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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM FIYA

2022 Annual Campaign | January 10, 2022

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Happy Holidays & 2022 Highlights

Happy Holidays and all the best in 2023 from all of us at FIYA! As we humbly take a look back at some of the highlights in our 2022 seasons, we'd like to thank everyone for another year of enduring support both on and off the playing field. Thank you to all of our donors and supporters from our 2022 fundraising campaign. Because of you, we were able to raise nearly $10,000 in just 3 weeks! We truly appreciate every effort and every donation, and couldn't be more grateful. We will continue to keep our campaign up throughout the rest of the school year, so if you feel inclined to give or missed out, it's not too late! 

A LETTER FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dear FIYA Families, Friends, & Members of the FIYA Community,

I have been involved with youth sports for over 25 years in various capacities and the one that still provides the most satisfaction is my role as co-founder and executive director of FIYA. In our 12th year (and even after a pandemic that canceled most operations), FIYA continues as a non-profit organization to provide young student athletes throughout Los Angeles County with varied interscholastic sports. Our mission of strengthening schools through sports is alive and well and I humbly request your support of our mission during this holiday season as more schools and school districts participate in FIYA.

 

Prior to the pandemic, I felt we were on the verge of explosive growth. Now that the pandemic restrictions are behind us, we are feeling the rumblings of a numbers explosion once again. While this is obviously exciting news, we need to ensure we have the capacity to serve over 10,000 student athletes from all over LA County in the coming year. We have two wish categories for which we are looking to strengthen and therefore are setting $30,000 as our overall development goal:

 

EQUIPMENT / AWARDS

We know that having good equipment significantly helps our game day operations. We have an ambitious goal to have portable outdoor scoreboards for our flag football and soccer leagues. Seeing a game clock and a score gives a more structured feel to the game. In addition, in light of our mission statement, we are creating All League Academic Awards to inspire the student athletes to excel in the classroom. Consequently, we are allocating a goal of $20,000 to assist in this area. Click here to learn more about the various awards FIYA invests in and dedicates to its schools and student athletes.

GAME OPERATIONS

The combination of the pandemic reducing the number of referees available along with the impact of inflation, and that other organizations such as CIF have increased their referee pay, has caused FIYA to increase our referee budget. In addition, we continue to seek out employment amongst our teen population to assist as scorekeepers and field supervisors. In order to keep pace with minimum wage requirements, we need to increase our budget here as well. Consequently, we are allocating a goal of $10,000 to add to our referee and game operator budget.

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On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff of FIYA, I sincerely thank you for reading about our campaign and for your interest in contributing or getting involved with FIYA. Join us in our ongoing fundraising and help us reach our Giving Tuesday goal of $10,000 and our annual goal of $30,000 by the end of the year. Click the link below for more details on our goals, how you can help, and how your donation can make a difference.

Best,
John Mueller
Executive Director/President 

HOW YOU CAN HELP

YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT FIYA'S MISSION BY:

(1)  Making a tax-deductible donation to our cause

(2)  Becoming a corporate sponsor, partner, or having your business make a generous contribution to our cause

(3)  Sharing this fundraising page/link with others & posting on social media

(4)  Donate on behalf of your school!

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Every dollar amount and every link forwarded goes a long way in helping us to reach our end-of-the-year goals and to invest in our operations. On a day that encourages us to give back, we would be honored and humbled if your act of kindness was towards investing in the future of FIYA. Please consider supporting our nonprofit organization and our mission. #TogetherFIYA

 

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OUR DONATION GOAL

Our ultimate goal is $30,000 for our 2022 annual fund.

All donations are tax-deductible and 100% of the proceeds will go towards supporting FIYA’s school-based sports programs for middle and elementary schools. With your help we will be able to provide additional new sports offerings for our student athletes, invest in our operations, support the vital need for new sports equipment and support our student athletes and coaches with the recognition they deserve with distinguished achievement awards.

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OUR PARTICIPATION GOAL

In addition to our donation goal, we're also reaching for at least 50% participation from our schools. This means we're hoping to have at least one member from half of our school communities to make a donation. In order to make that possible, we're encouraging all of our schools to share our fundraising page to their communities and social circles.

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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS WHO'VE REPRESENTED THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS THUS FAR!

American Martyrs, Beverly Vista Middle School, El Segundo Middle School, LACES, Notre Dame Academy, St. Anastasia School, St. Jerome School, St. Martin of Tours, St. Paul the Apostle

WHY YOUR DONATION MATTERS

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As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, your support is greatly needed each year to help FIYA continue providing youth sports, the life lessons and values that come with them, and endless positive experiences and memories to thousands of elementary and middle school students all across Los Angeles County.

 

Because of YOUR HELP, and with the donations we received last year, we were able to successfully bring back a full year of FIYA school sports for the 2021-2022 school year! So we really couldn't do it without people like you, our donors, our school participants, our coaches, our parents, our referees, and our entire community that supports our mission in "Strengthening Schools Through Sports."

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2022 wouldn't have been possible without all of you:

  • eSports kept kids in the game who could not return in-person
  • Basketball returned for the full 2022 season with 118 teams
  • Soccer returned for the full 2022 season with 100+ teams
  • Boys Volleyball returned for the full 2022 Spring season 
  • Track & Field hosted 6 meets with 700+ student-athletes
  • Cross Country hosted 7 meets with 400+ runners 
  • Girls Volleyball served 10 regional leagues with 100 teams
  • Flag Football had 9 regional leagues with 58 teams
  • Futsal started a new league in the Fall with 7 teams
  • AND MORE after-school offerings to look forward to in 2023!

When you support FIYA, remember that you are providing the opportunity to participate in team sports for our wonderful community:

  • 10,000 students participating annually throughout Los Angeles County
  • 80% of FIYA student-athletes are students of color
  • Over 33% are female
  • 50% reside in neighborhoods that are of low to moderate income
  • Majority of our students receive free or reduced lunch
  • A significant population come from families that do not have the resources for “club” or outside sports
Please consider making a gift to invest in FIYA's future.

All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% go directly to support our school based athletic programs. Even in times of crisis, our work is essential. Your support is greatly appreciated. Our student athletes are counting on you!

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SO JOIN US THIS GIVING SEASON!

From all of us at FIYA, we wish you and yours all the best this holiday season. We would be thrilled and honored if your act of kindness this year was towards investing in the future of FIYA.

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