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South Section
Highlights – Winter 2010
Highlights Archive
Program Highlights:
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Welcomed
three new star interns for Spring Semester 2010 from
Bridgewater State College – Nico Andrade, Julianne
Carrozza and Meaghan Fitzpatrick
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Hosted a
record 230 Athletes & Unified Partners at the annual
South Section Ten-Pin Bowling Assessment Round @ AMF
Taunton Lanes on Sun. 1/31
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Hosted a
record 52 teams & nearly 600 Athletes & Unified Partners
at the one-day Basketball Assessment Round @ Stonehill
College on Sat. 2/6…THANK YOU Prof. John Leahy &
Stonehill College
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Sent 5 more
Unified Basketball teams from Brockton Public Schools to
the Project UNIFY Basketball tournament @ Boston
University on Sun. 2/7
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Presented
20 medals at the annual Basketball Skills event @
Cardinal Cushing Center in Hanover on Sun. 2/7…thanks
Tom McElman, Margaret Lelakes, Cardinal Cushing and BC
High
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Supported
major “Stop The R Word” campaign events in Attleboro and
Brockton
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Assisted 39
South Section local programs and 72 total sports teams
at the SOMA Winter Games in Worcester on 3/13-14 –
including the SOMA Brockton High “Boxer Buddies” Unified
Basketball Team, participating in its first-ever
sectional and state games – great job Team SOMA
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Getting
ready for the annual BICO Collaborative Bowling School
Day Games in Franklin on Fri. 3/19 and Fall
River/Dartmouth Public Schools Basketball School Day
Games @ Durfee High on Fri. 3/26…thanks to BICO’s Denise
Szatkowski and Fall River PS’s Bonnie Marchand & Beth
Dawe
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Working on
a new partnership with Taunton Public Schools for school
year 2010-2011…stay tuned…
Fundraising & Development
Highlights:
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Raised a
record $90K at two South Section Jolly Jaunts in Taunton
& Hyannis in December
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Received
more than $31K from the annual Dunkin’ Donuts Pound of
Coffee Promotion in Bristol County in December
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Helped
raise more than $310K (to date with funds still coming
in) at this year’s two Passion Plunges on Sat. 3/6 –
Nantasket Beach in Hull and Revere Beach in Revere –
thank you South Section Plungers & Chickens – Wow!
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Sent 5
bus-loads from southeastern Mass to Loon Mountain, NH
for the Jim Haskins Memorial Ski/Board Challenge on Sun.
3/7 – raising more than $12K to date with funds still
coming in. Special thanks to Bob Mercer and Pam Melanson
of Bob’s Sea & Ski (New Bedford), Perry Long, and State
Reps. Mike Rodrigues & Pat Haddad
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Special
Thanks to All our SOMA South Section Sponsors: Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Bridgewater Savings
Bank, Bridgewater State College, Bristol County Savings
Bank, Coastal Nissan, Comcast, CVS Caremark, Dunkin’
Donuts, E.J. Jaxtimer Landscape Division, Eli Lilly,
Enterprise Rent-A-Car, HarborOne Credit Union, ING,
Landscape Products & Service, Mansfield Bank Charitable
Foundation, Mashpee Kiwanis (Key & Builders Clubs),
Massasoit Community College, Mirant Energy, Ocean Spray,
Parrot Head Club of Eastern Mass, Wal-Mart, and Webster
Bank
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