P ROF ESSIONAL S K ATE R S F O U NDATIO N
Officers, Board Members and Trustees PRESIDENT Patrick O'Neil VICE PRESIDENT Carol Murphy TREASURER Scott McCoy SECRETARY Gerry Lane BOARD MEMBER
Paul Wylie Carol Rossignol Tim Covington Kelley Morris Adair Jill Maier-Collins TRUSTEE
Richard Dwyer Robbie Kaine Wayne Seybold Moira North Curtis McGraw Webster
Skaters' Fund – Donation Levels: • Platinum • Diamond • Gold • Silver • Bronze
$10,000+ $5,000+ $1,000+ $500+ $100+
Recognition opportunities for donors available The Professional Skaters Foundation (PSF) was founded to expand the educational opportunities of PSA members through a 501(c)(3) non-profit, charitable foundation.
The PS Foundation recently joined the Smile Amazon Program. Amazon donates 0.5% of all eligible purchases to a charity that you designate on the Smile.amazon.com website. AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support the PS Foundation every time you shop, with no additional cost to you. Simply go to smile.amazon. com from your web browser, choose the PS Foundation as your designated charity, and use your existing amazon. com account with all the same settings! We all shop on Amazon today; please consider choosing the PS Foundation as your designated charity and start shopping on smile. amazon.com! Please spread the word to family and friends!
2021 Virtual U.S. Open Professional Figure Skating Championships By Patrick O’Neil
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he PS Foundation takes great pleasure in announcing that the 2021 U.S. Open Professional Figure Skating Championships, presented by the Professional Skaters Association, is a go! The live premier event will run on Sunday, May 23, 2021.
Streaming: Sunday, May 23, 2021 Compete: Register by April 1 Watch: Register at skatepsa.com to receive the viewing link and be entered into a prize drawing. Sponsor: Share with your club! Sponsor the event or a competitor. We value all support of the Professional Skaters Foundation!
The Virtual U.S. Open Professional Figure Skating Championships will feature one event, consisting of men’s, ladies, pairs, dance, specialty act, and group and will be judged based on “total performance” with an eye to costuming, presentation, music selection, choreography, style, and technique. The event will be conducted under the rules and regulations set forth by the Professional Skaters Association. The competition is open to all international performing and teaching professionals. Competitors must be at least 16 years of age by the registration deadline. Registration must be completed online by 11:59pm CST on April 1, 2021. The Entryeeze online registration link, with secure credit card payment, is now available at 2021 Virtual U.S. Open Pro Figure Skating Championships Home (entryeeze.com) Registrations may be limited and will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Upon registration, the competitor will receive a Dropbox link to upload a video of high or recognizable resolution, as well as submit their music electronically. The PS Foundation encourages all participating competitors to actively seek a Champion level sponsor to cover their entry fee. Competitors may choose to seek a sponsorship from their club, rink or interclub association. All sponsors, including Champion sponsorships, will receive special recognition during the Live Premiere Event. Additionally, the PS Foundation encourages all coaches to reach out to the clubs they are affiliated with and encourage the club to become a sponsor for the U.S. Open. All sponsorship donations will go to the Professional Skaters Foundation (PS Foundation) which is tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and you may claim that you did not receive any goods or services in consideration, in whole or part, for your contribution. The Grand Champion Award plus a cash prize of $2,500, and three special awards plus a $1,000 cash prize each, will be presented to four winners at the completion of the event during the Virtual Awards Presentation. The Grand Champion will also have a performance opportunity with Ice Theatre of New York (ITNY). For those of you whose competitive days are over, but are interested in watching the U.S. Open Championships, you can go to the PSA website online store to register for the link. A registration fee of $10.00 will automatically enter you into a drawing for prize and the link to the event will be sent out on May 23, the day of the event. On behalf of the entire PS Foundation, we hope you will all join us for a terrific event!
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