In June we announced that we would be introducing a number of new projects this summer. These projects are in conjunction with Nationals but they are also separate from our current Nationals Structure. We have decided to form the Founder's Club as a means to create and develop these projects. Here is an overview of the Founder's Club. Our next big announcement will come within the week.
This summer we have created The Founder’s Club. The Founder’s Club is named in honor of Dr. Jim Leininger. Dr. Leininger is a true entrepreneur and visionary who founded Homeschool Basketball Nationals. Dr Leininger has over 50 business ventures that included founding KC Worldwide and ownership in the San Antonio Spurs. Dr. Leininger was a homeschool dad and the coach of a National Championship FEAST Patriots teams in the early 1990’s.
The Founders Club is designed to be a tool that helps homeschool families and teams throughout the country. Additionally the Founder’s Club will raise funds to help promote the extra things that are important to the continued enhancement of the National Tournament. The Founder’s Club will be responsible for the Homeschool Showcase. “One of the things that the Founder’s Club does is helps programs that want to be more than just participants at Nationals become contributors. I think the long term health of Nationals will be directly impacted by how many programs want to roll up their sleeves and work with the Founder’s Club” states Tim Flatt, the Executive Director of the NCHBC. “We have tried to design this club in a way that is consistent with how Jim (Dr Leininger) functions as a businessman. While I known Jim is a very generous person, literally giving away more money than most people will make in a lifetime, he believes that people should pay their way in things they believe are important. One of the things that makes Jim unique is that throughout his life he has consistently believed in providing a way for those who want to shall we say earn their way. So I think the Founders Club is a perfect example of this characteristic in Jim’s life.”
The Founder’s Club is free for every team and program to sign up for. Once your program is part of the Founder’s Club you will receive the following benefits:
1) Access to all special fundraising programs and ventures.
2) Free tickets for all players and coaches to the 2009 Homeschool Showcase.
To sign up cut and paste this link into your browser http://homeschoolbasketball.com/team_sign_up.php
Monday, July 14, 2008
Thursday, July 03, 2008
National Summer Update
Plans for 2009 Nationals
This summer as we prepare for the Eighteenth Annual National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships to be held in March of 2009, we will be making a number of very significant announcements about four very important projects we are developing. We are faced with numerous hurdles that need to be overcome in order to assure that we remain on course for achieving the goals that have been our focus since I was appointed Executive Director of the NCHBC in 2000. These goals have been foundational in every decision that we make in the administration and direction of the NCHBC. Here is a list of our goals:
1) To host a family event that emphases our Christian heritage.
2) To provide a quality event that families are willing to take a week of vacation to attend.
3) To provide a balanced tournament that:
A. Provides a format that allows all teams to compete with teams at or about their talent level.
B. Provides the top teams a chance to play in a National Championship atmosphere.
C. Provides an opportunity for coaches, players and parents to see what it is possible by seeing the top level teams.
4) To showcase the top talent for college coaches and the media.
5) To demonstrate to others that Homeschool basketball is not behind and our tournament is equal to state public school tournament caliber.
While I believe we have been making steady strides in achieving all of our goals, we have some serious concerns about making sure goals one and two stay intact. The main hurdles that we need to make sure .... to finish this story go to http://homeschoolbasketball.com/fund_raising_packet.pdf
This summer as we prepare for the Eighteenth Annual National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships to be held in March of 2009, we will be making a number of very significant announcements about four very important projects we are developing. We are faced with numerous hurdles that need to be overcome in order to assure that we remain on course for achieving the goals that have been our focus since I was appointed Executive Director of the NCHBC in 2000. These goals have been foundational in every decision that we make in the administration and direction of the NCHBC. Here is a list of our goals:
1) To host a family event that emphases our Christian heritage.
2) To provide a quality event that families are willing to take a week of vacation to attend.
3) To provide a balanced tournament that:
A. Provides a format that allows all teams to compete with teams at or about their talent level.
B. Provides the top teams a chance to play in a National Championship atmosphere.
C. Provides an opportunity for coaches, players and parents to see what it is possible by seeing the top level teams.
4) To showcase the top talent for college coaches and the media.
5) To demonstrate to others that Homeschool basketball is not behind and our tournament is equal to state public school tournament caliber.
While I believe we have been making steady strides in achieving all of our goals, we have some serious concerns about making sure goals one and two stay intact. The main hurdles that we need to make sure .... to finish this story go to http://homeschoolbasketball.com/fund_raising_packet.pdf
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Important Announcement
This summer we have been working a number of very important projects that will be of assistance to all homeschool teams. Here are a couple that might catch your attention:
1) Every player can receive Free Player registration in 2009
2) Every team can receive Free Team Registration in 2009
3) You could receive free lodging for the 2009
4) Your team could receive Nike Sponsorship
We will be hosting a conference call Thursday June 19th to discuss all the details. We have posted the details on the coaches’ blog but many coaches may not check the blog during the year, so please contact your coach and make sure he checks the blog for the information.
Also this call is open to assistant coaches, board members and anyone involved in organization with in your program. Please feel free to contact me if you are in one of these categories and would like the call information.
Tim Flatt
1) Every player can receive Free Player registration in 2009
2) Every team can receive Free Team Registration in 2009
3) You could receive free lodging for the 2009
4) Your team could receive Nike Sponsorship
We will be hosting a conference call Thursday June 19th to discuss all the details. We have posted the details on the coaches’ blog but many coaches may not check the blog during the year, so please contact your coach and make sure he checks the blog for the information.
Also this call is open to assistant coaches, board members and anyone involved in organization with in your program. Please feel free to contact me if you are in one of these categories and would like the call information.
Tim Flatt
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
2009 Nationals Fund Raising Project
We have finalized the details for the 2009 Nationals Fund Raising Project, this project is designed to help you raise money to offset the cost in attending Nationals. We would love to see 100% particpation, there is absolutely no reason for any player to ever pay a players fee again. Start early and you might be surprised with how much money you can earn. The details can be found on our sponsor blog. http://nchbcsponsor.blogspot.com/
Friday, May 30, 2008
Fund Raising Opportunity
Why Fund Raising
It has always been our goal to make the National Tournament an event that is worth taking a week of vacation to participate. In recent years we have become more concerned about want to making it possible that every player and family that wants to attend can afford to do so. Each year we continue to see the cost for families to attend Nationals increase in many areas. This year with gas prices moving to new highs we are equally concerned.
We know that many programs do group fund raising events and that is fantastic and we in no way want to replace those fund raising activities. However, when we created the National Basketball Foundation as a 501c3 two years ago we did it with the intentions of creating an avenue to help families. This program is designed to be used by an individual family or it can be adapted by a team that might want to use it to cover the National player and team fees as well as buy new uniforms or help the families that have the hardest time financially attending Nationals.
The Plan
On September 1, 2008 we will be launching a new website HomeschoolSportsOnLine.com this website will be integrated with both the Nationals website and Homeschool Sports Insider. The site will be a great site including current game stats/videos, players of the month, games of the month, All-American watch and much more. On this site each program will have its own page that will include their team picture and roster. We will create the page using the 2008 program pictures and rosters. The pages will be updated as we receive the new photos and rosters additionally we will allow teams to send in current game photos and other information to post on their page.
What is the fund raiser? We are going to allow each player to sell the banner ad space for their team’s page. Ads will be $100, $200 and $500. We did a program that was very similar to this last year and with the Storm and we had numerous players sell around the $1,000 in ad space and not one player who actually tried to sell ad space came up empty handed. We will be glad to forward you an information kit that explains how to sell the ads and the order form information.
Where’s the money? Basically for every $100 in ad space that you sell you get $50 to use for your families expenses in attending Nationals. There is no reason that literally hundreds of families can’t raise all the money it will cost to attend Nationals. The balance of the money will be used to maintain the website and be used to help us cover cost of the National Tournament.
Final information with complete detals will be available on June 10th. If you would like to get the information just send me (tim@flattmail.com) an e-mail with “Fund Raising” in the subject line and I will e-mail it to you as soon as it is finished. If you are a coach and want information for your team put “Team Fund Raising” in the subject line.
It has always been our goal to make the National Tournament an event that is worth taking a week of vacation to participate. In recent years we have become more concerned about want to making it possible that every player and family that wants to attend can afford to do so. Each year we continue to see the cost for families to attend Nationals increase in many areas. This year with gas prices moving to new highs we are equally concerned.
We know that many programs do group fund raising events and that is fantastic and we in no way want to replace those fund raising activities. However, when we created the National Basketball Foundation as a 501c3 two years ago we did it with the intentions of creating an avenue to help families. This program is designed to be used by an individual family or it can be adapted by a team that might want to use it to cover the National player and team fees as well as buy new uniforms or help the families that have the hardest time financially attending Nationals.
The Plan
On September 1, 2008 we will be launching a new website HomeschoolSportsOnLine.com this website will be integrated with both the Nationals website and Homeschool Sports Insider. The site will be a great site including current game stats/videos, players of the month, games of the month, All-American watch and much more. On this site each program will have its own page that will include their team picture and roster. We will create the page using the 2008 program pictures and rosters. The pages will be updated as we receive the new photos and rosters additionally we will allow teams to send in current game photos and other information to post on their page.
What is the fund raiser? We are going to allow each player to sell the banner ad space for their team’s page. Ads will be $100, $200 and $500. We did a program that was very similar to this last year and with the Storm and we had numerous players sell around the $1,000 in ad space and not one player who actually tried to sell ad space came up empty handed. We will be glad to forward you an information kit that explains how to sell the ads and the order form information.
Where’s the money? Basically for every $100 in ad space that you sell you get $50 to use for your families expenses in attending Nationals. There is no reason that literally hundreds of families can’t raise all the money it will cost to attend Nationals. The balance of the money will be used to maintain the website and be used to help us cover cost of the National Tournament.
Final information with complete detals will be available on June 10th. If you would like to get the information just send me (tim@flattmail.com) an e-mail with “Fund Raising” in the subject line and I will e-mail it to you as soon as it is finished. If you are a coach and want information for your team put “Team Fund Raising” in the subject line.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
2009 Dates and Hotels
The 2009 National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships
will be held in Oklahoma City March 16-21st.
Once again this will be a very busy week in OKC for hotels but I am pleased to announce that we have locked up 750 rooms on the Meridian corridor. I know the prices aren't bargin basement but with gas prices climbing the way they are location is becoming more important. If you are interested inlocking up rooms I wouldn't wait too long.
I want you to know that we do feel the pain your pain in the increasing cost for Nationals and we are working on a fund raising project that will work for any family that needs to raise funds to cover expenses to attend next year.
2009 National Homeschool Basketball Host Hotels
Clarion Meridian Hotel & Convention Center
(Headquarters)
737 S. Meridian Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 * 800-784-7830
Rates: $82.00 Standard Rooms
$92.00 Suites
Amenities: Indoor Heated Pool, Expanded Complimentary Breakfast
Biltmore Hotel
401 S. Meridian Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 * 800-588-6620
Rate: $99.00 All Rooms
Amenities: Indoor Heated Pool, Sauna, Hot Tub, Continental Breakfast or
Paid Hot Buffett
Springhill Suites
510 S. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73128 * 888-287-9400
Rate: $99.00 All Rooms
Amenities: Indoor Heated Pool, Breakfast Buffett
Best Western Saddleback Inn
4300 SW 3rd St, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 * 800-228-3903
Rates: $109.99 Standard Rooms
$139.99 Suites
Amenities: Outdoor Heated Pool, Sauna, Full Hot Breakfast
Ramada Airport North
2200 S. Meridian Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 * 800-652-3781
Rate: $99.00 All Rooms
Amenities: Seasonal Outdoor, Continental Breakfast
will be held in Oklahoma City March 16-21st.
Once again this will be a very busy week in OKC for hotels but I am pleased to announce that we have locked up 750 rooms on the Meridian corridor. I know the prices aren't bargin basement but with gas prices climbing the way they are location is becoming more important. If you are interested inlocking up rooms I wouldn't wait too long.
I want you to know that we do feel the pain your pain in the increasing cost for Nationals and we are working on a fund raising project that will work for any family that needs to raise funds to cover expenses to attend next year.
2009 National Homeschool Basketball Host Hotels
Clarion Meridian Hotel & Convention Center
(Headquarters)
737 S. Meridian Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 * 800-784-7830
Rates: $82.00 Standard Rooms
$92.00 Suites
Amenities: Indoor Heated Pool, Expanded Complimentary Breakfast
Biltmore Hotel
401 S. Meridian Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 * 800-588-6620
Rate: $99.00 All Rooms
Amenities: Indoor Heated Pool, Sauna, Hot Tub, Continental Breakfast or
Paid Hot Buffett
Springhill Suites
510 S. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73128 * 888-287-9400
Rate: $99.00 All Rooms
Amenities: Indoor Heated Pool, Breakfast Buffett
Best Western Saddleback Inn
4300 SW 3rd St, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 * 800-228-3903
Rates: $109.99 Standard Rooms
$139.99 Suites
Amenities: Outdoor Heated Pool, Sauna, Full Hot Breakfast
Ramada Airport North
2200 S. Meridian Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 * 800-652-3781
Rate: $99.00 All Rooms
Amenities: Seasonal Outdoor, Continental Breakfast
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Prayer Request
Kurt Talbot, the director of a number of NCHBC tournaments (The Gateway Regional and Tip Off) went to the doctors on Friday because he couldn't shake the flu. After some blood work he was sent to the Hospital in Springfield MO where he was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
Chemotherapy treatment began on Sunday. It looks like they will keep Kurt in the hospital for 3-4 weeks while he recieves his treatment. Of course Kurt is optimistic but this is a very tough time for Kim and the children. Please keep the Talbot family and especially Kurt and the doctors in your prayers.
Kurt is not only a friend to homeschool basketball, he is the kind of person that anyone would enjoy spending time with. There are very few people who are willing to make the kind of sacrifices for home school basketball that Kurt is so let's join together and ask God to heal him quickly.
Chemotherapy treatment began on Sunday. It looks like they will keep Kurt in the hospital for 3-4 weeks while he recieves his treatment. Of course Kurt is optimistic but this is a very tough time for Kim and the children. Please keep the Talbot family and especially Kurt and the doctors in your prayers.
Kurt is not only a friend to homeschool basketball, he is the kind of person that anyone would enjoy spending time with. There are very few people who are willing to make the kind of sacrifices for home school basketball that Kurt is so let's join together and ask God to heal him quickly.
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