishes to sponsor the tournament. Most of the time however, we will assign teams from a blind draw. we think it would be fun to represent another country.
- My company may wish to sponsor the tournament. How does that work?
We have various levels of sponsorship, some of them come with team entry included. The tournament will be an excellent way to promote your organization. This will be a high profile tournament with lots of media attached. In addition, you are helping underprivileged kids in the tri state area and promoting he game of soccer and playing in a fun an exciting tournament and some part is tax deductible. Please contact us if your company wishes to participate at this level. We can send you a full sponsorship deck.
In addition to pre and post tournament media exposure, we are also putting together a tour vehicle which will be branded by our sponsors and will visit all the schools in our program and other locations across the Tri State area.
-This seems like a lot of work for us. Is it?
No, not really.. We'd love you to become involved in every aspect of the event... show up at the school when the tour vehicle is there, invite some children from your team to your workplace, go to all the parties and learn about the nation you are representing. Alternatively, you can pay the fee, throw one fund-raising party and then show up and play on the day!
What's next?
If you're still interested... and if you've got this far in the email, that could be a given... please drop us a line and we'll answer any questions you might have.

Here's to a great tournament!

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