BEHS Athletic News

Read the full story at The Post and Courier.

Read the full story at Charleton.net.

Dear Friends of Bishops Basketball,

We wanted to take a moment and let you know of an outstanding opportunity for our basketball program in the 2009-10 Season. We have been invited to participate in a game at Madison Square Garden as part of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. The dates of the tournament are Nov, 19-20, 2009. We will play our game prior to one of the semi-final college games. The college teams featured this year in the Classic are North Carolina, Syracuse, Ohio State, and California. We feel this presents a tremendous opportunity for our students. In addition to playing our game we will make this an educational and spiritual journey as well. We plan to visit a local children’s hospital in NYC as well as attend Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. In addition, we plan on visiting some of the great landmarks and museums that NYC has to offer.

Great opportunities require great preparation and must be earned- a life lesson we try hard to instill in our program. Our goal for fundraising for this trip is 15,000 dollars. Our major fundraiser will be a 12-hour basketball marathon called “100 Quarters of Hope”. The date for the event is Friday July 10th, 2009. We are asking for support in the form of sponsoring each player for each quarter they play in the event. We hope to not only underwrite our trip this way, but to enable the team to make a sizable donation to our local children’s hospital as part of our effort to gain awareness for pediatric cancer.

We would love for you to be a part of our effort. Please use the enclosed form to make your donation. Together, we can continue to build our program and provide our students with some of the best experiences they will ever have.

Thanks so much for being part of our basketball program. We hope to see you at our marathon and at a game this upcoming year!

Sincerely,

Jeff DiBattisto

Head Basketball Coach

843-849-9599 X 54/ dibattisto@behs.com

================================================================================

BISHOP ENGLAND 100 QUARTERS OF HOPE!

YES, I want to help send the team to Madison Square Garden and help them join the fight against pediatric cancer.

I will be sponsoring ___________________________ (player name).

My gift of $ ________ per quarter for a total of $___________ is enclosed.

I want to give a general donation to help the team achieve its goal. Enclosed is my season donation of $______________.

Checks should be made payable to Bishop England Basketball. All gifts are tax deductible. Please send your contribution to Bishop England Basketball , 363 Seven Farms Dr., Charleston, SC 29492