Vancouver Tbirds

Thanks to everybody for your participation! Payments will be issued to team managers by Jan. 15 for team fundraising based on number of tickets sold.

A LETTER FROM THE VANCOUVER GIANTS

May 8, 2007

“Congratulations to the Vancouver Thunderbirds for another very successful season of Vancouver Giants fundraising! Your great track record in past seasons earned the association three fundraising nights this year – 2 in the regular season and 1 in the playoffs. All three nights were shown strong support from the entire association and confirmed the Thunderbirds’ place as one of our top performing associations. Plus the upcoming Memorial Cup fundraising opportunity should cap off a very lucrative year of Giants fundraising for the T-Birds.

I would like to once again extend our thanks to James Joyce, George Georgeopolous, and all of the many volunteers who put forth tremendous time and effort to make the program a success. Without the dedicated work of James and his crew, the players and parents of the Vancouver Thunderbirds would I’m sure face many more days of bottle-drives, chocolate sales and raffle draws. Instead, with the support of the executive, the T-Birds have taken great advantage of the opportunity we provide and have again set the association up to be a major beneficiary of the program during the 2007/08 Giants season.

Our sincere thanks as well to everyone who took part in the program – whether it was selling game tickets, volunteering at the games, or buying tickets in support of the night. We appreciate your support and encourage you to participate again next season. We also encourage everyone in the association, most importantly the members of the executive, to continue to raise the bar each and every year, and do everything in their power to make the program bigger and better with every season.

We look forward to seeing you next fall at the Pacific Coliseum!

Vancouver Giants”

A LETTER OF THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS FROM THE VANCOUVER GIANTS:

From: Paul Lucrezi

To: 'James R. Joyce'

Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 4:28 PM

Subject: Giants and T-birds

To this point I must say that we at the Giants are very pleased with Vancouver T-birds’ performance in our minor hockey program. Even though our partnership began only a few years ago, the T-birds have quickly become one of our most reliable and successful organizations. Every aspect of the program has been fulfilled each time you are called upon, and your hard work has paid off in the form of being granted hosting rights for premier games (ex: Teddy Bear Toss) and playoff games.

While ticket sales is a large factor of success in the Giants eyes, we also take into account the level of volunteer support you’re able to garner, the enthusiasm of the children involved, as well as the ease at which we’re able to work together to make your host nights successful for all involved (ex: attendance at our annual meeting, how easy you are to get a hold of, providing the Giants with volunteer and player names in a timely manner, how early you start ticket sales before your night, etc). On all points, the T-birds receive very high marks.

Given my experience with the program from day one, I believe success is achieved for 2 reasons – excellent leadership/support from the top down, and strong, dedicated “leg-work” to make it all come together. With those two items in check, everything else tends to fall into place. Again, the T-birds have hit both points admirably with the hard work of Gaye Collins and James Joyce.

First off, from the very first time I met Gaye Collins I knew that Vancouver T-birds would be a great association to work with. Her enthusiasm for the program and willingness to make the T-birds a top-notch performer were evident from the get-go. As hard as this is to believe, very few people truly understand how lucrative a program like this can be and fail to take full advantage of the opportunity. Gaye though definitely understands. I believe that true, association-wide success in this program cannot be achieved without sincere and strong support from the President and executive board. By making this program a priority within the association, Gaye has sewn the seeds of success.

Within that in mind, and given the President can’t be everywhere at once, it takes strong support from others to make the program take flight. And that is where you come in James – you and your crew do a fantastic job making things come to life. You’ve been a season ticket holder of ours from day one and therefore understand what the Giants are really about – high-quality, affordable entertainment, with a top-down commitment to giving back to our minor hockey community. You are also one of the lucky few who “get it” – you understand how much this program can mean to the association and how much it can benefit the kids. Because of that, you’re able to throw a tremendous effort at each night you host and make it a success, all the while being a pleasure to work with.

So again, the big pats-on-the-back go to Gaye and James, but I know there are also a number of people working with you to make this a success and they deserve credit as well. Bottom line though, is without quality people like you two leading the way, Vancouver T-birds would not have had the success it has achieved thus far. All I can hope is that we will continue to see that kind of effort and dedication in the future.

When it comes to the T-birds, I’m confident that we will.

Thanks again to you both.

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Paul Lucrezi

Account Executive

Vancouver Giants

100 North Renfrew Street

Vancouver, BC V5K 3N7

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