Congratulations to our 2008 Seniors on a great season!

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Make up Mandatory Parent Meeting

Monday June 29th

There will be a mandatory parent meeting on June 29^th for those parents who did not attend the parent meeting held on June 10^th.  The meeting will be held at Caddy Shack Restaurant (function room) at World Golf Village on the 29^th from 6:00 – 7:30 P.M.  It is very important for you as parents and for the success of the football program that at least one parent of each player attend this meeting.  Your support is critical!  Again...Those who attended the meeting on June 10^th are not required to attend this meeting.   

Agenda from June 10th Meeting:

WELCOME TO NEASE FOOTBALL 2009

Parent Meetings

June 10, 2009

June 29, 2009

www.neasefootball.com

 

NEASE FOOTBALL PARENT MEETING

6/29/09  AGENDA

 •Welcome & Introduction – David Gray, Touchdown Club President

•Volunteer Opportunities – D. Gray

•Communication & Player Forms – D. Gray

•Football Overview – Danny Cowgill, Head Coach

•Fundraising – Bill Oakley, Touchdown Club Vice President

 

THE NEASE FOOTBALL TRADITION

•Character, Strength, & Honor

•Program not about winning football games, but about developing good citizens!

•Tradition passed on, Seniors to Freshman

 

NEASE FOOTBALL TRADITION

•59 – 10 Win/Loss Record From 2004 – 2008

•1 State Title, 2 State Runner-Up, 1 Regional Final, 1 Regional Semi-Final

 •More than 60 College Signees

 

NEASE FOOTBALL TRADITION

 •Strong Booster Organization is Key

 •Providing Funding & Volunteer Support

 •Our Kids Reap Tremendous Benefits!

 

ADMINISTRATION & COACHING STAFF

Principal: Dr. Linda Thomson - Kyle Dresback as of 7/1

Athletic Director: Ted Barbato

Head Coach:  Danny Cowgill

Asst. Head Coach: David San Juan

Assistant Varsity/JV Coaches

Jason LaBarbera          Steve Walters  Geoff Stephens

Marco Coleman           Aaron Brady   Todd Fordham

Rahim Abdullah          James Pye                   

Athletic Trainer:        Andrea Johnson

TOUCHDOWN CLUB & COMMITTEES

•President:                   David Gray

•Vice Pres:                   Bill Oakley

•Treasurer:                   Kim Weir

•Secretary:                   Mary Anne Thomas

•Fundraising:               Linda McNair

•Golf Tourn:                Mike Barlow

•Concessions:              Janet Hartrim & Janet Alred

•Apparel:                     Maria Cavanaugh & Terry Brickhouse

•Website:                     Sandra Marvin

•Field Prep:                  Bobby Marvin

•Program/Stad Signs: Val Grzwacz

•Varsity Team Moms: Kim Weir, Kellie Gray, Val Grzwacz

•JV Team Moms:         Melinda Estaban, Dina Moekolia, Laurie Crowley

             VOLUNTEERING

•Tradition at Nease – Can’t Survive Without!

•Specific Areas of Need

–Fundraising (parent contacts, rides, etc)

–Apparel (commitment of 1 game per family)

–Concessions (commitment of 1 game per family)

–We Need A Grill !!!

–Field Prep (painting logo & endzones)

–Chain Gang, Announcers & Spotters, Stats

–Game Broadcasts – myschoolstreams.com

–Stadium Clean-Up in August

–GPBC Annual Fundraiser in October

 COMMUNICATION & FORMS

•Two Main Methods to Distribute Information

–WWW.NEASEFOOTBALL.COM

–Electronic Newsletter (Sign up online)

–Complete & Return Contact Sheet

–Required Forms on Website – return by 8/1

•Consent & Release

•Physical – FHSAA Form

•Football Equipment Agreement

•Student Athlete Code of Conduct

•Parent Code of Conduct

COMMUNICATION & FORMS

•Players Will Not Be Allowed To Practice Until All Forms Are Received

•Mail Forms by August 1st to:

Mary Anne Thomas

148 Crosscove Circle

Ponte Vedra Beach , FL   32082

FUNDRAISING

•Nease Football Funding – 3 Primary Sources

– St. Johns County

–Nease Athletic Department

–Nease Football Boosters

FUNDRAISING

•St. Johns County Tax Revenue Funds

–Coaches Stipends

–Lights

–Athletic Trainer

FUNDRAISING

•Nease Athletic Dept. Revenue Sources

–$75.00 from all GPBC memberships

–Athletic Usage Fees (waived for GPBC members)

–Annual GBPC Fundraiser

–Football Parking

–Gate Receipts – All Nease Sports

**Football Does Not Keep Gate Receipts

FUNDRAISING

•Nease Athletic Dept Funds

–Away Game Yellow School Buses

–Charter Buses Required for Longer Travel - Paid by Each Sport

–Home Game Officials

–FHSAA Fees

–Field Maintenance

–Insurance

–Security

 FUNDRAISING

•Nease Football Boosters Fund

–Helmets, Uniforms, Knee Braces, Shoulder Pads

–Field Equipment (sleds, balls, tackling dummies, cool fans, etc)

–Weight Room Equipment

–Team Meals – Pre & Post Game

–Playoffs/State Championship Transportation

–Clinics & Tournaments

–Audio/Visual Equipment

–Field Prep Materials

–Banquet & Awards

FUNDRAISING

•Nease Football Boosters Revenue Sources

–GPBC Memberships (Designate $ to Football)

–Sponsorships (Program Ads, Banners, End Zone, etc)

–Annual Golf Tournament (7/20 at Marsh Creek)

–Concessions

–Apparel Sales

–Direct Contributions to TDC

FUNDRAISING

•Benefits of GPBC Membership

–Goal is 100% Football Participation

–Athletic Usage Fee Waived

–Supports all Sports at Nease

–Family of 3 @ $7.00 per Game (6 home games)

–$126.00 + 50.00 Ath Usage Fee = $176.00

–Join GPBC @ $175.00 Level - $75.00 to GPBC - $100 to TDC

–Family Admission to all Home Games – One Sport

–Please Join at the Highest Level Possible!

FUNDRAISING

•How to Join GPBC

–www.neasegpbc.com

–Contribute via Credit Card

–GPBC Newsletter

–GPBC Brochure also at www.neasefootball.com

–GPBC Annual Fundraiser 10/24 @ Palencia

FUNDRAISING

•Sponsorships – Nease Fundraising League

–Program Ads, Stadium Signs, Endzone Board, etc

–NFL Meeting on 6/22; “Season” through 8/9

–$1000.00 Goal for Each Player

–Sponsorships Collected from Business/Personal Contacts

–Program Ads

–Recruiting Golfers/Hole Sponsors for 7/20 Tourn

–$ Designated to Football through GPBC Membership

FUNDRAISING

•Golf Tournament – 7/20 at Marsh Creek

•Concessions

•Apparel Sales

•Direct Donations to TDC

ATHLETIC TRAINER UPDATE

Andrea Johnson

•Sports Physicals at Brooks Rehab; 6/13  9:00 – 2:00

•$10.00 Donation – Benefits Nease !!

•Dr. Kevin Murphy – Nease Team Doctor

•See Andrea for Forms

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING NEASE FOOTBALL

GO PANTHERS !!

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Summer Conditioning Camp

June 22 (Mon) - Conditioning Camp begins.

http://www.coachcowgillcamps.org

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Stadium Seat Renewals

The Golden Panther Booster Club's 2009 membership drive is underway!  All 2008 GPBC members wishing to guarantee renewal of their "luxury reserved stadium seats" must inform the TDC.  If you would like to renew your seats please contact Kim Weir (trioofjags@aol.com) or David Gray (graymatter@afo.net) and your information will be provided to the GPBC. 

Volunteers Needed

Game Day Field Prep:  If you are interested in helping get the field/logo ready for regular season games, please contact Bobby Marvin at slm73@att.net.  The field painting is usually done 2 days before the game depending on weather.   We all want our field to look good, so come out and join the fun, get a little green and gold on your fingers!

 

Team meals:  If you are interested in helping feed the team on Game Day we need about 8 volunteers to help set up, serve and clean up.  Volunteers need to be in cafeteria by 3:00 P.M.  If you are interested please email Kim Weir  trioofjags@aol.com

 

Apparel & Concessions:  Our apparel and concession areas need volunteers for the regular season.  Both of these groups are very important to our fundraising efforts and our game day presentation and are a great way to get involved with the Nease Football family!  Please e-mail Maria Cavanaugh (apparel - cavmaria1@litestream.net) and/or Janet Hartrim (concessions - jhartrim@bellsouth.net) if interested. 

 

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7 on 7 Passing Tournaments

The following is the schedule for the 7 on 7 passing tournaments that we plan to attend this summer. This will generally involve offensive backs and receivers, and defensive backs and linebackers.

• July 10 - Foley AL tournament (qualifier for Hoover AL tournament).

• July 16 - Colquitt GA tournament (we are defending champions!)

• July 23 - Hoover AL tournament

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Parents Join The Golden Panther Booster Club

As you may or may not know we get ZERO Dollars from the county to support Nease football.  When a stadium speaker goes out (and one did recently) we must pay for it, when the fields need repair, we pay for it.  We pay for uniforms, balls, transportation...everything our student athletes need to be successful.  Our Nease parents have recognized the importance of High School athletics and every year we come close to 100% booster club participation. We need to maintain that participation level this coming year as well. 

Please join the GPBC - here is the form (Click on links-Page 1 and Page 2).  Be sure to  designate "football" as the $$ recipient and your son's football fundraising team will be credited.

Here's another reason to join the GPBC.  This year the Athletic Department will charge each sport participant an athletic use fee.  It will be $50 for the first participant in the first sport and then less thereafter for each participant and/or sport.  A family having 2 children each participating in 2 sports will be subject to 4 athletic use fees with the fees on a graduated scale.  If you join the GPBC, the booster club WILL PAY ALL ATHLETIC USE FEES.

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Donovan's

Our new post game gathering place is going to be Donovan's at Palencia. They have given $1500.00 to be the spring game t-shirt sponsor and to be an $800 stadium sign sponsor.  They will stay open late for our groups so show them your support and patronage.

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Communications Sign Up

In an effort to utilize all the latest technology for better communications we are starting a sign up list for those who want short updates by texts for last minute changes, cancellations, etc.  Send an email to the Sandra Marvin at slm73@att.net and provide your cell number to be included in a group text notification system we are working on setting up.  Watch here for when it is activated.

Also setting up a Twitter account for the same reasons. Will post the information as it becomes available.