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Good morning, Game Day Fans, We all love a great game and for many we love having our kids involved in competitive sports. The cost of competitive sports for children can be quite expensive. On average, families spend around $700 per year on each child's athletic participation, with some sports reaching into several thousands of dollars a year. Factors contributing to these costs include registration fees, equipment, travel expenses, and coaching. To help offset these costs and promote local businesses, Love Your Calendar offers the service - Game Day Calendars. We make a custom Game Day Calendar that you will love! Here is how it works: You take donations from your local community and in return we add their company logo and contact on your Game Day Calendar. All proceeds are yours to keep which goes to help pay for the team's expenses. Advertising opportunities on your Game Day Calendar can be quite beneficial as it raises money for your child's team and puts the team schedule in front of your local community. Everybody loves a great Game Day Calendar to plan travel and see the schedule coming up and everybody will Love Your Calendar with local advertising! Have a great Super Bowl Sunday! Peace and Love, PJ #gameday #sports #football #baseball #basketball #trackandfield #soccer #golf #gaming #love #family #friends https://lnkd.in/g4F3TwaJ

The business of football (soccer to my American friends) is fascinating, exhilarating and often precarious. I’ve been on the board of Lancaster City FC (one of the world’s oldest football clubs, established 1911) for almost two years now. Lancaster is a small northern city on the west coast of the UK. Manchester is the nearest big footballing name, about an hour away down the M6 motorway. I went to University in Lancaster almost 30 years ago, which is how I got involved in the club again. We’re in the Northern Premier League, seven leagues down from the Premiership, and three leagues below the Hollywood fairytale of Wrexham. But the realities of non-league football for most clubs don’t end with Ryan Reynolds buying your club. Every week is a constant battle to keep the financial wolf from the door. Our sponsorship, gate and diner revenue is all up 30% over the last two years, and yet we still struggle to make ends meet with a multi-thousand pound defecif to manage due to rising energy costs, business rates, ground maintenance and player wages. And we’re one of the buoyant ones! Marske FC, peers in the Northern Premier League, have recently taken drastic action to recoup costs, effectively demoting themselves to the league below to give them a hope of surviving financially (cheaper players, less league-mandated ground upgrades required etc). That’s no surprise to me. Balancing fan expectations, overspending managers, player ambitions and financial realities is a real eye-opener in terms of what it takes to keep a non-league football club afloat. And their importance goes well beyond sport. These are institutions at the heart of communities - they keep people together and give neighbourhoods a collective purpose through good times and bad. They create social cohesion among strangers, combatting loneliness, forging friendships and building support networks that translate into huge social benefits that often go unacknowledged by local councils and politicians. This season alone, Lancaster has engaged hundreds of schoolchildren, refugees and vulnerable groups, to give them a sense of belonging, aspiration, support, and purpose beyond the daily grind. And it’s all done by volunteers - there are no fat cats creaming off the profits here. In fact, there are no profits at all - only debts! It’s a precarious situation that local councils should be more attune to and supportive of. These local sporting institutions, central to the community, give back so much and yet are constantly on a knife-edge, drawing on the good will of volunteers and donations to keep them afloat - whether that’s the board members, the lady on the gate, or the unseen hours of the people digging the pitch or cleaning the diner oven. So thank you to the volunteers, the part-timers and the giver-uppers. Without you, these local football clubs would be knocked down and replaced with your next out of town multi-story car park. 👇

Not even the anticipation of the Matildas win could distract Luminary, Hardhat and Devotion from our Fred's Big Run Agency Challenge last week. We’re on a mission to run/walk to raise funds for The Fred Hollows Foundation, and if we happen to beat a couple of agency friends... then so be it 😉 Week 2 saw Hardhat take the lead, averaging 51.4km/person in just two weeks, leaving Luminary and Devotion in the dust to fight it out for second place, with only a few kilometres between us at 32.5km (Luminary) and 36.4km (Devotion). Hardhat, you will need more than a hard hat to hold your place at the top. We're going to make up that difference! Are you with us, Devotion? Here are some quick stats for those playing at home: 🏃♂️Luminary - $9,658, 1,738kms across 50 team members 🏃♂️Devotion - $2,297, 517kms across 13 team members 🏃♂️Hardhat - $1,089, 411kms across 8 team members Week 3, LET'S GO! 💪 #FredsBigRun #FBRAgencyChallenge

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#SWMarchAround is back! Our annual walking challenge is back and bigger than ever, an impressive 86 colleagues, split across 17 teams are taking part and this year we are also raising money for the The Trussell Trust so please donate what you can to this fantastic chartiy and keep up to date with our journey over the month. https://lnkd.in/e9ynA__c Which team will be victorious? 1.Farr To Go – Distance is no problem for these avid walkers! 2.Legs Eleven – We're not sure if this team are competing or playing Bingo! Either way, they look to win. 3.Legs Go – Legs go fast, will yours go faster? 4.Not Fast, Just Furious – They may be slow, but you don’t want to get on their bad side! 5.Pace Makers – Stay on this team’s good side, if you overdo it you may need their help! 6.Scrambled Legs – This team don't walk on eggshells, and they'll be looking to fry the competition! 7.Sole Mates – They’re swapping romantic strolls on the beach for hardcore speed walking! 8.The 1 and Only – No other they’d rather be! Confidence is key to winning, and this team has plenty! 9.The Proclaimers – They will walk 500 miles, and they will walk 500 more! Can you keep up? 10.The Walking Dead – They may be dead, but they haven’t given up hope yet! 11.The Wolves of Walk Street – The most ruthless team in the challenge, watch your back for this pack! 12.Walk Like a Surveyor - This team are hoping to show that surveyors walk better than anyone else! 13.Walkers to the Cour - They live and breathe walking; it courses through their veins! 14.Walking 9-5 – What a way to make a living! This team will be singing their way to the finish line. 15.Worst-Pace Scenario - Don't be fooled by the name, this team will be trying for the best-case scenario: winning! 16.Young Hearts Run Free – Let’s hope they run fast enough! 17.Your Pace or Mine? – This team will set the pace, and you better keep up!

Do you just write checks to sponsor local teams and causes? Do you need a partner who can help you leverage the gift of money into real support for the cause and raise awareness of your own support? Most funeral homes are very generous and say "yes" to writing a check for almost everything they get asked for from students and not for profits. The thing is, most people have no idea. Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home in Weirton, WV sponsored the Weir High School Girls' Soccer team. They got on a win streak that didn't stop, and came by the funeral home with a signed, game-played ball from their most recent victory. They won their sectionals, and then the regionals, and are now off to the semi-finals as they head to state championship. Now Greco-Hertnick is helping fan support for the team's final games and championship support. Do you need help building and leveraging community relationships? Call/text/DM me for a free preview of what an Outcompete strategy can do to help you stay in front of your community. 585-657-7096 or https://lnkd.in/gPMRDHf9 #marketing #funeralhome #funeralhomemarketing #outcompete

Bowling and helping kids? SIGN ME UP! Don't miss your chance to participate in Bowl for Kids' Sake, happening on April 20, 2024 at Electric City Lanes in Kaukauna. How It Works: 1. Form a team of 4-6 people. No bowling skills are necessary. Grab your friends, family, coworkers or anyone you'll have fun with. 2. Register online at https://lnkd.in/g8UsWZ5c. 3. Each person is asked to raise a minimum of $75 to participate, $35 if under the age of 15, which gets you two hours of bowling, food, drinks, and an awesome T-shirt! But guess what? The more you raise, the more youth you’re able to impact! If fundraising isn’t for you, don’t worry, you can pay your registration fee when you sign up! 4. Bowl & have fun! The event features games, prizes, and more!

added gofundme as it's been requested ;) https://gofund.me/463f8783 Would you be willing to help Kingsdale Academy raise funds to replace our stage? All while doing your regular day to day shopping? For every new user we get a $5 bonus on top of the regular % paid out. if 3k people did this, we would immediately raise enough money to replace the stage. Wild right? Walmart, esso, provigo, IGA to name a few. A stage isn’t just pieces of wood, it’s an experience to promote confidence, the arts, learning public speaking, even plays and concerts. Unfortunately, the cost of a new stage is 15k and the school simply doesn't have the budget for it. We would greatly appreciate those few minutes needed to do this Group code is B26PYK https://lnkd.in/eZfDGUi2

Final chance to join the People First Community Lottery to support Serving Our People. Every dollar from your ticket purchase goes directly to SOP to support the community and those in need. Plus, you’ll be entered to win some fantastic prizes. ㅤ Ticket price: $2 per ticket. ㅤ Every $2 ticket sold helps feed children and families in need. ㅤ - Buy 5 tickets to feed a child for a year - Buy 10 tickets to feed 2 children for a year - Buy 30 tickets to feed 6 children for a year - Buy 50 tickets to feed 10 children for a year ㅤ By purchasing a lottery ticket you have the chance to make an impact and help those in need. Every single contribution will make a huge impact in the community. ㅤ This year, the People’s First Community Lottery has 52 prizes valued at over $300,000. ㅤ Ticket Sales Close: Thursday 25 July, 11:59pm (ACST). Please click here to support - bit.ly/3Ln58LC

Development Professionals are not sloths. We do however move very methodically and strategically I’m order to achieve long-term success. Some more thoughts on this below.