Welcome to North Park Little League! As a member of the North Park Little League (NPLL) community, we want you to be fully aware of all of our NPLL events, activities, governance and finances, as well as opportunities for kids, parents, family members, local businesses and members of the community to participate. NPLL is a non‐profit entity and all work is performed by volunteers, so we welcome your participation in the NPLL community. And community is the correct term because the current success and future of NPLL depends on a broad community of participants including: •
Little League International and District 33: Little League provides us the organization, structure and rules, and the local district provides tournaments, training and other resources.
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The NPLL Board of Directors: The 2015 Board has 22 directors elected by the members of NPLL. Anyone can be elected to the board, and anyone can become a voting member of NPLL for a $5 annual fee. The board has three standing committees (Rules & Conduct, Fundraising & Events and Registration & Membership), at least seven officers and managers of functions such as umpires, equipment, fields, safety, communications, etc., and non‐members are invited to participate in these committees.
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NPLL Volunteers: NPLL depends on volunteers to manage and coach the 36 teams and 300+ kids in the program, as well as all supporting functions. Other volunteer positions include: Team Parent; Field Maintenance; Player Development; Umpire; Fundraising; Snack Bar managers and workers; as well as members of the board.
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Sponsors: NPLL depends on sponsors for almost 15% of our income and we value the active role many of the local businesses play in NPLL beyond their financial contribution.
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Parents & Family Members: The youth sports experience is as much a family experience as it is an exercise in physical, mental and social growth for each child. NPLL appreciates the full participation of families as spectators and volunteers.
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Players: In the end it is about the kids and our NPLL community never loses sight of that.
Other information with your registration/player packets, game schedules, and on our website will have a schedule of events, lists and contacts of all the key officers, sponsors and community members listed above.
We welcome you again to North Park Little League. We welcome your participation, your feedback, your advice and anything to further the mission of our NPLL community. Sincerely,
Chris Bockenhauer, Grant Ferrier & Darrell Brant Chris Bockenhauer, North Park Little League President Grant Ferrier & Darrell Brant, North Park Little League Vice‐Presidents
Fundraising and Volunteering Opportunities Have ideas to help raise much‐needed funds to improve fields and provide first‐rate instruction to players and coaches? Here's your chance. Team Parent Field Maintenance Help organize your child's team by organizing the You don't need to be a contractor to help in this snack schedule, rosters, communication, and end of area. Just be willing to be part of a small army to season parties via the team web site. Please fill out maintain North Park's baseball fields. the Volunteer Application if you want to be a team Umpire parent (VolunteerApp14.pdf) and bring it to You may not make it to Yankee Stadium to ump Document Day or the first practice or game. game 7 of the World Series, but we do need people Player Development willing to be trained to help umpire games in Minors Whether it's helping to run clinics, finding great and above. online resources to share with parents or anything in between, this area is key to the future success of our Snack Bar Our Snack Shack needs assistance from purchasing program. items to staffing. Helping here is a great way to contribute.
NPLL Income and Expenses North Park Little League earns our income almost equally from league registration fees and fundraising activities. Player registration fees generally fund ongoing operations and equipment/uniforms, and fundraising supports capital projects like our scoreboard (funded prior to the 2013‐2014 years portrayed) and the new batting cages.
NPLL 2013 & 2014 Income Breakdown
NPLL 2013 & 2014 Expense Breakdown