Archive for April, 2006

Miracle League at the 2006 Rotary River Rally

April 23, 2006 at 2:08 pm · Filed under League Visability

April 22, 2006 – Today the Rotary held the Tempe Town Lake Cardboard Boat Regatta and it was a great event, not sure of the final numbers, but they were expect around 10,000 spectators, participants and Rotarians.  All I can say is WOW!

Ken & Kathleen at RRR06This was Miracle League of Arizona’ first public event and a chance for us to announce our presence in the Valley.  Last night (Friday) was the judging of the entries and we showed up with our banner, display board and handed out flyers.  We met many of the local Rotary dignitaries and enjoyed the BBQ dinner and the evening as the warm Arizona sun set.

MLoAZ Booth at RRR06As the day cooled, I was able to pause for a moment and realized how much everyone had dedicated so far to make this event a success; Terry had planned our presence at the event and everyone got behind it right away – Gene coordinated several volunteers and had color copies of the materials made by Marathon Imaging, Ken & Kathleen ordered buttons we sold at the event from CafePress, Cynthia, my roommate and I made the display board, a banner was ordered for the table from Angel Signs.  That was what happened (and probably more I’ve not remembered right now) just to get to this day, the day before the Cardboard Boat Regatta.

As I arrived on Saturday, Terry was already setting up the tent / gazebo he had brought, Gene showed up with Patrick (a tall, stout hearted young man that works in his office) and my daughter, Megan came along to provide moral support.  Ken & Kathleen showed up soon thereafter and stayed for several of the heats of the boat race and then later in the day, Shannon and Denise came along and provided some much needed relief.  Ken in the MLoAZ Booth

Thank you to everyone for your amazing show of support!! – it’ll all matter as we get through the fundraising portion of our work and field construction gets underway. Overall the day was excellent and we very much look forward to our relationship with Rotary here in the Valley and expect we’ll make some kids very, very happy.  The pictures show how the booth looked and how much fun we had.  Visit our website for more pics.

All I can say is Wow! – What a day and what a fun time for everyone; keep an eye out for our next event here in the Valley!

Let’s Play Ball! 

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Miracle League of Arizona Seats the Board, get’s a field to develop and….

April 7, 2006 at 9:56 pm · Filed under League Development

Miracle League of Arizona is making leaps and bounds.  At last nights meeting the current board was set and the officers for the ensuing term of 2006 were elected. Here is your 2007 Slate of Officers –

  • President –                   Steven Groves

  • Vice President –           Ken Staudenmayer

  • Secretary –                  Kathleen Staudenmayer

  • Treasure –                    Open / Ken is acting until we fill

Also on the board is –

  • Sandi Rosenblatt / Fundraising

  • Terry Mickelson / Community Liaison

We also have begun assembling an advisory board as well, so stay tuned on local business, spiritual and sports figure who will join us as MiracleMakers in the near future.

We announced the receipt of a letter from Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD Partnership Letter ) accepting the initiation of a partnership between us and them.

We also received a call / email from City of Surprise and a possible inquiry in supporting them in developing a Miracle League Field and league out their way.

We look to be nearly set to participate in the Rotary River Rally on April 21 and 22 at Tempe Beach Park.  This will be our first public / semi-public fundraising effort where we’ll giveaway buttons in exchange for a donation of $5 / $10 dollars.  Terry and Gene have worked hard on this one so we’re pretty happy with the effort so far.

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, April 25th so see you all there!

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