Volley-4-Education



The largest sand volleyball tournament in the Midwest!

NOW ACCEPTING TEAMS:
Junior Achievement’s 16th Annual Volley-4-Education event will take place on Saturday, June 7, 2008 (rain date:  June 14).  This year’s goal is to raise $28,435 - this will help provide JA programs to 28,562 Easter Iowan students this year!

Location:  Volley’s (265 Blairs Ferry Road NE, Cedar Rapids)

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE!

2 Divisions of Play:
*Co-ed 4 on 4 - Registration at 10:00 a.m.
*Co-ed 6 on 6 - Registration at 9:00 a.m.

All skill levels can participate in either division.  The Pool play will determine the brackets for the Tournament play.

Team Guidelines:
Round Robin play.  Each team plays other teams in their pool to determine their seed.  All games will be played to 25 with rally scoring.  Final game is best out of 3.

Each team may register up to 2 substitute players.  In co-ed play, there can never be more men on the court than women.

Early Registration & Multi-Team Discounts:
Registration received prior to Friday, May 23rd:   
$250 for the 1st team & $200 for each additional team

Registration received after Friday, May 23rd:   
$275 for the 1st team & $225 for each additional team

Registration fees include a 2x4’ sign with your company logo facing Blairs Ferry Road from June 1-7.  Each participant will also receive an event t-shirt, goody bag, and is guaranteed at least 5 games of volleyball.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE!

Court Sponsorships Available:
For just $200, you can have your company’s logo on a 2x4’ sign hanging between the volleyball courts during the tournament on June 7th.  Limited to the first 16 responses.  Complete the following form & e-mail to sholub@jaeasterniowa.org to reserve your space.

Court Sponsorship Form

Food & Fun:
*Hy-Vee Grilling On-site:  Hot dogs, brats, hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, baked beans, potato salad, & chips will be for sale with 15% of the sales to benefit JA!
*Serve & Spike contests!  Test your skill (or luck) by hitting one of the targets with either the Serve or Spike contest.  For $5, you’ll get 3 tries to hit a target.  If you do, you’ll draw from gift certificates ranging from $10-50!!!
*Keg Toss!  For just $1 (per try) you’ll have the chance to throw an empyt keg as far as you can.  Whomever throws it the furthest will draw from gift certificates ranging from $10-50!!!  There’s a contest for men with a large keg & a contest for women with a smaller keg.  Flex your muscle for a good cause!
*Win other great prizes throughout the day!

Presenting "SPIKE!" Sponsor:



"Set" Sponsor: 



"Bump" Sponsor:



Media Sponsors:





T-Shirt Sponsors:
Apache Hose & Belting
Weitz Industrial

Planning Committee:
Help us plan next year’s Volley-4-Education event!  Contact Stephanie Holub, Senior Marketing Manager at (319) 862-1100 or sholub@jaeasterniowa.org to join the Event Planning Committee.  It’s a great way to meet new people while supporting Junior Achievement!


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Volley-4-Education 2007:
54 teams participated to help Junior Achievement raise over $23,000!  The money raised from this one day event will help fund Junior Achievement’s Economic Literacy programming, reaching 23,644 students in Eastern Iowa.  See below for photos of the 1st Place division winners!



A Special Thank You to Our Event Sponsors:



The Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa, Inc. Staff & Marketing Interns

2007 Event Planning Committee:
Julie Bennis, Manpower
Adrianne Blunt, Climate Engineers
Lara Bowman, Holmes Murphy
Ryan Braasch, Deloitte & Touche
Jane Feldman, Mercy Medical Center
Kandi Herb, Adidas Group
Pauline Herb, Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust
Shawn McShane, Cargill
Mike Miller, Esco Group
Terri Morris, Volleys
Brooke Murphy, Wells Fargo Bank
Amber Smith, Iowa Glass Depot
Shay Vrchoticky, US Bank
Lisa Witt, Holmes Murphy

Congratulations to the following 2007 winners!

4 on 4 Division:

1st Place (pictured): Team Pickle Juice (Captain:  April Elsbernd); Sponsor:  InSync/Sports-Image
2nd Place: Skogman Realty (Captain:  Cory Barnard)

6 on 6 Division A:

1st Place (pictured):  B.Y.O.B (Captain:  Tom O’Shea); Sponsor:  Jeffrey Parent, Realtor
2nd Place: AEGON (Captain:  Keith Vogt)

6 on 6 Division B:

1st Place (pictured):  Diggie Smalls (Captain:  Andrea Lehew); Sponsor:  Epley Marketing Services
2nd Place: RuffaloCODY (Captain:  Laura Ballard)

6 on 6 Division C:

1st Place (pictured):  No Injury (Captain:  Paula Denison); Sponsor:  Scheldrup Law Firm
2nd Place: Weitz Sox (Captain:  Katie Betz); Sponsor:  Weitz Industrial

6 on 6 Division D:

1st Place (pictured):  Whirlpool #2 (Captain:  Scott Daves)
2nd Place: Whirlpool #1 (Captain:  Dana Gallagher)

2007 Participating Companies:
AEGON USA, Inc. (2)
Alliant Energy
Apache Hose & Belting, Inc.
Bank of the West
Black Hawk Automatic Sprinklers
Bradley & Riley PC
Cargill Inc – Corn Milling
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust
Cedar River Paper, a Weyerhaeuser Business
Cedarapids, Inc. (3)
CitiFinancial (2)
Clifton Gunderson
Climate Engineers
Community Auto Group
Deloitte & Touche
Dynamic Communications
Epley Marketing Services
Erb’s
Esco Group (2)
General Mills, Inc. (2)
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co.
InSync/Sports-Image
Jeffrey Parent, Realtor
Lil’ Drug Store Products
Mercy Medical Center
Midwest Glazing
Nelson Electric Co.
OPN Architects
Pindar Set, Inc.
PriorityOne
Quaker Oats Co.
Rockwell Collins
RSM McGladrey, Inc.
RuffaloCODY
Scheldrup Law Firm
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C.
Skogman Realty – Cory Barnard
St. Luke’s Hospital
US Bank (3)
Van Meter Industrial, Inc.
Weitz Industrial
Wells Fargo Bank
Whirlpool (3)
Yellow Book USA