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2010 Irish Fest Participation

The Executive Board of your MYAA was presented an opportunity at our last meeting on Wednesday, February 3, 2010.

Brandon Lipke, coordinator of the Manhattan Irish Fest

( www.manhattanirishfest.com ) , met with your Executive Board to offer the MYAA an opportunity to be part of the 2010 Manhattan Irish Fest.

His presentation offers an opportunity of financial benefit to our

organization along with participation of MYAA members in a long

standing community tradition.

We are looking for input from you, our membership, to see if we have the

ability of fulfilling the Irish Fest’s needs.

The Irish Fest is asking that the MYAA provide volunteers for 60 three to four hour shifts during the Irish Fest Weekend.

If we are able to fill their volunteer requests, the Irish Fest is offering to give the MYAA 10% of the net proceeds. The net proceeds vary year to year, but Brandon indicated that last year’s proceeds were about $30,000.00. If this were to be consistent with the upcoming 2010 fest, the MYAA would stand to earn $3,000.00 for our involvement.

In addition to 10% of the proceeds, MYAA volunteers would also have the benefit of selling raffle tickets provided by the Irish Fest. The raffle tickets would be sold by our volunteers from now until February 27th, 2010. They are sold one ticket for $5.00 or 5 tickets for $20.00. All proceeds from the sales of raffle tickets would be paid back directly to your MYAA, so if our

volunteers were to sell $1,500.00 worth of tickets, the MYAA would get $1,500.00 back form the Irish Fest for these sales.

Your Executive Board sees this as an opportunity and are offering for the benefits of this opportunity to be given directly to any of our members who would volunteer. As such, if we are able to fulfill the needs of the Irish Fest in terms of numbers of volunteers needed, your MYAA will use this money to pay the registration fees for our programs for those who

volunteered.

Raffle ticket proceeds will be used directly for the individual volunteer who sold them and any money realized from the 10% net proceeds will be divided equally by the 60 volunteer shifts. Please understand that the Irish Fest has made no guaranty to the amount of proceeds to any organization.

Money from this event will be applied to any contributing members

participation in any of our 2010 programs. If you have already paid for a 2010 program, refunds can be made for your participation in the Irish Fest. The amount of money an individual member is eligible for will be limited to the cost of all of their registration fees for 2010 MYAA programs.

Duties for the volunteers will vary, but can include button sales, beer pourers and clean up.

The shift times of the Irish Fest are as follows:

Friday, March 5, 2010

6pm to 9pm

9pm to 12am

Saturday, March 6, 2010

12pm to 3pm

3pm to 6pm

6pm to 10pm

Sunday, March 7, 2010

7am to 10am

Volunteers are able to work multiple shifts.

Shift availability and volunteer duties will be handled by the Irish Fest.

Your MYAA is asking that members who are interested in volunteering at the Irish Fest email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with their name, phone number, email address and availability no later than next Tuesday, February 9, 2010. Volunteers must be a minimum of 21 years old.

If we are unable to provide enough volunteers needed for all 60 shifts that the Irish Fest is requesting, we will make an attempt to work out other

arrangements for our volunteer’s participation with the Irish Fest organizers.

This is a great opportunity for you and your MYAA to be part of the Manhattan tradition that is Irish Fest and an even greater opportunity for our members to offset the cost of their family’s registration fees for our programs.

If you have any questions, please email us at

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What is the MYAA?

Many people who we’ve come in contact with have had various thoughts on who The MYAA is and what we are about. Hopefully this article will help you to understand a little bit more about the organization.

The ‘Who is the MYAA’ is pretty easy. The MYAA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization that was established in October of 1999… wow 10 years old already! We were founded by a group of community parents to ensure that our kids would have the ability to play soccer, baseball, softball and t-ball, and to help maintain and build fields.

Many people think that we are part of the Park District, Schools, the Village of Manhattan or other taxing bodies, but we aren’t. All of our revenue is strictly from registration fees, fundraisers, sponsorships and donations. Although we enjoy great relationships with all of the taxing bodies and thank them all for their support, we exist solely because of and for our members. Members? Who is a member? Basically, any family that has had children enrolled in any of our sports teams in the last 12 months is a member. That means most of you reading this are members! Congratulations!

The MYAA has three Governing Boards that help to guide our way. The Executive Board is responsible for overall organization issues, such as insurance, agreements with the Park District and Schools, tax filings and helping the Division Boards with anything they may bring to them. Division Boards? That’s right; The MYAA has two divisions, Soccer and Baseball/Softball. Each Division’s Board handles the governance of their divisions. They arrange the actual sports activities, find coaches, umpires/refs, and maintain most of the great facilities that all of our kids play on around town. From the beautiful grass on the Smith Road soccer fields to the baseball fields at the local schools, our divisions take a lot of pride in their efforts.

All of this is done by VOLUNTEERS! Every coach, manager, board member, fundraising coordinator, every person who grabs a shovel or a rake or picks up empty water bottles after a game, all are volunteers. For all of the younger kids that may be visiting our site, and for some of the adults who like a good quote, I once read that ‘Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless’. Nothing could be truer.

Without volunteers, none of this would exist. No baseball next summer, no spring or fall soccer, nothing for our kids to do to stay fit, burn off some of that energy and learn what good sportsmanship is all about. It would all disappear.

The MYAA is ALWAYS looking for volunteers. If you’re not volunteering already, email us to see how you can help. Join our emailing lists to stay up to date on what’s going on and check back to this website as often as you can! Get involved, be a part of something that makes our community better and our children great!

Remember, ‘Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.’ ~Elizabeth Andrew

To join our Soccer e-mailing list, send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

To join our Baseball/Softball e-mailing list, send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

News and Events

On October 10th the Baseball/Softball Division of your MYAA began construction of a new softball field at the Manhattan Junior High School.

Last weekend we had a great turnout to help with the infield mix at the new softball field!

Young and old (OK, grouping myself in the latter), families, friends, and even pets! Hard work that even the youngest were able to be part of!

Congratulations, and Thanks to all of you!

What a good feeling to see those who come out to lend a hand, providing whatever they can to ensure that our kids, and future Manhattan kids, will have ample places to play ball. As they say, It takes a community to raise a child. Our community, and especially our kids, are better for your efforts!

Those of you who weren't able to make it, the work isn't done yet. Contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to see how you can help.

If you're interested in helping our volunteers, email Tim Ryan at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it !

Attachments:
File	Description	File size
Infield mix in place (3)		33 Kb
Infield mix in place (2)		38 Kb
Infield mix in place (1)		59 Kb
Seeded with erosion blankets in place		55 Kb
Backstop finished and grading dirt		52 Kb
Foul Line Fence Up and Infield Base Leveled		60 Kb
End of 2nd day		45 Kb
Infield base mix		52 Kb
Post Excavation		42 Kb
Pre Construction		47 Kb