$1,147,708

Beautiful people of the Vancouver Dodgeball League, that right there is the grand total raised by all the teams that participated in the Easter Seals 24hr Relay For The Kids held this past weekend!

Thanks to the massive support from all our players, friends, and families during our fundraising efforts, VDL and all the other teams at the Relay helped send about 450 kids with disabilities up to Squamish for the summer of their lives.

With all big VDL events, VDL refuses to come up short. Our team goal was to raise $2,500 for the kids. With great honour and excitement I’m proud to announce to the players, friends, and families of the Vancouver Dodgeball League that we have surpassed our goal and raised a grand total of $3,577 and ran 101.79 miles for the kids!

No matter how big this organization gets, it’s humbling to know that the organizers and the players still take the time and effort to give back to the community. It would only make sense to give back to the kids when we play and revolutionize a game that was once only played by kids!

So with that said, thank you all you dodgeballers for your generosity and for all your hardwork in making VDL’s first year in the 24hr Relay the biggest success story yet.

]]> http://vdldodgeball.ca/blog/240000/feed 0 http://vdldodgeball.ca/blog/vdl-24-hour-relay http://vdldodgeball.ca/blog/vdl-24-hour-relay#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 11:13:17 +0000 Pete http://vdldodgeball.ca/?p=2290 Hello Dodgeaholics!

This year, as per VDL’s commitment to the community, VDL has decided to be involved in the Easter Seal’s 24 Hour Relay. The 24HR Relay was created to raise funds for children with disabilities within BC. All the money raised will send children with disabilities to an Easter Seals camp where they will be met with the facilities tailored to their needs. Maybe they’ll get a chance to play dodgeball at camp!

VDL encourages your team to register and join in on the fun! If you’re into running (or even walking!), register yourself and encourage others to join you in this amazing fundraiser. Even if you can’t join, please dig deep for some $5 bills (coins are too heavy to collect) and pass them onto your friendly neighbourhood Execs as they’ll be collecting donations for the Relay! Not only will you be helping many disabled children within BC, you will also have the opportunity to spend time (24 FULL HOURS if you really like us) with your favourite execs! It is going to be GLORIOUS, FANTABULOUS, and just pure CRAZINESS!

Date: Saturday June 20th – 21st, 2009
Location: Swangard Stadium (Home of the Vancouver Whitecaps and Breakers!)
Registration: http://www.24hourrelay.com/registerrunner.aspx?RelayID=1&TeamID=ekzjUSaMh4r22JoFw7YaqQ%3d%3d&TeamName=Vancouver+Dodgeball+League
Registration deadline: May 31st
VDL’s Fundraising goal: $2,500 (if we can get 100 runners that’s only $25 of fundraising from each runner! Less than a $1/day if you collected a $1/day from now till June 20!)

Now if what you’re worried about is the actual running, DO NOT FEAR MY DEARS! You can walk, run, skip, and even toss some dodgeballs around during the run. And of course, we do not expect you to run for the entire 24 hours. The 24 hours will be broken down into shifts and we will schedule your running shifts to accommodate your schedule.

On the day of the event, VDL will have their own campsite and you’ll be able to hang out with your team and your favourite VDL execs and volunteers for 24 HOURS!  During the day, there will be volleyball, bocce, and various forms of entertainment; and of course, there will also be a beer garden!

VDL will also be hosting various fundraisers from now till the Relay date to help contribute to our ultimate goal of $2,500 as a team! A wise person once said, “there’s strength in numbers”. Our league has over 1,000 players. That’s a lot of mighty fundraising power! So even if you can’t be a runner, please come out to support our big fundraising events from now till Relay day!

And if we still haven’t answered all your questions, or if you have any concerns please email us at: vdl24hr@vdldodgeball.ca

VDL Programs Department

Harro Dodgeballers!

VDL presents D’Oscars tournament sponsored by Moxie’s on June 7th!

Your team can come dressed as the movie theme of your choice, and not only that, a portion of the team fees will be donated to the Easter Seals! There will be 2 tiers, A and B, it’s a great chance to bring in friends who have never tried Dodgeball before for this 1 day tournament!

In addition, we’ve got tonnes of great prizes lined up, especially for the best spirited team!

To register for this tournament, please use the following link, and choose “D’Oscars Tournament”!! Space is limited!

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Register your team now, and win 2 tickets to the advance screening of THE HANGOVER!

Who: the captains (the registrars) of the first 20 teams registering for D’Oscars before May 30, 09 will each receive one double pass to the advance screening of THE HANGOVER.

When & Where: the screening will be on Wednesday, June 3 at 7 pm at Granville 7 Cinemas

*If you’ve already registered your team, you will be receiving emails from our marketing team shortly.

Check out THE HANGOVER trailer at www.hangovermovie.com. In theatres June 5, 2009

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Please also check out our Easter Seals page and sign your team up as runners!!
http://www.24hourrelay.com/sites/default.aspx

Moxie’s is a proud sponsor of the D’Oscars Tournament.

Everyone knows it.
Everyone has thought about it.
Everyone has the power to do it.
Everyone has some sort of container of spare bills and change!

Fans and players of VDL! We need your generosity more than ever! We are creeping closer and closer to Relay day (June 20-21) and we have not yet met our goal of $2,500! Pub Night gave us a great push in the right direction, but now we need to keep the momentum going with more donations from everyone and anyone!

Some common sources of donations that VDL players can turn to are:

• other players
• teammates
• fans
• siblings
• spouses
• your children (don’t go asking random children)
• cousins
• aunts & uncles
• grandparents
• distant relatives
• friends
• lovers
• your good for nothing rich ex
• co-workers
• your boss
• the cop that just gave you a speeding ticket
• your old high school PE teacher
• acquaintances
• that creepy guy you see on the bus every Tuesday that smells of McNuggets and WD-40.
• your local political party head
• old high school friends
• people you meet in a club
• people you meet in a bar
• classmates
• Trevor Linden
• ask your wee one to ask his/her piano teacher
• neighbours on your block
• start a lemonade stand
• start a coffee/beer/cigarette pot (every coffee/beer/cig you don’t buy, take that money and put it in the pot! Plus you’re doing yourself a favour!)
• send out your online donation link to every email address on your contact list
• a yard sale with the proceeds going to charity
• the crazy guy that can’t really play guitar but just holds the guitar and strums like a maniac and asks for money anyway

Once you collect the donations you can either pass it onto any of our friendly VDL Execs or you could do a little switch-a-roo and donate by credit card through our 24hr Relay team page found here. At our page you can see how close we are to reaching our goal from online donations (the thermometer does not take cash donations into account) as well a really awesome picture from Season 6! (Guess which night!)

Also, if you’re still considering registering as a runner and doing your part to help the theme of “more fun, less run”, then please do so immediately! Register now!

If you have any questions or concerns please pop us an email at vdl24hr@vdldodgeball.ca

Remember! It’s for the kids! :þ