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Welcome to
the February 2007 Choey Memorial Pentathlon Newsletter. Another
year has passed and another great Pentathlon is in the books.
Time to start thinking about July 2007, but first, let’s take a
look back at 2006…
What a
great weekend to have the Pentathlon. Except for a passing shower
on Saturday, the weather once again turned out to be great for
Pentathlon XVII. Nick-TommyBoy-Santini and his partner Phil won
the Men’s Title for the first time this year. In the Mixed
Division, Chad and Kristy took home the honors while in the
Women’s Division, Tonya A. and Chris A. walked away with the
hardware.
The float
on Sunday was amazing as the weather was great and fun was had by
all.
The 2006
Choey Memorial Pentathlon XVII raised over $15,000! Once again,
you all are truly unbelievable in your generosity.
Random
Thoughts and Announcements…
-
Mike and
Renae Calvario had a beautiful baby girl, Avery.
- Chad
and Kristy Rubin, 2006 Champions, are expecting their first in
August.
- Darren
and Jen Elston are expecting their third sometime in late summer.
The 2007
Choey Memorial Pentathlon XVIII festivities will be the weekend of
Friday, July 13th, Saturday, July 14th, and Sunday, July 15th.
All are
welcome to come up anytime on Friday to help set up, enjoy the
country air, and perhaps have a few drinks. You may want to get
up there early as space is always of a premium (especially behind
the trees!). For those less-than-hearty souls, there are several
local hotels in the area. Check out the Pentathlon website for
hotels and phone numbers. Make your reservations early because
rooms go VERY QUICKLY during that time of year. Don’t forget, we
have two private showers complete with hot water in the shed, so
please take advantage of those throughout the weekend.
The events
will run exactly as last year. The Early Session, which starts at
12:00 noon, will have the following events: Golf (2 rounds of 9
holes), Badminton, Darts, Horseshoes, and Wiffleball. If you want
to be in Wiffleball, you must pre-register as only 6 teams are now
allowed in the tournament. The Wiffleball Tournament will start
at exactly 11:00AM on Saturday morning, so please be at the event
by 10:30 to start on time.
The Late
Session, which now starts at 3:00PM, will still have the following
events: Egg Throw, Keg Throw, and Relay Race. The Raffle will
once again take place between the 3 Late Session events and the
Auction will now start at 5:00PM and will run during the Pig Roast
dinner. Beer Pong will start promptly at 6:30PM with the goal of
ending by 10:30PM.
The
Pentathlon will continue to divide funds raised between the Joseph
H. Kucher Scholarship Fund, Inc., which benefits local high school
graduates going to college, and The Marian Cooper Community
Foundation of Port Jervis, which looks to better the community of
Port Jervis through gift giving donations.
Come on up
to where nature still lives, have a good time, spend a little
money and let’s continue to support the good work that both these
charities do. Invite your friends to compete, buy lots of raffle
tickets to win great stuff, and keep bidding on those awesome
auction items that people keep donating. Speaking of which, don’t
be shy out there, if there is ANYTHING you can contribute, please
do not hesitate to contact us.
The entry
fee this year will be $130.00/team. This is the same as last year
and it’s still a bargain!! If you pre-register before July 1, you
will get preferred placement into the events of your choice, each
team member will receive a limited edition commemorative Choey
Memorial Pentathlon mug, AND you will also be entered into an
exclusive raffle ONLY for teams that pre-registered. One
pre-registered team will win $50 cash, but you can only enter this
raffle if you PRE-REGISTER!!!! Your entry fee includes all you
can eat and drink from Friday morning to Sunday night, door
prizes, and the pig roast. If you want to come up and not compete,
a donation of $35.00/person will be required (also the same as
year’s past).
The raffle
should continue to exceed the previous year’s event. Raffle
tickets will be priced the same as last year: 1 Ticket-$5.00, 3
Tickets-$10.00, 7 Tickets-$20.00, 10 Tickets-$25.00, 25
Tickets-$50, 50 Tickets-$75, and 75 Tickets-$100. If anyone has
anything to raffle off, PLEASE LET US KNOW. Reach into that
“Re-Gift Closet” and see what comes out! Any and all donations
would be appreciated. Please remember, this weekend has grown to
what it is now because people have contributed their time and
efforts. We could use any and all help to continue to make this
weekend even bigger and better than it has ever been. There will
also be a 50/50 again this year, just as in years past.
We will do
the auction again this year. Every year we seem to get more and
more high quality items. This is due to more and more people
getting the word out about our event and stepping in to help. If
you can donate ANYTHING it would be greatly appreciated. PLEASE
LET US KNOW!!!!!!!
Of course
there will be rafting on Sunday! The charge will be an additional
$30.00/person for the cost of the raft, transportation, and life
jackets. Wristbands will be required for the raft trip. You may
purchase your wristband up until we leave the Pentathlon site for
the river at 11am Sunday morning. You will not be allowed on the
river without a wristband, so please plan accordingly.
We are
always looking for new ideas to make the Choey Memorial Weekend
bigger and better. For anyone with ideas, donations, etc., the
best way to contact us is through the website, but if you would
like to reach us by snail mail:
Choey
Memorial Scholarship Fund or Marian Cooper Community Foundation
310
Prospect Hill Rd.
Cuddebackville, NY 12729
845-754-7220 / 201-240-6464
The Marian
Cooper Community Foundation and the Choey Memorial Scholarship
Fund are both members of
www.iGive.com. iGive.com enables consumers to shop at
online merchants while directing up to 15% of every purchase to
support their favorite causes. iGive.com's network now offers
shopping opportunities to millions of consumers, donations to more
than 11,000 worthy causes, and new customers for more than 230
merchants. The next time you shop on-line, go through
www.igive.com and designate
either the Marian Cooper Community Foundation or the Choey
Memorial Scholarship Fund as your favorite cause!
The Marian
Cooper Community Foundation and the Choey Memorial Scholarship
Fund Inc., parents of the Pentathlon, are both official,
not-for-profit, tax-exempt entities. Many companies offer their
employees company-matching programs. If your company offers this
benefit, please let us know how we can help you apply for this.
Also,
don’t forget - the Spring ’07 Choey Memorial Golf Outing is
scheduled for Saturday, May 5th at the High Point
Country Club in Montague, NJ. Please contact us via the website
or by phone if you are interested in the details. Players of all
levels are more than welcome! You may register your own team of
four, or we will pair you up with others to create a team. The
day will start with a shotgun start at 11:45AM followed by a BBQ
and awards at 5:30PM.
Please
check us out at
WWW.CHOEY.ORG. There is a
lot of information on both charities, past events, future events,
you name it. Let us know what you think about our website or
anything else about the Choey Memorial Pentathlon Weekend, and
feel free to contact us via the site. Bring your friends and
we’ll see you July 13th, 14th, and 15th!!!
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