The following was sent to me by Rebecca Fuchs, who works with John and has been an amazing divining rod of inspiration and overall loving and caring supporter of John and Holly...
I wanted to give you an update on what has been happening here in Spring Branch ISD as far as fund raising efforts for John and Holly.
1) The Health Ambassadors voted to open a division of the annual Softball Tournament to accept teams from the Harris family and friends. I mentioned this possibility to your earlier…so now comes the part for you…I need to get the word out to his fishing buddies, referee buddies, college buddies, high school buddies, Holly’s friends, church friends, Holly’s work associates, etc…anyone that wants to “play for John”…this softball tournament is his signature event…the cost for a team entry is $150 and their team will be placed in the Competition Bracket…a special bracket for outside teams…we have never done this before…it has always been a closed event to SBISD employees only…
There will be availability for 16 teams to be made up of non-employee supporters of John. This tournament has been John's trademark event and they have so graciously agreed to continue to honor him in including him. Rebecca mentioned that the tournament has always been played by "John's Rules" and although I don't have all of the specifics as of yet, I do know that teams must have 5 male and 5 female players. Teams will have ten players total and I will post more of the list of "John's Rules" when I get them. If you would like to enter a team for this tourney, please email me at melanie.moynahan@gmail.com. This will be a first come, first serve opportunity but we would love to have as many folks as possible play in support of them so if you are a single or a few, email me and I will try my best to form other teams.
2) There is a t-shirt being designed with “Coach” in mind…I will let you know when these shirts are ready for purchase and you can help me sell to others outside of SBISD.
At this point we don't have an idea of what the cost will be but if you think you might be interested in purchasing a t-shirt, just email me and give me a number with sizes, etc. and I will do my best to make them available at the tournament on October 17, 2009. I am also going to try to set up a way to make them available online to be shipped. I will try to get photos up of what they will look like but it would be great if we could show our support at the tournament and heck, every day by wearing our "Coaches Crew" t-shirts!
3) The Spring Branch Health Fitness Teachers Association voted to host a fund raiser for John and over 30 people from the association have met to plan this event. It is taking on the resemblance of a raffle…they have contacted the Rockets for a donation of an item and the Rockets have come through with a yes…tickets are being designed and printed and will be ready for purchase mid October with the drawing happening before Thanksgiving.
This is a biggie. We are hoping to get some sports-related or even some non-sports related items donated. The tickets for the raffle will be $10 for one or 3 for $25 and will be sold at the softball tournament but I am also trying to figure out how to do that through the blog. The drawing won't actually be until November so more details to come.
This softball tournament will take place on October 17, 2009. At this point, there are a few things that we need. If you have a team of ten players, and would like to enter the tourney, the $150 entry fee will be due by October 1, 2009. I realize this is soon but my thought is that if you have some friends or family who like to play, that's $15 dollars per player!
We feel so blessed and cannot thank the staff of SBISD enough for this wonderful opportunity. While Holly and John are extremely prideful people, it has become obvious that help from others is essential in John's recovery process. There will be availability for 16 teams to be made up of non-employee supporters of John. This tournament has been John's trademark event and they have so graciously agreed to continue to honor him in including him. Rebecca mentioned that the tournament has always been played by "John's Rules" and although I don't have all of the specifics as of yet, I do know that teams must have 5 male and 5 female players. Teams will have ten players total and I will post more of the list of "John's Rules" when I get them. One thing we might also need is a couple of seasoned softball umpires to call the games so if you have some experience please email me...
There are two key players that I am asking to email me...Samuel Karns and Kate Stoll...please email me so we can share contact information!!!
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