Reality Dodgeball

On December 8, the 1st Annual Reality Castaways Dodgeball Tournament will take place in Long Island.

More than 45 former contestants from the hit CBS reality show Survivor will come together to play dodgeball and raise funds benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. The event is hosted in conjunction with Reality 4 Diabetes and was put together by Cook Islands contestants Billy Garcia and Cristina Coria.

Some of the castaways who will be ducking, dipping and diving their way through the tournament include Rupert Boneham, Big Tom Buchanan, and Lex van den Berhe from Survivor: All Stars.

You can read more at BuddyTV.

Dodgeball Fundraiser Tournaments

November 18, 2007, 3pm -- Seattle, WA
Location: The IMA

The UW chapter of the Washington Public Interest Research Group (WashPIRG) will sponsor a dodgeball tournament to raise funds for homeless youth and young adults in the U-District.

The goal is to raise at least $1,000 for the University District Service Providers Alliance, a coalition of nonprofit organizations in the U-District.

Five players are required per team and costumes are expected to be worn. The fee is $10 per person or a donation of canned food. Canned food items can also be donated at the door.

Prizes will be given to the team that raises the most money and the team with the most creative costumes. One final secret grand prize will be awarded to the tournament's winner.

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December 1, 2007, 5pm - Oswego, NY
Location: Oswego YMCA Armory

Carol Box Memorial Dodgeball Tournament

Proceeds from the event will benefit Oswego High School senior Cammeo Lazzaro, who suffered burns at a campfire in October.

Rules:

- teams of 6 (or more with subs)
- minimum two females on each team playing at any one time
- 16 year and up. If under the age of 18, a parent or guardian must sign a release form.

The memorial tournament was started in January to raise funds for a county employee and resident, Carol Box. Box suffered from lung cancer, and passed away in April. There tournament is now and annual event to provide money raised to a new family each year.

Get out there and dodge for a cause!

Dodge for our future business leaders

Help send future business leaders of America to New York City by playing dodgeball next month.

The Chetek High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America will be holding its second-annual dodgeball tournament fundraiser Friday November 9 at 7:00pm in the school gym.

Funds raised will be used to send 37 students on a business tour of New York City in April of next year.

The cost is just $40 per team. Registration forms are available in the school's office, located here.

More cops playing dodgeball tourney... in Tennessee

NewsTalk 101.5 is taking on the Madison County Sheriff's Department in a game of dodgeball. They will play at 7 p.m. at Tigrett Middle School in an effort to raise money for charity.

I read about it here. And video clips will apparently be run here.

Recent dodgeball tournament summaries

I just thought I would post a few links to a couple of write ups about recent dodgeball tournaments.

Here is a summary about the success of the recent tourney at Princeton, and why they think it went off so well.

And this is a story about a recent elemantary school dodgeball tournament in Ohio, that raised $1,000 for the Logan High School boys basketball program.

Enjoy!

Tournament update - April 20, 2007

It's been a little while since my last post, so I thought I would provide a quick tournament update.

Kansas high school kids will be holding a tournament this Saturday. It's a fundraiser. The tourney championship team will receive $250 for their school and a traveling trophy. A traveling trophy - that's pretty fly. $90/team and you also get a t-shirt.

A tournament has been announced in Wisconsin, May 12. Also a fundraiser, this tourney will raise funds for Family Connections - "a non-profit organization that strives to increase the availability and accessibility of childcare programs." The organization referred more than 800 children to services in the last year. The deadline to enter is April 30. $100/team. You can play laser tag, too, for an additional fee. Sweet.

And hats off to 20 students employed by Princeton University Dining Services (PUDS) who fought for their right to play dodgeball. They stuck it to the man.