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It’s time to
scrape up your pennies for a tank of gas to get you up to The
Choey Memorial Pentathlon XVII!!!! The Choey Memorial Pentathlon
XVII will be JULY 14th, 15th, and 16th. You
only have 6 weeks to call your friends, make your reservations,
and get ready for the EVENT OF THE SUMMER! Sign-ups are from
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Saturday, July 15th, and the
events start promptly at 12:00 NOON. (11am for Wiffleball)
The entry fee is $130/team. If you would like to
pre-register, you must do so before July 1st. 1- Fill out the
entry form enclosed, 2- Place the entry form in an envelope, 3-
Place a stamp on said envelope, 4- Write a check for $130.00 made
out to “The Marian Cooper Community Foundation Inc.”,
5- Put the check in the stamped envelope, 6- Drop the envelope in
the mail. It’s so easy everyone should do it!!!!! ALL entry
forms received on or before
JULY 1, 2006 will
be given PRIORITY PLACEMENT into the events requested.
The Pentathlon will divide funds raised this year between the
Choey Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc., which benefits local high
school graduates going to college, and The Marian Cooper Community
Foundation of Port Jervis, which strives to benefit the local
community. As you may have noticed, this year and in years going
forward, you will be making your checks out to the Marian Cooper
Community Foundation. The reason for this is that funds going
into the Marian Cooper Community Foundation can then go into the
Choey Memorial Scholarship Fund. However, donations going into
the Choey Memorial Scholarship Fund can NOT go into the Marian
Cooper Community Foundation. Please rest assured that your money
will go into both charities when you write your check to the
Marian Cooper Community Foundation. If you have any questions
regarding this new system of donating, please do not hesitate to
contact us.
As always, we cannot guarantee your events, but if you
pre-register, your chances of getting the events you want will
increase significantly. We will only have room for 6 Wiffleball
teams this year, so if this is an event you want, Pre-Registration
is a must. Also, you will be included into a special drawing only
for teams that pre-registered. Please keep in mind that there are
no refunds.
For the $130.00 entry fee ($65.00/person), you each get all
you can eat and drink, a pig roast, door prizes, trophies,
commemorative beer mug, and lots of laughs. Of course, all are
welcome even if you don’t want to compete; however a donation of
$35.00/person is required. You will also be able to buy your 2006
Pentathlon XVII Special Edition Baseball and River hats for $15
each and an assortment of other Pentathlon XVII items.
The float on Sunday of course is a must. We will be using
White Water Willies again this year, so there will be a charge of
$30 per person for rafts and transportation on Sunday. The trip
will be the same as in the past with sandwiches, beverages (adult
and otherwise), and snacks on the river. If you have never
floated with us, you really should try it, because if you do it
once, you’ll never miss it again. You must have a wristband to go
on the river again this year. You can buy your wristband up until
11am on
Sunday morning. You will not be allowed on the river without it,
so please don’t forget.
We will have 3 Divisions: Men’s, Mixed, and Women’s. Each
division will have separate rankings and separate champions.
However, all teams will still compete against each other
throughout the day.
This year the Early Session will have 5 “Skill” events. We
have decided to suspend Foosball for a year. Early events start
at 12:00
NOON on Saturday (except for Wiffleball which starts at
11am). The Early “Skill” events are: Horseshoes, Badminton,
Wiffleball, Darts, and Golf. The Late “Fun” Events will start at
3:00 PM on
Saturday. The Late Events are: Egg Throw, Keg Throw, and Relay
Race. Definitely bring cameras for the Late Events!
Once again, the raffle will be sandwiched in between the 3
Late Events. The auction will start at
5:00 PM during the
serving of the Pig Roast. BeerPong starts at 6:30 PM. We haven’t
had a good rendition of “God Bless America” in quite some time,
perhaps this year we re-start the tradition?
BeerPong will run the same as last year. Everyone will be
assigned to a table. You will play on the SAME table all night.
Each table will be its own self-contained tournament. This allows
everyone to know exactly where to be and when to be there.
There are plenty of sponsorships available for this year’s
Pentathlon. Whether you are a small business owner or work for a
large corporation, why not sponsor one of our Pentathlon
competitions? For a very nominal fee, a captivated audience of
over two hundred and fifty people will see your sign/advertisement
all day. It’s a great way to get your company name in front of
hundreds of people and you would be donating to charity at the
same time. Please contact us if you are interested in sponsoring
one of the events the weekend of the Pentathlon.
We always ask for help in gathering items for the Raffle and
the Auction. Most people don’t think they have anything to
contribute, but we know you do! Please, if there is anything you
can contribute, we really need your help. Anything you can do
will be much appreciated.
The raffle will be run exactly the same way as in the past.
Raffle Tickets will still be priced as follows: 1 Ticket-$5.00, 3
Tickets-$10.00, 7 Tickets-$20.00, 10 Tickets-$25.00, 25
Tickets-$50, 50 Tickets-$75, or 75 Tickets-$100. Place as many
tickets as you’d like in the bag next to the prizes you want.
There is no limit.
This year’s Auction will hopefully be bigger and better than
in the past. We should have plenty of sports memorabilia, golf
clubs, and
New York City dinners/shows. We have really improved this event a
lot over the years, but we’re always looking for new ways to
improve so if anyone has any suggestions or donations, please let
us know.
Regardless of whether or not you can make this year’s event,
please send us a note and tell us how you are doing. We care!!!
Also, if we haven’t heard from you in a while, you may get dropped
from the mailing list and you wouldn’t get these wonderful letters
twice a year.
Keeping in Touch:
- Lisa Cooper and Tom Clark were married in
Las Vegas last
November.
- Tim and Stephanie McInerney had a beautiful baby girl, Ava
Roselyn!!
- Manish and Lynn Rajguru had a bouncing baby boy,
Sebastian!!
A Few Housekeeping items:
As you all know by now, we have joined
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 the Marian Cooper Community Foundation as
your favorite cause!
If sleeping in a tent doesn’t make you a happy camper, please
check our website for hotel options and phone numbers. Make your
reservations early!!!! Also, keep in mind; we have built 2
private showers in the Shed complete with hot water to make you
all more comfortable. Please take advantage of them. Also, we
will once again have our super-duper toilets from last year so
enjoy!
Congrats to
Melissa Masset, Marc Greene, Allan Brooks, and Shane Ennis,
winners of the Fall 2005 Choey Memorial Golf Outing. The Fall
2005 Choey Golf Outing raised over $2,000!! Congrats to Darren
Elston, Matt Polanis, Scott Decker, and John Quinn, winners of the
Spring 2006 Choey Memorial Golf Outing, beating out 11 other
teams. On what turned out to be a beautiful spring day, we raised
over $1,300! The Fall 2006 Choey Memorial Golf Outing will be
September 30, 2006. Please check the website for more details.
The Choey Memorial Scholarship Fund, Inc. and the Marian
Cooper Community Foundation are stand-alone, tax-exempt entities
fulfilling all obligations of many employers’ gift-matching
programs. Please keep this in mind as many of your employers will
match $1 to $1, $2 to $1, or even $3 to $1 for every dollar you
contribute. Please let us know if we can answer any questions in
regards to your company’s specific matching requirements.
Please remember - everyone that works this weekend is a
volunteer; they deserve courtesy and gratitude for all they do.
Try to treat everyone with the utmost respect and don’t forget
everyone is doing his or her absolute best to make this
weekend fun and successful for all.
DON’T FORGET TO
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE!!! It has all the information you need for
this year’s Pentathlon. Also, the website contains past results,
pictures, answers to questions, and other information we think you
will enjoy. It’s also a great way to contact us and let us know
what you think about the weekend, the website itself or anything
else on your minds.
Feel free to come
up anytime on Friday. All are welcome to help set up and get a
jump on the weekend!! Bring your friends and we’ll see you
July 14th, 15th, and 16th!!!!!!!!!!
Pentathlon
Staff
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