The 2010 NFL season is over and as we say goodbye to our favorite gridiron heroes and await the coming of Spring, we look ahead to new beginnings and new opportunities. One opportunity that we’re really excited about is the one we’ve developed with the big hearted team out of the Big Apple who work together on the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation.
This story begins with a man named Mark Pliner who plays in a fantasy football league with ten other guys who hail from New York, Virginia, New Jersey and other parts of the North East. At the beginning of the season Mark nominated Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF) as the charity he would be playing for. Every year the CBTF hosts The Big Apple Circus in New York to raise funds for the foundation. Mark’s friend, Eric, sits on the board of the foundation and Mark, having been connected to the group for a number of years, thought it was a great program and a great organization.
Several months later Mark was crowned champion of his league and $200 was set aside for the CBTF. At FS4K, we were happy to learn that another foundation/organization was going to receive extra money on behalf of our program. What we didn’t count on was the development of an incredible partnership between two organizations with a single goal, helping children.
Last week the FS4K team held a conference call with the CBTF Executive Director and several members of the Board. The end result was a mutual commitment to advance each other’s missions while having fun doing it. We are proud to announce our new partnership with the CBTF which will officially kick off on March 1, 2011 at the CBTF Texas Hold ‘em Tournament in New York City. At this event we will present the check to the CBTF, blog from the event, and enjoy the libations that can only be offered by a bar named Stout.
We hope to see you there and stay tuned for your chance to participate in our upcoming Masters Tournament and FS4K-MLB.
