Join us for our 28th annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake!

Join us February 28th from 8am to 5pm, or March 7th from 9am to noon for our annual Bowl for Kids Sake at AMF Lanes on Jonestown Road!

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Click Here to download or print a pledge sheet!

Click Here for bowler coordinator supplies!

Will you come in 2009?

These are the different ways a person or team can participate:

• Ask your company to be a Corporate sponsor.  For a $2,500 contribution, the sponsor’s name is printed on the pledge sheets, which are distributed to almost 1,500 bowlers. The corporate sponsors are also listed in the Bowl for Kids Sake press releases, which are sent to a media list of over 25, including television, radio and print media. The sponsors may also display their company sign or banner at the bowling alley on the day of the event. In addition, the sponsors’ names and logos are printed on tee shirts, which are given to each of the 1,500 bowlers as a thank you gift. Corporate sponsor logos are also included in our spring newsletter which reaches over 2,000 agency volunteers and supporters.

• Be a Series sponsor. A Series sponsor is a donation of $500-$2499. This sponsorship includes a display table at the event with materials/products for distribution; company name displayed on a lane at the event; company name printed on bowlers’ pledge forms; company name and logo in agency newsletter (spring issue).

• Ask your place of employment to be a Lane sponsor.  A Lane sponsor gives a donation of $250. This sponsorship includes company name displayed on a lane at the event; company name on bowlers’ pledge forms; company name in agency newsletter (spring issue).

• Become a Coordinator. As a coordinator you will be responsible for identifying and recruiting team captains. You will ensure that team captains identify bowlers as well as make lane reservations by calling BBBS. You are responsible for verifying that team captains collect all pledges. Most importantly you are the encouragement and support within your company or organization.

• Be a Team Captain. Get your friends or coworkers together and bowl in next year’s Bowl for Kids’ Sake. Each bowler gets a pledge sheet and collects pledges. The goal is for each bowler to raise at least $80 in pledges. A grand prize will be awarded to the bowler who collects the most in pledges.

• Be a bowler. Encourage everyone you know to pledge support for your game. You can collect the pledges either before or after the event. The goal is for each bowler to collect at least $80 in pledges. All bowlers receive a free T-shirt and other prizes. A grand prize will be awarded to the bowler who collects the most in pledges.

To see a list of our 2009 BFKS sponsors, click here: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Inc. - Our Supporters

27th annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake Results!

We are pleased to report that the 2008 Bowl For Kids’ Sake was our most successful to date! We could not have accomplished this without the efforts and contributions of over 1,600 bowlers, 8 corporate sponsors, and 42 series and lane sponsors. The total amount of money raised was over $220,000! Almost 96% of the money raised will go directly to the Big Brother Big Sister programs that help children in our community!

We would like to recognize our top 3 bowlers who collectively raised $28,500!!! They are in order of most raised: Martha Albertson (Summit School), Brett Hoge (Wachovia), and Janet Boyst (Wachovia). The highest team total (they raised almost $11,200) went to Janet Boyst, Josie King, Devon Marsh, Jeff Scott and Melinda Watkins of Wachovia. The Early Bird winner (all bowlers who brought in money the day of the event were eligible for drawing) was Carl Hearn, of Surratt & Thompson, PLLC. The top five companies whose bowling teams raised the most money are: 1. Wachovia, 2. RJ Reynolds, 3. Pepsi, 4. BB & T and 5. Novant. There were two companies with significant increases from the previous year. Wachovia had an increase of $13,000 – 93% over what they raised last year. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center more than doubled their participation with 15 new teams and had a 120% increase in amount raised.  We would also like to recognize some new companies that joined us this year that had great turnout from their employees.  They are Comerford & Britt, Leonard Ryden Burr and Cigna Healthcare. Thank you all!!!

The biggest fundraising event of the year for Big Brothers Big Sisters is Bowl for Kids’ Sake, our annual bowl-a-thon.  It is a fun event and helps the agency continue to provide mentors for children.

To learn more about the effect one-to-one mentoring can have, watch our BFKS Video NOW!

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