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Total Of Cash Donations From Participating Teams  = $2144.11

Total Of Cash Donations From Other Supporters  = $256.62 (after PayPal Fees)

Total Of Cash Donations From Corporate Sponsors = $0.00

Grand Total Of Cash Donations Raised As Of 4/25/2005 = $2,400.73

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SOH Charity Invitational.

Who:

The Soldiers Of Honor are assembling a council for the planning and implementation of a charitable tournament to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  The council will consist of 1 person per represented team.  

What:

A tournament to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  This is about children with needs.  This is about the Delta Force Community enlisting in the battle against diseases in children and us working together to make a difference.

The donation per participating team will be a minimum of $100.  If, for example 10 people on one team each donate $10 the minimum donation of $100 for that team will be achieved.

Our minimum goal is to have 5 corporate sponsors match the money that participating teams collectively donate.  To date we have not succeeded at drawing any corporate sponsors.

The Council Of Teams has voted on the game type and game format for this tournament: 

Blackhawk Down:Team Sabre - Team King Of The Hill

When:

We anticipate this tournament being played sometime in the first quarter of 2005. 

We do hope to make this worthy cause an annual fund raiser.

Where:

This will be an online event.  Servers used in this tournament will be determined by the Council Of Teams.

Why:

Spend some time looking over the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital web site.  Also read their "About Us" info.  

This is a most worthy cause.  St. Jude helps patients without regard to the family's ability to pay.  Children from all over the world are treated by St. Jude - so there are no physical boundaries that would otherwise limit them.

It is good that we, the Delta Force Community think outside of the box..... think outside of ourselves..... and work together on a cause much greater than ourselves.

Message from Jennifer Neal of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital:

On behalf of the children of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, I would like to thank all the participants and sponsors for the Team SOH charity event. Events such as this, are very unique and we are privileged to have such wonderful supporters.

St. Jude is often called the "hospital without walls," because our research is shared freely across the world. Researchers continue working to find cures for disease cancers, pediatric AIDS, and sickle cell. Since the doors opened in 1962 the survival rate of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer, has increased from 4% to over 80%.

Danny Thomas's dream, the founder of St. Jude, was "No child should die in the dawn of life." Because of generous donors like you and unique events like this, we are getting closer everyday. Thank you for your support and keeping Danny's dream alive.

Jennifer Neal
Event Marketing Representative
ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Background Information:

Since organizing as a team on November 18, 2002 the Soldiers Of Honor have worked very hard to build a successful team in the Delta Force Community.  Our peers will attest to the fact that we have achieved a fair level of success and influence.  With influence comes responsibility.  Having accomplished the above we still find that at the end of the day our labor in building a successful team can seem somewhat self-serving.  With this in mind we set our sights on what we have coined "a cause greater than ourselves".  It is our desire to put our influence and success to work.   We are in search of teams in the Delta Force Community to collaborate with us in this endeavor.

On January 3, 2004 The Soldiers Of Honor discussed creating a charitable tournament within the Delta Force Community.  We researched needy organizations and unanimously agreed to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  We contacted St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and have spoke to them several times. 

Our team discussed having participants donate to enroll in said tournament.  We discussed enlisting corporate sponsors to match against funds raised by our tournament and to donate product and or services to individuals that achieve certain goals in the tournament.  We are in the process of enlisting corporate sponsors at this time.  Please bookmark us to stay up to date with this topic as we proceed.  We would like to make this an annual fund raising event.

We are looking for teams within the Delta Force Community to help us fight the battle against diseases in children.  We are firm in our belief that the Delta Force Community will rise to the occasion and band with us in the battle. 

Any individuals or teams interested in participating can send their inquiry to Covert1^SOH^ at Covert1@teamsoh.com 

Potential corporate sponsors and other sponsor types may send inquiries to the same e-mail address as well.

I Corinthians 13:13:  "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."