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Note from our President PIAA DISTRICT II - AAA FINALS Our Wyoming Valley West (Spartan Stingers) will take on the Coughlin Crusaders which will be a tough match up. Thank you to our TEAM MEMBERS who gave over 120% on the field and played their hearts out! THANKYOU to our COACHING STAFF who managed the team superbly so that they were able to withstand the grueling endurance of a full game, TWO overtime situations and then TWO penalty stroke situations! It was truly a pleasure to watch such a wonderful game and to watch our girls keep their heads in the game to keep their composure, take it to the next level and then produce goals! Good Luck during the district final matchup!!! I know you guys will succeed!!!!!!!!!!! We hope that everyone, (their mothers, fathers, brothers, sisterss, relatives, friends and anyone else you can round up) will be there to really charge up the girls from the stands! I know that it really makes a difference for the girls when they know that they have the support of their adoring fans! The winner of this game will go on to play in the Pennsylvania State Playoffs. In other news: WE, the wyoming valley west booster club, will be hosting the finals for the PIAA District II- AA finals which will be held at Spartan Stadium on Thursday, November 5th at a time to be announced (directly following the announcement of the teams who will qualify for the final matchup). We will be opening our concession stand and welcome anyone who would like to work it or would like to make and item to sell. We always do very well when we have "special items", hot or cold......... to offer with our normal menu.
And lastely: THANK YOU< THANK YOU> THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To everyone who helped set up the concession stand last night. To EVERYONE who worked the concessions stand last night And To everyone who helped break down the concession stand and put it away in the shed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had not received the total amount of money made but know that it was a GREAT amount as I had somewhat overheard the money being counted while cleaning up. I am sure that Debbie Bowen will send out an email with the exact amount to notify everyone. It's been such a wonderful season and is still not over and I believe that our team has been quite successful due to their unity on and off the field AND our booster club is following in their footsteps! The Club has really come together this year and everyone has worked hand in hand throughout the season. I am very proud of ALL OF YOU!!!! Talk to you soon! See you at our big game!!!
WVW Field Hockey Booster Club Meeting Minutes Meeting held on Monday In Attendance: Marilyn Pasqualichio; Celeste Good; Debbie Bowen; Beth & Rick Stefanides; Maureen Anistranski; Linda Benesky; Tina Gaylets; MaryJo Fulton; Rick Sott. Treasurers Report: Starting Balance= $5,670.90 with debts and credits coming in for several events making a new balance of $6,897.72. (anyone wishing for a complete breakdown is welcome to contact Debbie Bowen, treasurer). Update on most recent events: Breast Cancer Awareness Charity Event was a HUGE success! Thank you to everyone who participated. It was a wonderful evening filled with fun and excitement as well as a GREAT GAME against Wyoming Area. For our portion of the event we brought in a donation of $547.00.…. Combined with @$500 from Wyoming Area our joined effort was over $1000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bus Trip to Villanova field hockey game against Louisville was not only a lot of fun but very educational for the players who attended. They were able to see first hand a collegiate level game and although it got off to a slow start, quickly picked up the pace and showed our girls how patience in front of the cage and during corners could win a game. Our Pizza Party to Pizza Perfect directly following the Dallas Victory was a great success. It was great to have so many parents attend and take part of a wonderful tradition. There was plenty of good food, good fun and memorable conversation. Thank you to the players who set a very happy and upbeat tone as they defeated Dallas 3-0!!! Way to Go!! Our Senior Night proved to be yet another fantastic event as our seniors were honored with beautiful balloons, flowers, decorations and cake. Although the outcome of the game was not what we would have preferred it was still great to see everyone stay and pay tribute to the seniors who have put in four years to our program. Thank you to everyone who helped in making the night such a success. AGENDA: 1) Mixer: WE will be holding our Mixer at Murphy's in Swoyersville on Thursday, October 29 th from 7pm until 9pm. An email has been sent to each of you with a flyer so that you may print it an post it up at your place of employment OR you could print it and hand the flyer out to your friends, neighbors and relatives OR you could forward it via email to everyone you know. The success of this event will depend solely on your assistance in gathering as many people to attend as possible. We are looking forward to a really fun and exciting night. Plans for the evening will consist of: * A 50/50 drawing *Donation Bucket * Tip Jar at the bar (we will be featuring a handful of “guest bartenders” for the evening. * A multitude of BASKETS to be raffled off along with a WVW Spartan folding chair w/bag; a WVW Spartan Stadium Seat; a WVW Fleece Blanket; Gift Certificates from local merchants and much more!!!! Murphy's will be offering an assortment of food items at the beginning of the evening for the crowd and will be donating $150 towards the fund raiser. Anyone who is able to gather any gift certificates, prizes, etc can contact me with the information. Any and all assistance is much appreciated. 2) Concession Stand: As we are winding down the season and going into the district playoffs we have realized that there may be a good chance that we will be hosting one or two of the playoff games as not only a neutral site but also as the “home” site with our seeding within the dynamics of the playoffs. We will need volunteers to assist with running the stand and would appreciate any and all help. Possible dates for the events would be Wednesday, October 28 th and Monday, November 2 nd . We will keep you updated on all information regarding this. 3) Annual Banquet: discussions regarding the gifts for the players, coaches, etc took place. Anyone who had volunteered to check into the pricing of the specific items discussed should contact me as soon as possible in order to finalize our plans.
Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 9 th at Pizza Bella at 7pm in order to solidify ALL OF THE NECESSARY PLANS FOR OUR BANQUET. It will be at that meeting that we will need to delegate certain aspects of the banquet such as: 1) decorations 2) Menu selection 3) Gifts for the team 4) Selection of a Speaker 5) Photo Presentation for entire year which will be on display 6) Photo presentation that would become part of the program 7) Senior Gifts 8) Gifts for the Coaches I hope to see everyone at our next meeting!!!!
PS Directions to the game at Lackawanna Trail are posted on our web site. WVW Field Hockey Team is currently ranked Go Spartan Stingers!!!!!!!!!! Wyoming Valley West Field Hockey Booster Club Meeting In Attendance: Marilyn Pasqualichio; Debbie Bowen; Carol Hromisin; Beth & Rick Stefanides; Maureen Anistranski; Linda Benesky; Tammy Barber; Cindy Davenport; Janet Sott and Michelle McCabe. Treasurer's Report: New balance for the club = $5,670.90 (a full report may be obtained by contacting our treasurer, Debbie Bowen, who has a complete breakdown of all debts and collections for review) Agenda: 1) Breast Cancer Awareness Fund Raiser: Thursday night's game against Wyoming Area will feature events to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. The coaches of both teams had met and discussed plans to create funds to help the cause and will be selling the national pink bracelets at the event. Wyo. Area will be wearing specially printed pink t-shirts and WVW will wear pink ribbons and pink shoelaces. The WVW booster club will have pink baked good for sale with the proceeds going to the charity. We will also have a fully=2 0array of yummy food for sale for the dinner crowd. WVW will sell pink shoelaces and will raffle off a pink tassel hat during the game. WVW will have a featured event directly following the varsity game as they have their school superintendent, Mr Charles Suppon, suit up in goalie equipment and allow the players to pay $1 per shot against him. We also may have one or two more brave people who will be stepping up to take on this challenge. The Booster club will be decorating in pink and are asking everyone to wear pink to the game. 2) Trip to Villanova vs. Louisville game: We will be leaving from the high school at 9:30am on Saturday, October 10, 2009 and traveling to Villanova University. We will attend the game and then stop for something quick to eat before heading home. The Booster Club will be paying the cost of the bus ($260) which had been arranged by Janet Sott. (thank you Janet!!). We will need an approximate head count to ensure that we do have enough room for everyone to ride the bus. If you are interested in attending please let me know by Thursday night. 3) Pizza Party for the Team - as a tradition we love to not only honor our players and coaching staff but also offer an opportunity to bond as we make plans for our annual pizza party. We have made tentative plans for a pizza party directly following the games against Dallas on Monday, October 12 th at Pizza Perfect in Trucksville. 4) Plans for Senior Night - One of the biggest nights for WVW field hockey has always been our senior night. In preparation of the event we have initiated plans to honor our seniors with a variety of items. We had a group of booster club members volunteer to take on the different aspects of the night. Decorations: Carol and Celeste (we will need the seniors flags to be collected by Beth to be displayed at the stadium during the game as part of the decorations) Cake: (Nina Ligouri) <Congratulations Seniors: WVW field hockey: Names: Kara, Whitney, Dominique, Danielle, Kristie, Nicole> Flowers: Celeste (bouquets for the players; Balloons: Carol (2 dozen; Maroon & Gold w/alternating ribbon) (2 for each senior and the others used to decorate) MC: Amber = during senior accomplishments (will need to ask Len Brozena if he can announce the game) Concession Stand: Maureen and Beth (will contact alumni parents) (also have list of parents who have been assigned to help work the stand that night). Media : Rick (will handle the website announcements as well as take pictures during the game and pictures of each of the seniors and their parents during the ceremony) Ball girls: Tina (we will need 6 jr high field hockey players to act as ball girls during the games) Raffle : Tina and Mary Jo (sell WVW merchandise and raffle tickets during the game) Gag Gifts for the Seniors: The class parents or a representative have been given a specific amount of money in order for each class to purchase the gifts for the seniors. Each class will pick out of hat and will have two seniors that they will buy gifts for. These gifts are normally presented to the senior players during warm up well before the start of the game. Sr Nite Program : I will contact Jean Lipski from Lake Lehman for all of their information on the team and any statistics they would like us to print for the event. Basket to Raffle off: We will have the girls donate $2 towards the purchase of some items to gather into a decorative basket which will be raffled off that night. 4) Fund Raiser: (restaurant during happy hour ) Rick Stefanides has worked on plans to offer a “mixer” at the end of the month at Murphy's in Swoyersville. The event will take place from 7 to 9pm on a Thursday night and will feature: a selection of food; baskets and items to be raffled and a 50/50 drawing. Once we have solidified the arrangements you will receive all updated information. (normally this type of event can offer a profit of @$1200. We are hoping that the event will generate enough interest to hit that mark. It is also an easy and fun night which could prove to be something we can do as a booster club a few times to build up funds for the team and look forward to everyone's assistance and participation. 5) Gifts for the Players at our annual banquet: Several ideas were offered to the group for consideration. We will be reviewing the pricing and availability of these items, make a decision and then purchase them. ( I have chosen not to post the exact name of these items as we are keeping these items “under wrap” as so our players are not clued in on what they will be receiving as their gift) Any Additional Topics/Discussion: Michelle McCabe was kind enough to bring us some information on several other fund raising events that have proven to be quite easy as well as profitable. She had four different events that we will now look into and will keep everyone aware of upcoming plans. (Owen Street Bakery poppy seed & nut roll sale; pierogi sale) (Sanitary Bakery pizza sale) (Poinsettia plant sale) (Hoagie sale through Dagwood Hoagie Shop) All are great ideas and also wonderful ways to give back to the local merchants who are located in our school district. If anyone else has a connection to any merchan ts in the area who offer fund raising events please let us know. Our next meeting will be held on Monday, October 19 th at 7pm at Pizza Bella as we will need to gather in order to receive all of the information necessary for our “Mixer” to be held on October 29 th . Sep09 Hi Everyone! Here are the minutes from last night's WVW Field Hockey Booster Club Meeting which was held at 7pm at Pizza Bella in Forty-Fort. In Attendance: Marilyn Pasqualichio, Celeste Good, Carol Hromisin, Debbie Bowen, Jane Lukas, Debbie Rollman, Randall Proctor, Maureen Anistranski, Joe Anistranski, Tammy Barber and Cindy Davenport.
Open Items from previous meeting: 1) Delivery of the Shed - Our shed was delivered on Friday, Sept 5 th at the stadium and is being utilized by not only the field hockey team but the booster club as we have been able to place our items from the concession stand inside. Randy Proctor will be attaching a few hooks and two shelves today in order to accommodate some of the team's items. (We are going to have a few of the players help stencil the shed)
2) Backpacks - The team's backpacks have been received and are ready for their names to be embroidered on the front. It should take only a week to have this accomplished and then we will be able to present them to the girls and to the coaches. THANKYOU goes out to all of the players, parents and coaches who participated in the “special” bucket brigade in order to raise the money to pay for the backpacks. We had to become quite ingenious as we “lost” our “normal” corner locations to another club who were out that day. With everyone's efforts we were able to raise just enough to cover the initial costs of the backpacks. Celeste Good made arrangements for Sharper Embroidery to add the player's name and uniform numbers to each backpack at a small cost to the club. 3) Team's Website- We are still in need of several different player's profiles to complete/update the website. Rick Stefanides has been doing a gr eat job adding items on a daily and weekly basis. I urge everyone to access the website and check it out. You may also direct any college coaches to the site in order for them to receive your daughter's information in one click of a button. There are also some great pictures loaded as well as the team schedule, results and directions to a variety of the fields. Rick has also been so gracious as to keep up with the booster club info and the times and dates of our next meetings. Please forward me any information that you feel would be appropriate for the site. I will then confirm the information and pass it along to Rick. Treasurer's Report - by Debbie Bowen - Last month's balance was $8219.39 with a few large debits leaving us with a new balance of $5,357.94 (if you ar e interested in a item-by-item breakdown of the deposits and expenditures you are more than welcome to contact Debbie for a list). Agenda - President's Items: 1) Concession Stand - I want to thank everyone who has pitched in to help the stand run smoothly. We have been able to make a good amount of money in just the three dates that we have run the stand. We will need to create a better system for working the stand and are looking for volunteers to sign up for the remainder of the home games. I also would like to ask if anyone would be interested in baking20or cooking a food item to be sold at the stand. Maureen Anistranski took the lead by creating a plan in order to "staff" each of the remaining HOME games as well as this weekend's scrimmage. The following is a listing of the games as well as the names of the family who will be responsible to have a representative working the stand. (If you are unable to work due to a conflict it will become your responsibility to switch with someone else in order to ensure that the stand is staffed correctly). WORKING THE STAND DURING THE VARSITY GAMES = Del Valley Mon Sept 21 Crestwood Tues Sept 29 Wy o. Area Thurs Oct 8 5:30pm Lehman Wed Oct 14 6:30 pm Coughlin Sat Oct 17 11 am
The Varsity Parents will open and close the stand and work during the Junior Varsity ga mes. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. (I do have a copy of the schedule which will be sent home with your daughters or you can pick one up at the game tonight)
2) Taking the team to view a College Game - Over the past couple of years we have always talked of taking the entire team to see a college game but had never been able to coordinate this effort. We have begun plans to accomplish this by attending the Villanova and Louisville game at Villanova University. It will be held on Saturday, Octo ber 11 th at 12noon. It is our thought that this would be a GREAT experience for the girl's to see the competitiveness and level of play that will be apparent during a Division I competition. We will need to discuss traveling arrangements and whether we will rent a bus or simply car pool. Randy is checking on the pricing to rent a bus through Martz trailways. We will keep you posted on further information. 3) Senior Night - We need to begin plans to prepare for the event by asking for volunteers for different aspects of the night. 1) Media= Rick Stefanides who will be in charge of taking the photos of the seniors, the seniors and the coaches and the seniors and their parents as well as photos during the games. 2) Decorations= (I have some=2 0decorations that we have used in the past and we have also had some large ribbons “willed” over to us by Jane Lukas (Carol H & Celeste G) 3) Flowers for the seniors and the coaches (Celeste G) 4) A person to read the player profiles and announce during the game. (Coach Amber) 5) Concession Stand arrangements and gathering alumni parents and/or players to work the stand (Maureen A & Beth S) 6) Someone to Gather all of the senior's flags to be proudly displayed at the stadium (Beth S) 7) Some one to order the balloons for the seniors. (Carol H) ** (If anyone else is interested in becoming involved please speak to people that have been designated for that particular aspect of the event. ) 4) Annual Team Banquet - We will need to begin plans for our upcoming annual team banquet to be held at the East Mountain Inn. We will need to set up committees to take care of several different aspects of the event such as : Senior Gifts; Team Gifts; Decorations; Media Display; Menu, etc. The banquet is scheduled to take place on Sunday, December 6th between the hours of 4pm and 8pm. Please mark it on your calendars to attend. I am sure that it will be another wonderful evening! 5) WVW Spartan Merchandise for sale at Football Home games - Both Tina Gaylets and Mary Jo Fulton had worked the home game the other night by selling the merchandise but are also still taking orders from the players for the items we have to offer. Tina had a GREAT SUGGESTION in that we would draw attention to the merchandise by offering raffle tickets to win the" Ultimate Fan Package" which will feature quite an array of the many items that we have for sale. This "package" will be on display at the home football games as well as the high school and junior high school games with tickets selling at 1 ticket for $1; 3 ticket s for 2 dollars and 10 tickets for $5. Another suggestion was to offer an item at each of the home field hockey games to be chanced off. Sales are coming in but these two ideas will put us over the top and really help to promote the wonderful items we have available. 6) WVW Field Hockey Clothing Items- Debbie Rollman is heading this effort and has already placed an order for a variety of items. Please make sure that if you are still interested in purchasing something that you contact Debbie as soon as possible so that she may place an additional order. (the only item that she has to offer that will no longer be able to be ordered would be the rugby shirt due to the tim e constraints that we have on ordering them. All other items may be ordered throughout the season). Additional Topics: 1) WVW Booklet - The FINAL DEADLINE to get your advertisements in to be included in the booklet is this FRIDAY, Sept 17th!!!!!!!!!
2) Benefit on last Sunday (Tina) - Jean Lipski (head fh coach at Lehman) had organized a charity event held this past Sunday at the Lehman turf/track. It was to raise much needed money to help defray the medical costs of a teen who attends Dallas high school20named Corey Ehret. The Lehman & Dallas varsity teams were in attendance along with the Dallas track team. Our WVW jr high team (@ 15 girls) attended. The WVW group had assembled gift baskets that were chanced off at the end of the day. They had donated about 200 dollars. This was a GREAT event for our student athletes and I wanted to make sure that they received recognition for their efforts. 3) Suggestion for a "quick" fund raising event (RICK) - Rick S had brought a suggestion to the table regarding the idea of contacting one of the local restaurant/bars to promote a fund raiser on a Friday night during "happy hour". (The event would ONLY involve the parents as NO players will be present or involved in the creation, development of the event). As we proceed, we will keep everyone updated with all further information. This type of event looks to bring in between $1200 to $1800 for only a few hours of time and effort.
Next meeting will be held on Monday, October 5 th at 7pm at Pizza Bella in Forty-Fort. Items of discussion will be limited to Senior Night and the Banquet. We are looking for volunteers for both event s and ideas for the gifts that we present to the team during the banquet. I look forward to seeing everyone in attendance at next month's meeting. Thank you! |
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