Letter to Parents, News, Atom AE, Rep Hockey, 14/15, Rep (Erin-Hillsburgh Minor Hockey Association)

This Team is part of the 14/15 season, which is not set as the current season.
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Letter to Parents
Hi Parents, our findings from our coaches meeting...  



Team Budget: [This is important!] 
Please take a look at the attached budget that will be submitted to the association Monday July 21st 2014. If you have questions, please respond to myself or Greg by Friday July 18th.  If you do not reply, I will assume you have consented to the budget.   

Highlights to budget 
·         EHMHA registration: $595 by July 15th.  [Paid by you directly on the website]
·         $450 - Rep fees:  PAID TO TEAM [may increase slightly, waiting on association] 
·          $200 – Jerseys PAID TO TEAM 
·         $100 – Team fee’s [Track suits] PAID TO TEAM.  Other teams in association are approx. $350]   

Total to date: $750 per player x 15 players = $9,000 plus additional $6,000 in fundraising & sponsorship = $15,000 as the team overall budget.  Please note, $6,000 in sponsorship and fundraising is equivalent to $400 commitment per player.  If we do not raise $400/player [$6,000] the outstanding balance will be shared by all.   

Fundraising: 
·         $3000 is team budget Thank you to Genie Venable and Lisa Burgess who have volunteered to be our

Fundraising Organizers.  They will work closely with the manager and coach to assure that we meet our goal.  This is an attainable number for us.  We have some great ideas listed below, your input is always appreciated and valued, please send in your ideas. Fundraising will depend on all of our efforts, not just a few. The amount collected in Sponsorship will be offset against the Fundraising budget.  For example, if we collect $4,000 in sponsorship our Fundraising budget will decrease to $2000.  If we collect $1500 in sponsorship our Fundraising budget will increase to $4500.   

Current fundraising Ideas on table: 
 ·         Bottle drive 
 ·         Breakfast with Santa 
 ·         Gift card lottery 
 ·         Poinsettias’ sales 
 ·         Gift card rebate http://www.fundscrip.com/how-it-works  [purchase gift cards and team will receive approx. 3% back]  Cards for sales are located at: https://static.fundscrip.com/msm/fs-retailers-list-ekit_FE.pdf   

Sponsorship: 
 ·         $3000 is team budget With some hard work & great sponsors, we already have 3 committed sponsors totalling $1100. 
 ·         MSN Auto 
 ·         Powerking 
 ·         EcoCamp 

The association has a new sponsorship policy attached, please read.  One new rule this year is we are allowed to have sponsors on the jerseys.  These names will be sewn on patches and can be removed in future in case you’d like to reuse your jersey in future seasons.   

The team has also introduced a sponsorship policy attached. We can fit 2 major sponsors on a jersey.   

Parent Liaison:
 
 Thanks to Rich Cosman who has agreed to be our parent liaison for the season.  Rich has an important role, he will be your voice to the coaching staff and manager. Rich's will share his contact info soon. The parent liaison role definition is on the EHMHA website.  
Click here: http://ehmha.org/Pages/1382/Parent_Liaison_and_Issue_Resolution/    

Tournaments: 
We have 3 scheduled. The local Atom AE tournament is a one day tournament on Saturday October 11th  [Thanksgiving weekend].  See invitation here: http://ehmha.org// 

We are planning 2 away tournaments.  One in 2014 and one in 2015. We plan not to have Christmas or March Break tournaments.   

Respect in Sports: 
This is mandatory regardless any certificates you happen to hold. The cost is $12 per child.  One parent per child must complete the course. If you have not completed this, please complete by July 31st.  We cannot roster your child on the team until completed.  For example: The team requires a travel permit to have a dry land training session, which means only those on the roster will be permitted to go to dry land training.  Go to: https://omhahockeyparent.respectgroupinc.com/secure/ to complete your Parent respect in Sports   

Team/Parent Meeting: 
I plan on organizing a meet & greet meeting with all parent towards the beginning of the season.  I plan on expressing our team & individual gaols at this meeting.   

In summary: 
Please look at the budget.  Reply only if you have questions. 
Sponsorships:  Use the policy and form to find some sponsors.  Please ask me or Greg if you need some help with a sponsor.  Let's get this going now.  
Fundraising:  Send in some ideas.  Be ready to work within the fundraising team to meet our goals. 

I can assure you that all of the team staff are committed to your child's success.  On and off of the ice. We need your help to make sure that this season is a success.   If you have any questions/concerns do not hesitate to contact me or Greg.   

Enjoy the summer.     

Your coach, 
Mike Paquette
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