Palisades Pirates Youth Football and Cheerleading


	Palisades Pirates Youth Football is asking for your help! Please check the list below and come to a meeting and see whats going on in your organization. PPYF monthly meetings are the second Wednesday of every month in Room 105 of PHS (unless otherwise specified)! Yup even in the off season.

	What’s News! Click image for a free version of ADOBE Reader INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS Photo Day is 9/11! Check this schedule to see when your team portrait is being taken. PIRATE WEAR WILL BE AVAILABLE AT SOME PRACTICE & ALL HOME GAME VENUES! SWEATSHIRTS, BLANKETS, SHIRTS, SHORTS, HATS, UMBRELLAS AND MUCH MUCH MORE! STOCK UP WHILE IT LASTS, IT'S GOING TO GO FAST! Palisades Pirates Youth Football Association has something to celebrate! Nine of our football players were selected as 2009 Pop Warner All-American Scholars. Join us in congratulating our fine young students for their academic accomplishments. The Pop Warner awarding process is solely based on academics (96% GPA or higher) and other extracurricular activities besides athletics. There are over 410,000 youth that participate nationally in Pop Warner Football & Spirit programs and from that number 8,100 are All-American Applicants. The awarded athletes are ranked among the top 2% of the children participating in Pop Warner. AWESOME JOB KIDS! Pop Warner All-American Scholars 2nd Team Tyler Marsh – 5th grade William Sadow – 5th grade Joseph Backowski – 6th grade Brandon Martin – 6th grade Nickolas Sanders – 6th grade Bryce Shortall – 6th grade Honorable Mention Blake Cassalia – 5th grade Devin Ramsden – 6th grade Christopher Karasinski – 7th grade This is an article printed in the November 09 Bucks County Herald featuring our Undefeated 120lb Pee Wee Bucks Mont Champions! One stop shop for quality sports photos, posters, magnets, mouse pads, mugs and t-shirts. Brought to you by your trusted Media source... The Intelligencer! Products ship in one day! Head Coach application Instructions: Save this application to your computer using the title-"Coach Application-(your last name)" Complete the saved copy and email it to football-comm@ppyf.com All head coaches must complete the online coach's certification for either tackle or flag (whichever is applicable) which will then be good for three years. You can access the site for USA Football from our "Links" page. BACKGROUND CHECKS must be obtained by all team staff members, and turned into our President. You can access this site from our "Links" page. VOLUNTEER SUPPORT NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING. PLEASE CONTACT ANY BOARD MEMBER OR A CHAIRPERSON IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING. OR PLEASE COME TO A MEETING AND LEARN MORE. HOME GAME DAY HELP arrive 1 hour prior to first game help with setting up field (markers, etc) filling coolers with ice for each side of the field sponsor banner hanging running the time clock for games spotting (who makes the tackle, number, name) announcing (only if Mr. Kinsey doesn’t come back whch hopefully he will) stadium clean up at the end of the day FUNDRAISING – Kara Sklodowski (Chairperson) fundraising table (home games only) individual game raffles end of year raffle (distribute tickets, collect ticket stubs, conduct drawing at the banquet) PUNT, PASS & KICK – Al Marsh (Chairperson)* field set-up, measurers, writing scores down CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP – Dave Lodwig (Chairperson)* sending letters to area business’s phone contact with business’s ordering banners WEBSITE – John Blanchard (Webmaster)* reviewing website and verifying all information is correct. PICTURE DAY – Kristi Blanchard* organize/schedule time & date with photographer distribute information to each team manage the picture day picture taking SCHOLASTICS – Ella Marsh (Chairperson)* assist with reviewing report cards for participants, compiling notebooks to submit to league & All American candidates. (majority of time is needed in August) PUBLIC RELATIONS HELP (NEW COMMITTEE)* Submit articles/events about organization & teams to the local newspapers Team/PPYF Program (ex. team picture w/names, schedules of each team) Mass e-mail distribution (research needed to be done – possibly I-CONTACT) Possible Spaghetti dinners, Beef & Beer, etc.. (open for ideas)