Merck
West Point Soccer Club Proudly Presents
Game 1 Result: Team USA 5 - The World 0
Game 2: July 23th, 2011 (Saturday) KO @ 11am
Game 3:
September 15th, 2011 (Thursday) KO @ 6pm
All
proceeds will de donated to the construction cost of a girls school in Africa
Change Our World, Educate a Girl.
www.nurturingmindsinafrica.com
Participation
is Free!
If
you are interested in becoming a player please contact the Team captains below & please
mention which games you want to participate in
Team USA
The
World Captain Max Innocent
If
you are interested in becoming a volunteer to help run the event or a sponsor
please
contact the event organizer
Event
Organizer Mike Grogan
About The Games
Both teams will be co-ed and will have 11-a-side.
Games will be played at the Merck West Point Bldg 97 grounds. All games will be played
in accordance with the Merck West Point Soccer League rules.
Each player will receive a free custom made T-shirt for the
series.
At the end of every game, the
team captain will select a player from his team to be presented with a
"player of the game" award. The winning team will be presented with the championship trophy which they will defend at the next game. The winner of Game 3 keeps the trophy.
About The Sponsorship Card
Our Goal is to raise $5,000 for "Nurturing Minds" a non-profit organization that
supports disadvantaged girls in
To achieve this goal participants
are encouraged to complete a sponsorship card for the event with all proceeds
raised (100%) going to the construction costs of the girls school;
Sponsorship cards can be printed from the link below.
Any Checks should be made
payable to "Nurturing Minds"
Completed Sponsorship cards
should be returned to the Event Organizer (Mike Grogan) on or before September
15th, 2011 - Game 3 of the series.
Donations may also be made
directly to "Nurturing Minds" electronically using the PayPal link
below
About Nurturing Minds
Change Our World, Educate a Girl.
www.nurturingmindsinafrica.com
Nurturing Minds in
Africa provides financial and technical support to programs improving
access to quality education for girls in Tanzania, with a particular emphasis
on girls who are poor, marginalized, and at-risk of becoming involved in
exploitative forms of child labor.
Nurturing Minds is currently supporting Secondary Education for Girls'
Advancement (SEGA), which has opened and operates a girls' secondary boarding
school in Morogoro, Tanzania. SEGA is made up of a core group of four
Tanzanian citizens and one American who are committed to improving the lives of
Tanzanian girls. The Sega Girls School provides quality academic education
to marginalized girls, emphasizing leadership skills, social responsibility,
self-sustainability and environmental care. Nurturing Minds in currently requesting funds in 2011 to help with the construction costs of expanding the girls school.
Nurturing Minds in Africa is
a US-based (501) (c) (3) non-profit organization.
About your donation (for
Merck employees)
If you are a Merck employee and
make a donation of $24 or more to Nurturing Minds in Africa you can submit for
a 100% matching gift from the Merck Partnership for Giving Program.
https://www.easymatch.com/merckp4g
Requests for a matching gift
should be made within 180 days of your contribution.
A message from the Event
Organizer
After visiting
Mike on his visit to
I have been an employee of
Merck since 2006, first at the Cramlington site in
Kind Regards
Mike
Event Organizer
President Merck West Point
Soccer Club