Dear Parents, We are pleased to announce that Manalapan Soccer ...

Dear Parents, We are pleased to announce that Manalapan Soccer Club will be hosting its 29th annual Memorial Day Tournament on May 22rd thru May 24th 2015. As you know, this tournament is by far the biggest fundraiser for the club. Last year was again very successful tournament and we expect this year to be even better. This year we will host over 350 teams and 6,000 players in addition to their families and friends. This task is a huge undertaking but worth every minute. The proceeds go directly back to the club and to our kids. This enormous event couldn’t occur without your help. Our planning began months ago, however, there is much more to do. When you signed your son and/or daughter up to play on one of our travel teams you also said you were willing to help. We need your help in two ways. • First, each team is required to place and/or solicit ads for the journal. This year the requirements are full sided teams (U11 and above) are to purchase the minimum of $1000 in ads and small sided teams (U8-U10) $750 in ads. They can be in the form of personal ads, wishing your child and his or her team luck or in business ad from your business, the company you work for or a business that you frequent. You can also go to local businesses and get ads from them (Please remember any ad with a business name on it will be charged business prices.) If you can do both that is even better. The more everyone brings in the more our players gain. This year we have added some new business ads including field and site sponsorship. Also for every $1000 over the minimum required by a team a percentage will go back to your team. There also will be a lottery for some great prizes for winning teams. Attached you will find both parent and business ad submission forms. Due to the amount of teams that participate, we asked the coaches to help organize their team’s ads and checks. The amount of time spent trying to match ads with checks has grown considerably over the past years. Please ensure that each ad is accompanied by a check and is submitted to your coach/team parent to be submitted with your entire team packets together. Please note, the deadline for all ads is April 1st ; no ads will be accepted after that date. • Second, it is required that each family volunteers a minimum of two hours of time per child in the travel program for the tournament. You can do this during the tournament weekend. Our volunteer coordinators, Amy Adler & Sue Picklo will be in contact with your team rep to schedule everyone’s time. This is an integral part in what makes our tournament a success. Please make their job easy in doing this. They can be reached at [email protected] for Amy and [email protected] for Sue if you have any questions regarding your volunteer time. Once the weekend has come to an end and your volunteer time has been completed, your $100.00 bond check will be handed back to the coaches. We look forward to a great weekend of soccer and being the hosts to such a great community event. On behalf of the Board of Directors, we would like to thank you in advance for your help. Regards, Mike Hammer and Ted Giovanniello Tournament Directors