Greetings Padua Coaches and Representatives:

It’s hard to believe our winter season is well underway. The Padua Athletic Boosters would like to congratulate everyone a great season thus far. As you know, our biggest fundraiser of the year, The Night at the Races, is only four months away! I know it seems far away, but it will approach us quickly.

Last year, with your help, we were able to raise over $11,000 from The Night at the Races! All money raised goes directly back to the Athletes of Padua.

This year we are asking for help from each team. We would like each team to put together a gift basket with a minimum total worth of $35.00. We encourage you to have the athletes and their parents get involved. The gift baskets should have a "theme" and we would like to have a variety of different baskets. These baskets will be available to be purchased by a Chinese Auction before the races being.

We were able to do this last year as a few of the sports were kind enough to donate baskets and this proved to be a big success!

Be creative when deciding to put a basket together! Some ideas would be a "Padua basket", a golf basket, a baby basket, a garden basket, etc. Thanks goes to the boys Soccer team who were the first to volunteer to make a "movie basket!"

Please call me with your idea for a basket as soon as possible. When your baskets are finished, we will be happy to pick them up and store them for you until April so don’t delay, start your basket now!

Remember that we would like to see each of the 22 sports teams represented at the tables. Don’t be left out! Your team will be acknowledged on your basket.

If you have questions or would like to let us know the name of your theme basket, please contact Denise Frantz at 440-888-6087. Thank your for your continued support of the Padua Boosters.