Ultimate Opportunity For Our VU Community!

Dear Valley Ultimate Friends,

Here’s the short version!

This has been an active year for our small organization. After a quiet time during the pandemic, we not only have seen our activities return, but in 2023 they expanded significantly (see below). And as this year ends, we want to let you know of another incredible opportunity to help us continue this activity into the future

Valley Ultimate has received an unrestricted anonymous pledge to match dollar-for-dollar up to $5000 (in total donations) to our non-profit before December 31st

If you’d like to help us continue to grow in the future, please give now:

Please just click here to get to our secure Paypal link (we use paypal because they support us by providing a low “non-profit rate”) –

Or use this QR Code

Or send a check to Valley Ultimate, 46 Oak St.Florence, MA 01062

Thank you!

and if you want to read more details – keep reading below.

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We have been considering an Annual Fund for a few years now – and it feels like this is the time to do it.

To get an idea of the expanded scope of our activities, this year our organization:

Created and managed league experiences for over 400 participants ages 12 – 65
Co-sponsored local events – including
- the first-ever women’s semi-pro game in the Pioneer Valley with over 1800 tickets sold.
- a new regional youth club tournament with over 300 participants from all over New England and New York
Organized and managed over 50 volunteers performing over 200 hours of work
Managed a youth-club league with over 60 participants and sent a Youth Gx team to compete nationally at the Youth Club Championships in Colorado
Brought back our end-of-season, Ultimate community ‘Hatgiving’ tournament.

What will this $ be used for? Our intentions for the coming year are to:

Continue to expand opportunities locally for regional residents of all ages and abilities to learn and play Ultimate.
Continue to support the growth of our Ultimate community through our monthly newsletter, our Western MA coaches annual meeting, and sponsorship of local events.
Continue developing & implementing successful sliding scale payments, which have proven to be an effective tool to allow people to participate regardless of economic ability.
Continue to develop access to our programs throughout our region with innovative strategies and direct support to individuals working in the field as coaches, organizers, educators, etc.
Revamp our website

We give thanks for all the people who have participated, chaperoned, volunteered, and supported our efforts to promote Ultimate this year. We are excited by the possibilities that will open up for our Valley Ultimate community to receive a gift of this magnitude. And we appreciate you considering supporting this request to meet this $5000 matching donation opportunity.

Thank you for your consideration.

For the Valley Ultimate Board

Dan Kaplan

Dan Kaplan

President, Valley Ultimate

dan@valleyultimate.org

valleyultimate.org