Dear Parents,

I am pleased to announce that Manalapan Soccer Club will be hosting its 26th annual Memorial Day Tournament on May 25th thru May 28th 2012. I am especially excited for this year, as this is my first year as your club President. As you know, this tournament is by far the biggest fundraiser for the club every year. Last year was again another successful tournament. This year we will host approximately 300 teams and 4500 players in addition to their families and friends. This task is a huge undertaking but worth every minute. The proceeds go directly back to the club and to our kids.

This enormous event couldn’t occur without your help. Our planning began months ago but there is much more to do. When you signed your son and/or daughter up to play on one of our travel teams you also said you were willing to help. We need your help in two ways.

First, each team must take ads out in the tournament journal. This year the requirements are full sided teams (U11 and above) are to purchase the minimum of $1000 in ads and small sided teams (U8-U10) $800 in ads. They can be in the form of personal ads wishing your child and his or her team luck or in business ads from your business, the company you work for or a business that you frequent. You can also go to local businesses and get ads from them (Please remember any ad with a business name on it will be charged business prices.) If you can do both that is even better. The more everyone brings in the more our players gain. Attached you will find both parent and business ad submission forms. Due to the amount of teams that participate, we asked the coaches to help organize their team’s ads and checks. The amount of time spent trying to match ads with checks has grown considerably over the past years. Please ensure that each ad is accompanied by a check and is submitted to your coach/team parent to be submitted with your entire team packets together.

Second, it is required that each family volunteers a minimum of two hours of time per child in the travel program for the tournament. You can do this during the tournament weekend. Our volunteer coordinator, Sue Picklo will be in contact with your team rep to schedule everyone’s time. This is an integral part in what makes our tournament a success. Please make her job easy in doing this. Sue can be reached at MSCvoluncoord@aol.com if you have any questions regarding your volunteer time. Once the weekend has come to an end and your volunteer time has been completed, your $75.00 bond check will be handed back to the coaches.

We look forward to a great weekend of soccer and being the hosts to such a great community event. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank you in advance for your help.

Regards,

Ted Giovanniello
Manalapan Soccer Club President
Ted@manalapansoccerclub.com

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