Dear friends & family:
We had a very successful sports tournament last year. There were 3 events: Soccer, Badminton, and Table Tennis. Each sport had 120, 80, and 36 players respectively.
Soccer had the most player sponsorship of $14,586, with average sponsorship per player of $122.
The net proceeds from the 2008 sports tournament exceeded $22,000, directly benefitting Kin On. We couldn’t have done it without you! Thank you for supporting Kin On and the Asian community.
Last year, an old friend from junior high school asked me to take pictures of his soccer team. I found out then they were going to play in the 2008 Kin On fundraising soccer tournament. I also learned there were little individual sponsorships. It was mainly from the entry fees and a few business sponsors, which wouldn’t leave much for Kin On after the expenses of field rentals, referees, etc. With only 2 weeks until the tournament, I decided to help by soliciting my friends and family, setting up posting of pledges and used Flickr photo sites to generate interests to the soccer tournament players.
Due to the success of last year, I was “volunteered” to build a website to promote this year’s tournament events. Three more events are added for this year: Basketball, Tennis, and 8-ball Billiards.
The Kin On Sports Tournament committee set a goal of $40,000 for this year with the added events. (Tennis has since been cancelled due to insufficient entries.) Due to budget cut from the state government as well as underperformance with their trust fund due to the economy, the organization needs more donation than ever in order not to reduce services to the residents there. Please help us meet our goal.
I have put in a lot of time and effort in building the Kin On Sports Tournament website. Please read through the pages here: http://kinonsportstournament.com/default.aspx
Please make your pledge to the Kin On Sports Tournament. Your donation is welcome even after the events days.
Thank you,
Chung
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