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CHOEY MEMORIAL PENTATHLON XIX
NEWSLETTER
Welcome to spring and get ready for
summer and the Choey Memorial Pentathlon XIX!!!!! The Choey
Memorial Pentathlon XIX will be JULY 18th, 19th
and 20th. You only have 6 weeks to call your
friends, make your reservations, and get ready for, wait for it….
the EVENT OF THE SUMMER! Sign-ups are from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
on Saturday, July 19th, and the events start promptly
at 12:00 NOON.
The entry fee is
$130/team. If you would like to pre-register, you must do so
before July 4th. 1- Fill out the entry form enclosed
and return it to the address on the form. ALL entry forms
received on or before JULY 4, 2007 will be given PRIORITY
PLACEMENT into the events requested.
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.
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. Please
note - 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 cannot 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.
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, cool
t-shirt 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 2008 Pentathlon XIX
Special Edition Baseball and River hats for $15 each and an
assortment of other Pentathlon XIX items.
The float on
Sunday of course is a must – if for nothing else than the
adventure of the weather. We will be using Silver Canoe Rentals
again this year, so there will be a charge of $35 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
at the Pentathlon. 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.
Once again this
year the Early Session will have 5 “Skill” events. 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 3 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!
As is
traditional, 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.
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, trips, and
New York City dinners/shows. 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:
- Art and
Rebecca Shannon had their first baby, a girl, Mary Caroline, born
in May ’08.
- Chris and
Sarah Hefferon had their first baby, a boy, Nathan Jack born in
April ’08.
- Dave and
Carrie Wolmetz had their second baby, a boy, Jacob Ryan born in
April ’08.
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 just doesn’t do it for you anymore, 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 fantastic toilets complete with music and air
conditioning!
Congrats to
Sam Flam, Lisa Chai, and Kevin Kelly, winners of the Spring 2008
Choey Memorial Golf Outing, beating out 12 other teams. The
Spring 2008 Choey raised over $1,300.00! The Fall 2008 Choey
Memorial Golf Outing will be Saturday, September 27, 2007. 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.
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.
WWW.CHOEY.ORG
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
18th, 19th, and 20th!!!!!!!!!!
Pentathlon Staff
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