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For
Immediate Release
Contact: Jody Meacham, 408 / 288-2934, jody@sjsa.org
SAN JOSE (Jan. 6, 2005) – More
than 2,500 underprivileged youth will receive free tickets
to attend this year’s State Farm Pac-10 Women’s
Basketball Tournament at HP Pavilion as part of the Basketball
and Youth Program, a project of the tournament’s
local organizing committee supported by the San Jose
Sports Authority.
"The tournament is a showcase for some
of the best women’s college basketball in the
nation, and our Basketball and Youth Program ensures
that the youth of
our community will be exposed to these role model athletes
and the benefits of competitive sports," said
Susan Hammer, former San Jose mayor and chair of the
organizing committee.
The Sports Authority is helping
to raise $40,000 to fund the Basketball and Youth
Program through sales of
all-session ticket blocks for the March 4-7 tournament.
The Sports Authority also will coordinate distribution
of the tickets to schools or non-profit organizations
that will identify the youngsters who are to receive
them.
Businesses or individuals wishing to
purchase ticket blocks may contact Tracie Morris, the
Sports Authority’s
development director, at (408) 288-2937 or by email
at tracie@sjsa.org, for program details and possible
tax
benefits.
The State Farm Pac-10 Women’s Basketball
Tournament is one of more than 130 premier sports events
brought
to the city by the San Jose Sports Authority, which actively
supports youth and amateur athletics throughout the community.
Visit our website at www.sjsa.org.
Basketball and Youth Program
- Secures
donations to enable disadvantaged youngsters to attend
the State Farm Pac-10 Women’s Basketball
Tournament
- Corporations can purchase blocks of all-session
tickets:
- 15 all-session tickets cost $1,275
- 25 all-session
tickets cost $2,125
- 50 all-session tickets cost
$4,250
- 75 all-session tickets cost $6,375
- 100 all-session
tickets cost $8,500
- 125 all-session tickets cost
$10,625
- Corporations or local organizing committee
may select groups to receive tickets
- Corporations
participating in program will be recognized in the
event
program, on
reader boards
in building
and on the public address system
- Checks should be made payable to San Jose Sports
Authority, a 501
(c) (3)
nonprofit,
and mail
them to:
San Jose Sports
Authority
Attn: Pac-10 Tickets
55 Almaden Blvd.
Suite 210
San Jose, CA 95113
The Sports Authority
Tax ID number is 77-0269729
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