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“Hoops for the Endowment Fund” Basketball Free-Throw
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A “Hoops for the Endowment Fund” fundraising event will be held at the SOT 2012 Annual Meeting. This fun event will allow individuals and groups to raise funds for a particular Endowment Fund, based on shooting basketball free-throw shots both before and during the 2012 SOT Annual Meeting. The program has two essential components:
- Pre-annual meeting individual and team free-throw sponsorship opportunities are available for purposes of raising money for SOT Endowment Funds. SOT Regional Chapters (RC), Specialty Sections (SS), and Special Interest Groups (SIG) are especially invited to participate in this fundraising event. This will provide these component groups the opportunity to support the Funds with which they have an association. In addition to the Named Funds, groups may wish to use this opportunity to work together to support General Purpose Funds as well.
- Individual and team free throw play-offs to be held at the Annual Meeting for the purposes of providing an on-site fun activity and raising money for SOT Endowment Funds in an open forum. Corporate sponsorships of the contest, as well as sponsorships of individual and team participants, will be available. Please consult the final Program for more details.
Note that participation is open to all SOT members and all registered attendees at the 2012 Annual Meeting (e.g., non-member, attendees, exhibitors, etc.). Individuals will seek sponsorship for themselves and/or for their team. Teams may be formed with unlimited membership and active participation during the premeeting phase to maximize sponsorship potential. These “virtual” teams will allow participants to be teammates regardless of where they are geographically located. For the on-site phase, each established team will designate any five (5) players to participate. Individuals may only hold membership on one team. SOT RC, SS, SIG, and other groups (such as the Graduate Student Leadership Council and Postdoctoral Assembly) may field as many teams as they see fit for the premeeting phase and comply with the five (5) players rule for the on-site activity.
Prizes—to be awarded at Annual Meeting Playoffs:
- Individual and Team Free-Throw Champions
- Individual and Team with the Most Attempts
- Individual and Team with the Highest Percentage of Free-Throws Made (min.100 attempts)
- Individual and Team with the Most Donations ($ amount)
“Hoop it up” for the Endowment Fund. Be sure to participate in this FUN event!
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