Kickin’ For a Cause

• Kickball Application
• Kickball Rules
• Kickball Waiver
• Kickball Flyer

When Saturday, August 20

Where Noelridge Park

Time 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (no games during 11:00-noon lunch break)

What is it?

Kicking for a Cause is a kickball tournament to raise funds to build wells in Africa. Up to 20 teams will compete in a double-elimination tournament on Saturday August 20 at Noelridge Park. Kickball itself is a lot of fun, but we have a bigger purpose in mind than just having a good time.

Why are we doing this?

It’s so easy for us to take clean and safe water for granted. When we need water for drinking, cooking, bathing, or cleaning, we simply turn on the faucet. Americans on average use 80-100 gallons of water per day. Though water is regularly available to us, many people go with little or no water daily. Nearly one billion people suffer needlessly without access to safe water.

This lack of safe and clean water is devastating. 200 children die every minute from water-borne diseases. In Africa alone people spend 40 billion hours every year just walking for water. Women and children usually bear the burden of water collection, walking miles to the nearest source, which is often shared with animals and likely to make them sick. These realities are tragic and may seem overwhelming. However, we can make a difference and truly save lives.

With your help we can impact a small village for a lifetime. We will be partnering with Water4 Foundation to help build wells in Africa, giving the transformative gift of clean and safe water. Go to http://water4.org/ to learn more.

Amenities

Of course the kickball tournament will be the main event. But, Noelridge Park also offers great amenities for you and your family:

• Walking trail
• Splash pad
• Duck pond
• Playground
• Swimming pool
• Concessions with food offered- free will offering- funds also go to support well project

How do I get involved?

• Put together a team:
  • Registration.
  • Donations: Each team is asked to contribute a minimum of $225 to the well project, but we encourage you to raise more as all proceeds will go to well projects. Please only send checks payable to Encounter Christian Church, memo line “Kickin’ For a Cause”
  • Who can participate? Rules.
  • Help get the word out! Put a flyer up at your church, work or school.
• Volunteer opportunities
  • Umpires
  • Concessions workers
  • Registration table

Prizes

The focus of the event will be on the well project; however, a little friendly competition always makes things a little more interesting. There will be six prizes for the tournament (1st-3rd place in both brackets) and a prize for the team that raises the most funds.

Questions

Please contact Andrew Sandquist