Poker Night Fundraiser (Saturday, 5/14)

308 Main Street,Vacaville CA 95688

14 May, 2022

Description

Come join us for an awesome fundraising event benefitting The Academy of 21st Century Learning's Math Club as we head to OM World Finals! Come join us for an awesome fundraising event benefitting The Academy of 21st Century Learning's Math Club as we head to Odyssey of The Minds Worlds Finals! We will be playing in a Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament! All tickets include entry, dinner, water, and soda. Alcoholic beverages are available for purchase with 50% of proceeds benefitting the Math team! Please arrive at 5:30pm to check-in and grab a plate of food and drink. Poker will promptly begin at 6:30pm. The 50/50 card game will be $20 each. During half-time, approx. at 8:30pm, we will play the 50/50 game live and we will have the final re-buy of the night for $25. If no one claims their 50/50 winning by the end of the night, the prize will be donated back to the Math Club Team, so please pay attention. Payouts for Poker (Based on a minimum of 50 players) 1st Place = $200 2nd Place = $125 3rd Place = $75 Remember this event is all for CHARITY so please be patient with the novice poker players. We will have cheat sheets on each table to give assistance. Sponsorship Opportunities: We are looking for Event Sponsors to cover the cost of the venue ($500), cost for Green Light Poker Tournaments, food, and soft drinks. Kindly make checks out to The Academy of 21st Century Learning Advocates and Nicole Neff will pick up from you. Nicole can be reached by email : [email protected] or by cell: 707-685-4142 to coordinate pickup. We will accept last minute event ticket purchases at the door for $70 per ticket. Our Story: Hi, my name is Jen, and I am fundraising for a group of remarkable students! We created a team in August 2021 with the idea to compete in Odyssey of the Mind. This creative thinking competition relies on a small budget to solve a big problem through creativity and ingenuity. Our team came together with seven students who wanted to strive for something crazy! We worked hard; we spent countless hours creating, building, dreaming, laughing ... and making mistakes! As our team headed to Regionals, we had low expectations with big aspirations! We competed against middle schoolers; our average age was nine years old. But guess what? We won Regionals! We headed to the state competition two weeks later, again not expecting much but dreaming large. We worked hard and left everything on that stage! We were proud to come in 4th place out of 6 in the NorCal State Tournament. The 4th place finish, however, meant we were done ... unless a top 3 team was unable to advance. As a coach, I thought we were done ... every day, my kids asked me if I had heard anything, was there a chance? Although I wanted to be realistic and honest with them, the possibility of us making it was small; yet the educator in me wanted them to dream! But, the unthinkable happened - we are advancing to the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in May!! The most challenging part is getting our team there ... we are asking for help!