Editor:>Dear Friends of Sonoma Athletes:
>
>Can you imagine a community whose Middle School gyms are
>vacant and competitive athletics are available only to the
>elite few who can afford to pay to play? In response to a
>persistent and continued decline in state funding, our
>School District has been forced to cut all Middle School
>sports for the coming school year. We write because we need
> your help to fill this funding gap!
>
>Each year over 360 girls and boys participate in soccer,
>basketball, volleyball, wrestling, and track at Adele
>Harrison and Altimira Middle Schools. Sports at the Middle
>School level are the essential feed line for a strong
>spirited High School Athletics program.
>
>Without community support our gyms will be empty and there
>will be no players, no mascots, no team managers, no fans,
>no coaches, and no families cheering in the stands for
>Sonoma’s Hornets and Wolves. While the students are still
>eager to play and cheer, they need our help to restore
>Middle School Sports for next year.
>
>- Our need is $55,000 for the year to reinstate all sports
>programs at both schools
>
>- We raised over $26,000 at the May 12 fundraiser at Larson
>Winery so we’re half-way there!
>
>- Please help us to raise the balance for the 2012 / 2013
>school year by June 30, 2012
>
>Join our fan club by donating any amount, every dollar
>counts! Super fans who sponsor at or above the $500
>donation level will receive recognition on a banner in each
>school gym:
>
>Bronze Fan $100 +
>
>Silver Fan $250 +
>
>Gold Fan $500 +
>
>Platinum Fan $1,000 +
>
>Diamond Fan $5,000 + sponsors an entire team for the
>season, you pick the school & team!
>
>If you, or a family member have participated as a student
>athlete in Sonoma or another hometown, then you know the
>importance of an Athletics program to the children of our
>community. Through athletics, students learn important life
>skills including good sportsmanship, commitment, goal
>setting and teamwork. School sports are an equalizer,
>enabling students from all backgrounds to work together to
>achieve one goal. Won’t you please help us restore our
>Middle School Athletic Programs by generously supporting our
> fundraising efforts and becoming a member of our fan club
>today?
>
>Follow this link and click the “Donate” button to make a
>secure online tax-deductible contribution in any amount to
>be shared by BOTH Middle Schools,
>http://www.adeleharrison.org/ An optional hard copy
>donation form you can print, complete and mail is also
>attached, as well as answers to frequently asked questions
>about SOS and our Middle School Sports programs.
>
>Please give generously and give today to keep Sonoma’s
>Middle Schools strong.
>
>Thank you!
>
>- Save Our Sports Committee, Adele Harrison & Altimira
>Middle Schools, Sonoma, CA
>
>Save our Sports is an all-volunteer, non-political grass
>roots committee formed to raise the funds needed to restore
>Athletics at Altimira and Adele. Your sponsorship is 100%
>tax deductible through our umbrella of the 501(c)3 Non-
>Profit Middle School Parent Teacher Organizations. Contact
>Kate Eagles at 707.888.9322 or eagles11@mindspring.com with
>questions.
Even if your child does not participate in sports, other children in our valley do. And those that do, learn to feel a sense of accomplihment and self confidence..and that makes them good humans which then impacts others THEY come in contact with in school…making school a place of positive energy. Please consider making a donation today..help Save our Middle School Sports…help save our children…ALL of them.
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