July 27, 2009
If you're interested in promoting your LGBT Sports &
Recreation Organization in our newsletter, just let us
know. It's FREE! Contact us at contact@oobnyc.org
BUY TICKETS NOW FOR THE OUT OF BOUNDS SEA-TEA BOAT RIDE!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9TH (7:30pm-10:00pm)
$20 per ticket (group discount available!!)
Buy tickets this Wednesday night at Jock-a-thon (details below)
THIS IS A FUNDRAISER FOR OUT OF BOUNDS & TEAM NEW YORK!
Contact us for tickets: contact@oobnyc.org
JOCK-A-THON – SUMMER EDITION” Gay Sports Networking Party
RSVP HERE: http://www.themenevent.com/tss.htm
TO: All Leaders, boards, presidents, captains, etc of Gay Sports Teams in NYC
MEMO: Sign your team up for the TheMenEvent.com’s
“JOCK-A-THON – SUMMER EDITION” Gay Sports Networking Party on July 29th
MEMO: Sign your team up for the TheMenEvent.com’s
“JOCK-A-THON – SUMMER EDITION” Gay Sports Networking Party on July 29th
REGISTER FOR THE GAY GAMES AT THIS EVENT!
VISIT THE OUT OF BOUNDS/TEAM NEW YORK TABLE!
EVENT: JOCK-A THON - SUMMER EDITION at TIMES SQUARE SOCIAL
(Times Square's HIT Gay Networking Event)
Hosted by TheMenEvent.com, Next Magazine, Out of Bounds NYC and Team NY
in co-operation with the Times Square Alliance
PURPOSE: The premise of this “JOCK-A-THON” event is to meet all other Gay Jocks and a bunch of future Gay Jocks in NYC. Your team can use this event as an opportunity to recruit new team members, find new team supporters, network with attendees, meet other teams, enjoy! .
DATE: Wednesday July 29, 2009
WHERE: Dave and Busters, 234 W 42nd St (between Broadway and 8th Ave)
COST: ZERO. Your team will be offered a table/booth at this event at no charge. In addition, there is no cover to attend the event. The only stipulation in accepting and staffing your booth is that you invite your entire team to attend the event.
TIME: Table set up: Representatives from your team should arrive between 5:00pm and 5:45pm to set up your table. Please let us know if you need electricity.
Rest of your team: Arrive after 6pm (the start time of the party). Event ends at 9pm
DRINKS & SUCH: Drink specials until 7:30pm and arcade games are half price all night. Food is also available. There is NO COVER charge to attend the event. .
INVITE: You MUST invite your ENTIRE Team to attend the event. What better way to attract new athletic supporters than to show them the team that they will be joining or supporting?
WHO USUALLY ATTENDS TIMES SQUARE SOCIAL?? TheMenEvent.com has been hosting this gay Times Square networking event for 4+ years and their parties tend to draw anywhere from 250-400 gay professionals from the Metro NYC area.
GROW YOUR LIST As a way of growing your own "List," you might want to also offer some sort of sweepstakes at your table (drop a biz card to enter to win a team jersey, dinner for 2 and date with the captain, etc). It’s up to you!
See you on the 29th of July!
Hugh Hysell and Paul Zahn of TheMenEvent.com &
Jeff Kagan, President , on behalf of Out of Bounds NYC
TEAM NEW YORK BUS: NEXT STOP: XES LOUNGE with the GOTHAM KNIGHTS!!
AND NOW A WORD FROM COMPETE MAGAZINE...
USE PROMO CODE: OOB
VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR TEAM NEW YORK!
| The Team New York Committee (TNYC) is looking for a few self-starters to volunteer help with our fundraising events! The mission of the TNYC is to raise money to provide FREE uniforms for all local athletes participating in International sporting events. In 2009, we provided uniforms for the Outgames in Copenhagen. Now, we are focusing on the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany. To reach this goal, we will be setting up various social events at local bars and restaurants. Come join our team to help put together these fundraising events and promote them among the LGBT community. We would love some assistance with marketing, event planning, organizing and running events, communicating with teams and build awareness about Team New York and Out of Bounds NYC! If you are interested, please contact us at contact@oobnyc.org. |
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OUT OF BOUNDS NYC WELCOMES BACK
THE NY NICKS GAY SQUASH CLUB!
 New York NICKS
Gay Squash Club
Now Forming!!
Summer 2009
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Cheer New York tryouts are this week & next week!!!
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Cheer New York Tryouts
New York's premier GBLT Cheer team is inviting new members to tryout out for the team. Become a part of Cheer New York's family to help support community charities, make new friends and have fun, while getting a great working out! Be a part of the team's journey to represent NYC and American at the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany next year!
MANDATORY TRYOUT Wednesday July 29th @ 6:30pm-10pm. At tryouts recruits will audition in groups of 3-5 people for cheers, jumps and stunts. Then in part 2, you will get 60 sec each to "showcase" any talents you have (dancing, tumbling, flexibility, personality, fundraising) and then will get a mini interview. Go to our website to sign up and get location information.
All the best, Scott Wooledge Marketing Manager Cheer New York Website: www.cheerny.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cheer-New-York/70780431103 |
Greetings Friends,
The international Federation of Gay Games (FGG) wants to let you know that plans are well underway for Gay Games VIII, which will take place in Cologne, Germany between 31 July to 7 August, 2010. Registrations are ahead of projections, with over 1400 registrations confirmed from over 40 countries. The venues have been confirmed for all events, and negotiations are underway for significant venue enhancements. Your organisation can receive the latest Gay Games information by event and region, click here! gaygames.org/phplist. In addition, event flyers, logos, cards and brochures that you can use to speak to your members about Gay Games VIII are available at: www.gaygames/en/marketing.
The FGG is pleased to announce a new program aimed at helping your organisation to participate in Gay Games VIII. The FGG is offering a financial reward for existing member organisations as well as new members. This program takes the form of a membership rebate to organizations that are existing members of the FGG’s General Assembly – or new members.
GAY GAMES VIII Incentive Rebate Program - Be Part of It!
The FGG is offering a rebate directly to FGG member organizations based on the number of GGVIII participants from their club.
Full member organizations will receive a free FGG membership renewal valued at 100 USD with 50 or more GGVIII registrations.
Associate member organizations:
Multi-sport organizations (e.g. City Teams) will receive a free FGG membership renewal valued at 50 USD with 25 or more registrations.
Single-sport organizations (e.g. a soccer club) will receive a free FGG membership renewal valued at 50 USD with 15 or more registrations.
To take advantage of this offer, your organization must be a member of the FGG’s General Assembly on or before 30 April, 2010. Please see http://www.gaygames.com/en/membership/index.htm and download the Membership Application Form.
FGG Member Organisations and Partners can obtain permission to embroider or print the official Gay Games logo on their uniforms, t-shirts, and other items they will be producing for use at the Cologne Gay Games. The two available designs appear at the top of this email.
If you have any questions, please contact Membership@GayGames.org. We look forward to hearing from you soon. We’ll see you in Cologne where we will all Be Part of It!
Yours truly,
Kate Rowe and Paul Oostenbrug
Membership Committee Co-Chairs
Federation of Gay Games
The international Federation of Gay Games (FGG) wants to let you know that plans are well underway for Gay Games VIII, which will take place in Cologne, Germany between 31 July to 7 August, 2010. Registrations are ahead of projections, with over 1400 registrations confirmed from over 40 countries. The venues have been confirmed for all events, and negotiations are underway for significant venue enhancements. Your organisation can receive the latest Gay Games information by event and region, click here! gaygames.org/phplist. In addition, event flyers, logos, cards and brochures that you can use to speak to your members about Gay Games VIII are available at: www.gaygames/en/marketing.
The FGG is pleased to announce a new program aimed at helping your organisation to participate in Gay Games VIII. The FGG is offering a financial reward for existing member organisations as well as new members. This program takes the form of a membership rebate to organizations that are existing members of the FGG’s General Assembly – or new members.
GAY GAMES VIII Incentive Rebate Program - Be Part of It!
The FGG is offering a rebate directly to FGG member organizations based on the number of GGVIII participants from their club.
Full member organizations will receive a free FGG membership renewal valued at 100 USD with 50 or more GGVIII registrations.
Associate member organizations:
Multi-sport organizations (e.g. City Teams) will receive a free FGG membership renewal valued at 50 USD with 25 or more registrations.
Single-sport organizations (e.g. a soccer club) will receive a free FGG membership renewal valued at 50 USD with 15 or more registrations.
To take advantage of this offer, your organization must be a member of the FGG’s General Assembly on or before 30 April, 2010. Please see http://www.gaygames.com/en/membership/index.htm and download the Membership Application Form.
FGG Member Organisations and Partners can obtain permission to embroider or print the official Gay Games logo on their uniforms, t-shirts, and other items they will be producing for use at the Cologne Gay Games. The two available designs appear at the top of this email.
If you have any questions, please contact Membership@GayGames.org. We look forward to hearing from you soon. We’ll see you in Cologne where we will all Be Part of It!
Yours truly,
Kate Rowe and Paul Oostenbrug
Membership Committee Co-Chairs
Federation of Gay Games
BIG APPLE DODGEBALL IS HAVING OPEN PLAY SESSIONS!
August 10th
Sharpen your sporting skills and see if you have what it takes to dip, duck, and dive with the city's only queer dodgeball league. If you think the dodgeball is hard, try competing in flip cup against them at the always rowdy after parties.Here are the details:
When: August 10
Who: Everyone’s invited (gay, straight, or otherwise), so bring your friends!
Time: starts at 7:00 PM
Cost: $5 for charity
Where: Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
3 Clarkson Street & 7th Ave South
Subway Directions:
Take the 1 train to Houston Street and walk one block north.
Take the A, B, C, D, E, F, or V train to West 4th Street and walk south on 6th Avenue to Carmine Street.
Follow Carmine Street to Clarkson Street & 7th Avenue South.
Founded in 2007, BIG APPLE DODGEBALL is New York City’s only non-profit, community minded co-ed Dodgeball league for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and LGBT-friendly New Yorkers who want to play the competitive sport of Dodgeball. The fast growing organization with over 160 members has doubled its membership in the past two years. Signups for the Fall 2009 season are coming in August.
Contact: Stephen Moreau
press@bigappledodgeball.com
www.bigappledodgeball.com
SAVE THE DATE: OOB's GOT TALENT
A Fundraiser for the Hetrick-Martin Institute
September 17, 2009 • Stonewall Inn
July 22, 2009
Dear League Officials, Board Members & Players!
We are writing to you and your sports group to ask you to attend a very special evening. The first annual Out of Bounds Got Talent show will take place on Thursday, September 17th at the Stonewall Inn (53 Christopher Street). We are having this event to benefit The Hetrick-Martin Institute, Home of the Harvey Milk High School. Those of you not familiar with The Hetrick-Martin Institute and the positive work the organization does for our community please go to www.hmi.org. It is The Hetrick-Martin Institute’s 30th Anniversary and we are raising funds and awareness for a valid and incredibly influential organization within out community.
This letter is primarily to the officials of each sports group as we could use your help. We need a total 10 “acts” for this talent competition, and we are asking as many sports groups as possible to send us their talented guys & gals. Acts could range from lip sync’ing to real singing, dancing to juggling, stand-up comedy to poetry reading -- anything else that could impress the audience. (No nudity, please). Please have your interested athletes contact either Jeff Kagan (jeffkagan@gmail.com) or Truett Lee Vaigneur, Jr. (truettv@hotmail.com) as soon as possible.
We would also like to ask for your help in promoting the event to your teammates, members & friends. Please include this event, date, Thursday, September 17th, and time, 7:00pm-10:00pm in your group emails. We will send more details out very soon, along with some graphics for you to email out. This is a fun event for a serious cause. There will be celebrity judges, silent auction, and a 2nd runner-up, 1st runner-up, and Winner.
Please consider this as an important event and give us your time, even though we will all have an enjoyable time the purpose of this night is extremely important. The services provided by The Hetrick-Martin Institute for the youth of our population are immeasurable. We are offering the chance to come together, show support, have fun, network, and simply give back to those in our community that work hard to bring a positive influence to all of us.
All funds raised will go to the Hetrick-Martin Institute & the Harvey Milk High School.
Thank you, and please be in touch soon,
Jeff Kagan
Truett Lee Vaigneur, Jr.
Dear League Officials, Board Members & Players!
We are writing to you and your sports group to ask you to attend a very special evening. The first annual Out of Bounds Got Talent show will take place on Thursday, September 17th at the Stonewall Inn (53 Christopher Street). We are having this event to benefit The Hetrick-Martin Institute, Home of the Harvey Milk High School. Those of you not familiar with The Hetrick-Martin Institute and the positive work the organization does for our community please go to www.hmi.org. It is The Hetrick-Martin Institute’s 30th Anniversary and we are raising funds and awareness for a valid and incredibly influential organization within out community.
This letter is primarily to the officials of each sports group as we could use your help. We need a total 10 “acts” for this talent competition, and we are asking as many sports groups as possible to send us their talented guys & gals. Acts could range from lip sync’ing to real singing, dancing to juggling, stand-up comedy to poetry reading -- anything else that could impress the audience. (No nudity, please). Please have your interested athletes contact either Jeff Kagan (jeffkagan@gmail.com) or Truett Lee Vaigneur, Jr. (truettv@hotmail.com) as soon as possible.
We would also like to ask for your help in promoting the event to your teammates, members & friends. Please include this event, date, Thursday, September 17th, and time, 7:00pm-10:00pm in your group emails. We will send more details out very soon, along with some graphics for you to email out. This is a fun event for a serious cause. There will be celebrity judges, silent auction, and a 2nd runner-up, 1st runner-up, and Winner.
Please consider this as an important event and give us your time, even though we will all have an enjoyable time the purpose of this night is extremely important. The services provided by The Hetrick-Martin Institute for the youth of our population are immeasurable. We are offering the chance to come together, show support, have fun, network, and simply give back to those in our community that work hard to bring a positive influence to all of us.
All funds raised will go to the Hetrick-Martin Institute & the Harvey Milk High School.
Thank you, and please be in touch soon,
Jeff Kagan
Truett Lee Vaigneur, Jr.
AND NOW A WORD FROM STEEL GYM...
A PLACE AT THE TABLE
TO BENEFIT THE ALI FORNEY CENTER
Click here to download a PDF detailing sponsorship opportunities.
Big Bang Dodgeball
Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY
August 1st
Men's site: www.bigbangdodgeball.com
contact for men: bigbangdodgeball@yahoo.com