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posted 12/24/2009 Greetings Milford International Little League Families,
My name is Bob Fortier and I am the current president of MILL. I am excited to announce that the 2010 spring tee ball, baseball and softball registrations are in full swing. Registration information and forms are now posted on our website at www.millonline.org.
To assure we are prepared for the season, we are setting February 13, 2010 as the cut-off date for registrations; so mail in your registrations now or plan on attending one of the four walk-in registrations. Our 1st walk-in registration is planned for January 14th at Dick’s Sporting Goods – plan to register your players at that time and use it as an opportunity to pick-up equipment for your son or daughter. To encourage early registration, the first 50 families that register that night will receive a $10 off coupon to Dick’s.
For your convenience, we’ve also included a separate registration “refrigerator page” which outlines all walk-in registration dates, player evaluations dates, and contact information for MILL Board of Directors (BOD). Please feel free to contact your league player agent with any questions regarding the upcoming season.
Let me also update you in areas where the BOD has been working on to make this upcoming season successful, in consideration of the financial challenge MILL and its league families are facing in this continued economic downturn. First, Dick's Sporting Goods will be hosting a MILL family shopping day on Saturday February 27, 2010. On this day, all MILL families are invited to shop at Dick’s and receive 15% off their total purchase, on top of other Dick’s discounts and coupons – for a potential savings of between 25% – 35%!
Our annual Opening Day Celebration will be held on Saturday April 17th, 2010. It will be an opening day celebration with games, entertainment, food, raffles, merchandise for sale and more. When heading down to Brewster Field on Opening Day, whether or not you have a game, expect to experience a fun day to be had by the entire family -- and by doing so you will be supporting MILL.
MILL has made a strong commitment to keep registration fees at or below 2009 levels. As such, 2010 fees are unchanged, with the exception of a reduction in the fee for our tee ball players – which is reduced to $40 per player. We are encouraging league-age four, five and six year old boys and girls in the MILL district to learn, play and enjoy America’s favorite pastime, alongside some of the best families and volunteers in Milford. Tee ball registration has been on the decline in recent years – let’s turn that around this year. Spread the word!
In an effort to help keep registration fees down, we’ll once again hold a fundraiser. The fundraiser will be a raffle with the Grand Prize being a $5000 gift card. Every league family will be responsible to sell at least one booklet of 20 tickets at $5 per ticket. You will be getting more information soon - stay tuned…
League sponsors from our community also play a huge role in supporting MILL and keeping registration fees down. While we have had outstanding support in past years, there is a concern support may drop again this year, in relation to the economy. If you, a company you are employed at, or someone you know, may be interested in being a league or team sponsor, please let me know and I will gladly send out a sponsor package listing all the details, the different types of sponsorships available, the benefits it provides to MILL and the sponsoring company.
As with any volunteer-based program, MILL needs volunteers for various activities throughout the year, including but not limited to: team managers, snack stand operations, opening day committee, fundraising committee, sponsorship coordinator, etc. If you are interested in helping out in any one of these areas please contact me directly. Any help is greatly appreciated!
If you have any other questions my contact information along with all the board members can be found on our website www.millonline.org I look forward to an exciting season and seeing you all at our Opening Day Celebration.
Happy Holidays!!!!
Sincerely,
Bob Fortier, MILL President - 2010 Season
878-9886
