Good News!!! We are very excited about
starting this new season of UPWARDinToledo.
Sad New!!! Registration for the upcoming season is closed.
Since Saturday’s
registration, some families have contacted us about joining the league.
While we would love to accommodate all of these late requests, we cannot.
Here are two reasons why that
is the case.
- the importance of
evaluation night for kids and adults
- the effort we
have made to communicate information to you and the community.
I understand deadlines are
missed. Life is busy. I almost missed registering my kids online.
However the deadlines are set
up for a reason and the evaluations definitely are VERY important.
The evaluations are an
essential part of a successful league. We realized that the hard way last
year, which is why we stressed every child needed to be at one of the
registrations (12/9 or 12/12).
Why are the evaluations
important?
- Players’ skill
levels are evaluated and scored so we can try our best to create evenly matched
teams. Last year we were more relaxed about evaluations which lead to some of the team imbalance we had last year.
- Parents are
reminded of what UPWARDinToledo is about and what expectations we have for kids
and parents. Two of the main reminders I told the parents were UPWARDinToledo is unashamedly a ministry of Emmanuel Baptist Church and is
unashamedly done for the Glory of God.
We have been communicating
the importance of registering and coming to an evaluation
through emails to the last 2
years of UPWARD families (11/5; 11/30; 12:2)
through yard signs throughout Toledo
through facebook posts (9/24; 10/2; 10/30; 11/30; 12/4; 12/8; 12/11; 12/12)
through an ad in November’s
ChristianPathway magazine
through the radio
(ProclaimFM)
through brochures that were
given to Washington Local, EBC, EC and LifeWay
through a table in the foyer
for 3 weeks
through a couple of
announcements
through the ministry
“business” cards
through an announcement and
information at last year’s end of the season celebration
There are probably other ways
we have tried to get news out, I just cannot remember right now : )
The only exceptions to the “Every UPWARD player must be evaluated!” rule were kids who
were registered, were paid for and contacted us about why they were not going
to be at evaluations. This was only about 5 kids total.
Here is what you need to remember about UPWARDinToledo
November – registration
December – evaluations
January – season starts
