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- Wii Bowling Tournament
Chez Marilyn
Thursday, January 21 at 6:00pm - Battle of the High Schools
Bel-Air Bowl
Saturday, January 23 at 2:00pm
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois Bigs, Littles, and their families enjoyed an afternoon of bowling, crafts, food, and fun to celebrate the Holiday season. Even Santa stopped by and joined in on the fun!
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December 11 is Clinique Happy Day and for their annual holiday promotion, Clinique is offering packs of holiday cards as free gifts with purchase, at select Clinique retail counters nationwide and also online, while supplies last. The cards feature artwork designed by Little Brothers and Little Sisters. The cards are a... great way to spread some holiday cheer this season.
You can also wish your friends and family a Happy Day and happy holidays online. In addition to their in-store promotion, Clinique has created a new Facebook application where ou can create cute, personalized ecards on Facebook, post them on your walls, and then share them with friends. Click on the link to check it out!
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois Between today and Friday, you can help Phi Theta Kappa members Light the Way. Stop by the tables located at the SWIC campus cafeteria or Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Liberal Arts Building to buy paper Christmas lights for 50 cents each. More than 450 have sold so far! Proceeds benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois We have 37 families from our Adopt-A-Family program that still need to be adopted for Christmas. We chose 100 of the most neediest families in our program and we still need help to make their Christmas merry! Every little bit helps, so you can adopt a family, donate presents or gift cards. If you have questions or can ...help in any way, please contact Michelle at 398-3162.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois
Enthusiastic, fun loving people are needed to organize bowling teams for this special event organized for O’Fallon, Althoff Catholic, Belleville Township East, Belleville Township West, Granite City, Central,
Wesclin, Carlyle, Mater Dei, Waterloo, Columbia and Valmeyer. Team members will help raise funds for Big Brother...s Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois. Teams enjoy two free games of bowling, free shoe rental, pizza and the opportunity to win prizes.
All students, staff and faculty are invited to participate and teams can be organized from groups of friends, clubs, student council members or athletic groups. Don’t forget to wear your school colors or show your pride at the bowling party.
Talk to your School-Based Coordinator for more information or you can email Summer Little at summerl@peaknet.net or call her at 398-3162 for more information or to request a team packet.
Time:2:00PM Saturday, January 23rd
Location:Bel-Air Bowl
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois The 2010 Bowl for Kids' Sake Campaign is right around the corner! Are you ready!?!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois Support Big Brothers Big Sisters by stopping by your local Jack in the Box and purchasing a Jack Ball for $1. Get yours while supplies last and remember to tell your friends!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois Thank you Fairview Heights Animal Clinic, Hoernis Auto Body, and Wilke Window & Door, Inc. for being Lane Sponsors for the 2010 Bowl for Kids' Sake Campaign! If you're interested in signing up as a Lane Sponsor, call Summer at 398-3162.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois Just posted information about our upcoming, first-ever Wii Bowling Tournament. Check it out!
Location:Chez Marilyn
Time:6:00PM Thursday, January 21st
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois presents our first-ever Nintendo Wii Bowling Tournament! The tournament will give you and a partner a chance to compete for choice prizes from Riverboat Lanes.
The tournament will be held at Chez Marilyn in Alton. This classy, yet comfy establishment offers a stunning va...riety of cocktails to please your palate, as well as a menu of tasty tapas selections.
As you enjoy some friendly competition and put your bowling skills to the test, you will be supporting the important work of Big Brothers Big Sisters.
FUN & PRIZES
All playesrs will receive one free drink from Chez Marilyn and three free games of bowling at Riverboat Lanes, as well as a chance to win a 15 lb. bowling ball courtesy of Riverboat lanes.
The winning team will receive a Riverboat Lanes Party Package wihich includes three free games, shoe rental included, for them and 8 of their friends.
OFFICIAL RULES
1. Entry fee is $20 per team, cash or check only, and will be due at check-in on the day of the tournament.
2. Each team consists of two players. A maximum of 24 teams (48 players) may enter.
3. Teams must register by phone (618-398-3162) or email (jeffb@peaknet.net) no later than 5:00 PM on Jan. 18, 2010. Please provide players’ full names, and phone and/or email contact information. Team name optional.
4. All players must be at least 21 years of age as of Jan. 21, 2010. Big Brothers Big Sisters and Chez Marilyn reserve the right to check players’ photo identification.
5. The tournament will be a blind draw, single elimination contest.
6. Four teams will compete at one time. The teams with the higher combined score at the end of 10 frames advances to the next round.
a. In the event of a tie at the end of 10 frames, there will be a “sudden death” frame. Teams will continue playing “sudden death” until the tie is broken.
b. Scores are not cumulative and will be reset to 0 at the start of each new round.
7. In the event that fewer than 24 teams register to play, “byes” may be awarded.
a. If an odd number of teams register to play, a first-round bye will be awarded at random.
b. If the number of teams registered is an even number lower than 24, no team will receive a first-round bye. Byes will be awarded to the highest scoring team from the previous round.
c. No team will receive 2 byes.
d. In the event that the number of teams registered dictates that only 2 teams enter the final round, the scores of the losing teams in the previous round will determine third and fourth place teams.
8. All equipment and Mii avatars for the tournament will be provided.
9. Good sportsmanship is vital. Offensive behavior directed at staff and/or players will not be tolerated and is grounds for ejection from the tournament and/or establishment.
10. All results are final and may not be contested.
11. All prizes are awarded as-is. Gifts are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged.
12. Violations of any of these rules or attempts to cheat will be grounds for Big Brothers Big Sisters to disqualify teams from participating in current and future contests. Offending teams will forfeit any prizes won by fraudulent means.
You can view full details about the tournament and download a copy of the official rules here: http://www.bbbsil.org/pdf/Wii%20bowling.
Time:6:00PM Thursday, January 21st
Location:Chez Marilyn
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois Thank you Belleville Farmers Market! The Farmers Market donated produce to Big Brothers Big Sisters for a match activity taking place at Young Chef's Academy in O'Fallon. Our Bigs and Littles will use the produce to learn how to create a delicious dish that they'll get to enjoy when they are done with their class. Pict...ured are Match Support Specialist, Taressa Howard, and Rick Delashmit with The Farmers Market.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois
All of our Bigs and Littles and families of our Littles are invited to Bel-Air Bowl for our Annual Holiday Party.
We'll have games, refreshments, fun, crafts, and a jolly visitor. We will also have a Zumba demonstration. Please call 398-3162 to make your reservation by November 30, 2009.
The Holiday Party is being held ...at Bel-Air Bowl so all volunteers and children enrolled in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program will receive a free game and free shoes. There will be a $5 fee for any family members (brother, sister, mother, etc.) who are not enrolled in the program should they wish to bowl. The $5 will also include shoes.
Gifts for children are provided compliments of Cardinals Care.
Time:2:00PM Sunday, December 6th
Location:Bel-Air Bowl
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois Thank you to our Veterans of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. We appreciate so much the sacrifices you've made and are making to protect our freedom. And thank you to all of our Military Bigs as you serve not only your country, but your community as well.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois As part of their Veterans Day Extravaganza, Belleville Farmers Market will have a 10% REBATE DAY for all Farmer's 4 Causes and Farmer's 4 Education partners. If you don't have a card for Big Brothers Big Sisters, you can get one at either store or by calling our office. Over $1,800 went back to schools and causes like ...Big Brothers Big Sisters just for the month of October! Start spreading the word by sharing this now!
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois Just a reminder! If you eat at Maxwell's tomorrow, Nov. 11, 10% of the profits for the day will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters! You can stop by for lunch or dinner! Please tell your friends and we hope to see you there!!
