Fundraising

Not only have the Crushers been practicing since September 2009, we have also been trying to raise money to pay for the trip to West Palm Beach, Florida. Since we are from Michigan, the trip is a major expese. As I said in a previous post, the Coed Crushers are representative of AYSO. Not only do we have kids with wildly different skill levels, we also have families from different socio-economic backgrounds. There are families with kids on the team that can afford to make the trip, between $1,200 and $1,500 per child. But, there are also families who will not be able to make the trip if we fail fundraise enough money. With the economy in Michigan being what it is, fundraising is going slowly.

The Crushers have held many fundraisers to date. The most successful fundraiser was leaf raking last fall. I have attached a few pictures of the kids hard at work. We also held a carnival last fall on the opening day of Region 250's soccer season . While it was fun, it did not raise the amount of money we hoped. We partnered with another team to seek contributions from local companies. The parents of the players ran a concession stand at the AYSO soccer fileds each weekend last fall, and will continue it in the Spring. Parents even showed up to sell hotdogs and other items at the AYSO picture night. The team hosted an afternoon of bowling at one of our local bowling alleys over Christmas Break. The kids and their families have been working hard to reach their goal. While we have come about half way there since beginning last August, we are not close to being halfway to our fundraising goal.

As I have said in the past, these kids are fighters. We have several fundraisers planned in the near future. We will be hosting a soccer tournament for our region in June. We are selling tamales. We will be having an enchilada dinner. We will have a spring flower sale and garage sale. How can we forget the car washes and bakes sales? If you would like to see a list of upcoming fundraisers please click on to the Fundraiser Section. As I wrote in the first post, one of the goals of this blog is to encourage people to help our team. If you would like to make a donation please send it to:

Coed Crushers

315 North Street

Paw Paw, Michigan 49079

Please makes checks payable to: AYSO Region 250. Please note on the check that the donation is for the U-10 National Team so it is deposited in the correct account. Anyone who makes a donation will be listed as one of our sponsors on this blog. Donations are tax deductible. On behalf of the kids and their families, I would like to thank anyone reading this for your time. And thank you to anyone generous enough to donate to our cause. If we are able to make this trip and compete in the tournament, I am sure it will be an experience the kids never forget.

Make sure your check the bottom of the blog page to see the people who have helped the Crushers.

As always, Go Crushers.