Fresno First Steps Home is o comprehensive, community

Morch 7,2011
Deor Friends:
Pleose join us for o springtime weekend of
.non-siop tennis oclion oi the First Annuol Copper
RÍver Counlry Club Tennis-A-Thon, OeneJiiþO Fresno First Sleps Home. Co-hosted
by our
communily porÌners from Mercedes-Beirzì of Fresno, we invite you to moke o posifive
ditference in lhe lives of Fresno's homeless individuols by sponsoring this inougurol eveni.
o
Fresno First Steps Home is
comprehensive, community-wide ínitiotive
oddress
homelessness in our communify. Formed os o public/privote portnership, Fresno First Steps
Home is o nonprofil orgonizotíon working to implement Fresno's "lGyeor plon prevent ond
End Homelessness." lt ís stortling to reolÞe lhot on ony given doy, there ore on estimoted
3,500 unsheltered homeless individuols in the city of Fresno ond on oddilionol 10,500
shellered homeless individuols sleeping in ploces not of their own, such os cors, goroges or
olher ploces not suiloble for housing.
to
on exomple of community portners joining logether to help reduce the
number of homeless individuols living on the streets. Everyone con be o porl of preventing
ond ending homelessness in Fresno.
This Tennis-A-Thon is
Over the course of 50 hours of continuous oclion on Copper River Couniry Club,s tennis
courts, the gool for lhe event is to roise over $50,000. The fun will begin of 12:00 noon with
the firsi serve on Fridoy, Moy ó, 2011, ond will lob stroight through forthe next S0 hours.
Juniors, odulls ond celebrities will ploy tennis roundJhe-clock fór s0 hours, in two-hour
segmenls.
Pleose consider becoming o Court Sponsor ond helping us to reoch our gool of roísing
$50,000 towords prevenling ond ending the cycie of homelessness in Fresno. A Court
Sponsor pledge form is enclosed for your convenience. Thonk you for your considerotion
ond continued support of our community.
Sincerely,
Williom Tothom, Sr.
Moyor, City of Fresno
Copper River Counfry Club
11500 North Friant Road
(559) 434-5200
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.
Fresno, CA9373O
Fax (s59) 434-8962
Copper River Counlry Club
How do you define LOVE?
Pleose join oll of us of Copper River Country Club os we roise funds in support
of Fresno First Steps Home, the City's comprehensive, community-wide initiotive io oddress homelessness. Fresno First Steps Home connects the homeless
with stoble housing ond helps oddress heolth needs, job troining ond other
issues. These ore criticol first steps towqrd restoring independence, selfsufficiency, ond permonent housing.
Porfner with us for the First Annuol Tennis-A-Thon ond help stop the cycle of
homelessness in our community.
50 hours of tennis to roise 550,000
PloylEotlSleeplPloy
Fridoy, Moy ó - Sundoy, Moy 8, 201l
I2PM.2PM
fun non-siop tennis tournoment will feoture the junior tennis ployer, the
young of heort ployer,
ond those big-heoded community minded ployers who just wont fo hove o
liitle fun on the courts.
This
Music, tennis clinics, locol celebrities, BBQ ond silent ouction!
COURT SPONSOR
. LOGO on oll shored morketing moteriols
(court bonners, sociol morketing efforts ond website)
.Recognition os on event sponsor in the Copper River Newsletier (distributed
to over 1,000 members)
. LOGO signoge disployed qt event
.BooTh Spoce os requested
. Cotegory Plocement Exclusivity
.TWO Adult ployer positions
.LOGO on 201 I commemorotive Tennis-A-Thon t-shirts
SPONSORSHIP FEE: $1,000.00
Fresno First Steps Home is o non-profit orgonizotion (FederolTox lD #941 r 5ó5r 4)
For more informqlion,
cqll Betsy Kimbqll of (559) 970-31l5 or
Kevin Tweed ot (559) 285-3344.
11500 North Friant Road
(55Ð 434-5200
.
.
Fresno, CA 93730
Fax (5s9) 434-8962
Ffiday=
ì
t2 pm- First serve by
Mayor Ashley Sweareng in
ó pm- lO pm- Tennrs
Mixer {S20 donationJ
lncludes:
- Silent Auction
-Live Auction
-BBO
-Trey Tosh Band
-Fresno State
Tennis Exhibition
(Sign up in Tennis Centre)
Saturday:
tO am- 12 pm- Racquet
demonstrat¡on and speed
gun, hosted by The
Stringer, Free Tennis Clinic
(Sign up in Tennis Centre)
ó pm-
Players, parents and
sponsors BBO.
W
Sunday:
Concludes with tennis
match, starring. Fresno
State Football Coach. Pat
Hill. Kathy Hill, Coby RoÞerts
and Kevin Tweed.
To sign up and for
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more information call
Coby Roberts,
Copper River
Tennis Centre
4.34-8955