Dodge for a Cause
Dear Friends and Family,
Our company, Perceptive Software, is hosting its fourth annual charity dodgeball tournament, Dodge for a Cause, benefiting the Kansas City chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). The tournament is a great way to get together with coworkers, neighbors, friends and dodgeball enthusiasts and dodge for a cause. The event will be held at Perceptive Software’s NADA-approved dodgeball court on March 28-29 and April 4-5.
Team registration is just $250, with all proceeds benefiting JDRF. The process is easy. Simply log on to www.dodgeforacause.com and select registration from the Tournament Information tab. Here are some additional details about the tournament:
Entry Details
• What: Dodge for a Cause 2009
• When: March 28-29 and April 4-5
• Where: Perceptive Software Headquarters (K-7 and Shawnee Mission Parkway)
• Who: All teams are welcome (mens, womens and coed), as long as all players are 18 years or older
• Details:
• Tournament is limited to the first 64 teams
• Eight players per team (six players on the court per game with two substitutes)
• Registration is $250 per team (all proceeds benefit Kansas City JDRF)
• Teams are guaranteed three matches (at least six games)
• Each player receives a tournament t-shirt and sponsor bag
Following the registration period, all teams will be assigned to one of 16 pods, and first round, pod play will be held in 90 minute intervals on March 28-29 and April 4. In each four-team pod, the teams will face off in round-robin competition. The team that emerges from each pod with the best record will advance to the semifinals on April 5.
The Dodge for a Cause tournament champion will receive an automatic bid into the 2009 NADA Outdoor Nationals in suburban Chicago, free round-trip airfare on Southwest Airlines, and $1,000 for the trip. Additional team prizes will be awarded for Best Team Uniform, Best Team Name, Best Theme Song, Best Team Spirit and Worst Team Hair (New category in 2009!).
Since the tournament’s inception in 2006, Dodge for a Cause has generated more than $42,000 for JDRF. If you have any questions about the tournament, please contact our Dodge for a Cause team at dodgeball{_ATsymbol_}imagenow.com.
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I graduated from Truman High School, then I attended four different colleges to work on an English/Speech/Theater BS Ed. It didn’t go well. I guess I wasn’t ready.
I dropped out of college, then worked for KU Medical Center’s Outpatient Pharmacy as a technician. I met Miranda while there. Miranda got a job offer in Pennsylvania, so we got married and moved out there with our three cats and all our things.
Four months later, the apartment burned to the ground. We got out with ourselves, cats, and a car. Four months later, my wife got a job offer with a company in Wisconsin, so we moved there. I found a job there as a Help Desk Tech. We purchased our first “house” (read: extreme fixer-upper).
Nearly two years later, Miranda’s workplace was purchased by another company, and we headed for the Seattle area. About two years after that, the company was purchased by Hasbro (yes, Mr. Potato Head). Shortly thereafter my father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. We both quit our jobs and headed back to Independence, MO.
In November 2001, my father died from cancer. About that time I got back to school and received my Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems (Oct. 2004). That’s the same time that I joined the Freemasons.
I currently work for a software company in Shawnee. I’ve been married 14 years as of 10/9/08. We have four cats. My mother lives in Blue Springs. Her brother was back from China. Jason is in Blue Springs as well. My sister married her high school sweetheart John Ham and they have three children.
I’m still heavily involved in games (tabletop, computer, and console) and I keep active in the community with my work with the Masons and Job’s Daughters. I work out to keep in shape as much as I can.
There is a lot of detail left out since that’s nearly 20 years of catching up.
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