Club or League Representative,
Kicks 4 Kids is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the mission to run youth soccer tournaments to benefit youth based charities. The company has been in existence since 2000 and currently organizes and runs the Hershey Invitational (which will be held on the weekend of June 19-20, 2010) and the Penn State 8v8 (which will be held on the weekend of August 7-8, 2010).
300 Teams played in the two tournaments in 2009 and 325 teams played in the tournaments in 2008. Both tournaments receive a great deal of positive feedback for their quality from participants and both have become very productive charitable endeavors. To this point, the organization has been able to donate over $113,118 to you based charities.
In an effort to further the organization’s mission, we are writing you today regarding expansion possibilities. We are open to a variety of options to add at least one more tournament - be it starting from scratch with a promising site or helping out by taking over the management of an existing tournament.
There are a number of factors, which in our experience play a vital role in the success of our tournaments. These include:
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• Because Kicks 4 Kids is a governmentally approved non-profit, we must adhere to our mission. As such, the profit generated after the cost of holding a high quality tournament must be donated to a reputable charitable organization that serves disadvantaged youth. This does not include youth soccer programs. We believe that any identified charitable organizations should be based in the community which hosts the tournament
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• We work closely with our host clubs as partners. We do all the heavy lifting in promoting the tournament, securing the items and services needed to run a quality tournament, and managing the field of teams. The host club helps with volunteers for the tournament weekend. Additionally, the host club is generally able to generate significant funds for the club through the sale of t-shirts and/or concessions.
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• It is necessary to have a number of quality teams as centrally located as possible. It is an additional bonus if there is some sort of ancillary attraction to help generate interest in attending the tournament (Hershey Park for the Hershey tournament and the University for the Penn State 8v8).
If your club or association has an interest in working with Kicks 4 Kids on an existing tournament or developing a new tournament with the goal of supporting a local youth-based charity, please contact me at 866-596-9617 or info@kicks4kids.org.
Best Regards,
Jeff Steiner
Operations Manager
Kicks 4 Kids Charity Soccer Tournaments
