Red Rocks Church Sports & Activities Ministry
Sponsors’ Quarterly Report March 31, 2010
Charities Served Mount St. Vincent Foster Home On March 8th, the RRC Bowling League invited 27 kids from Mount St. Vincent to bowl in our place. With the partnership of Lucky Strike Belmar, 27 foster kids bowled for two hours, each having a dedicated ‘best friend’ from our league for the night. We supplied sodas and appetizers. Upon the conclusion of this event we had two of our members inquire about mentoring opportunities and are currently in the approval process for becoming a permanent mentor for an MSV child. We have held brainstorming meetings with MSV and have several projects in the works including onsite fitness programs, onsite rock climbing coaching on a mobile rock wall, RRC participation in their May 27th field day, and RRC participation on several Summer retreats.
Sox Place Sox Place provides a safe-haven home in downtown Denver serving homeless teens. Members from our sports ministry served Sox Place by building shelving units in the basement to store donated clothes and other donated items. We also had a team from our soccer and running groups spend a Saturday morning organizing and storing these items onto the shelves in order to make room for indoor skateboarding. We are currently working with Sox Place to help provide volunteers for their Child Development Program for the babies and toddlers of the homeless teens.
Dayspring Ministries On Saturday, February 13, RRC Sports Ministry partnered with Kody Smith of Fit Body Bootcamp to put on the first annual ‘Burn the Fat, Feed the Hungry’ workout-a-thon. We hosted 150 participants over a 3hour workout in the main sanctuary and raised $1,000 for Dayspring Ministries and their Our Father’s House orphanage in Haiti. Of the 150 participants, only 42 were members of Red Rocks Church so we were able to expose members of the community to our church while raising awareness for fitness and the Haitian orphanage.
The Denver Rescue Mission On March 8th serving event at the Lucky Strike Belmar, we also hosted a food drive to collect donated food and hygiene products for families served by the Denver Rescue Mission. Over $500 in donated items were purchased, put into plump full food bags, and delivered to the downtown shelter. We had 21 volunteers participate in this effort to not only organize and bag the items, but we also had a group of 6 (pictured below) make 160 homemade cookies which we put into care packages with personalized encouragement cards for the families. We also raised $150 in our 3-Frame Bowling Challenge in which the proceeds went directly towards this effort.
Miracle on 19th St. Six members from our sports ministry participated in the Christmas day event at the Chop House restaurant downtown to feed the homeless who are bussed in from several local shelters. Our volunteers helped serve food, bus and clean tables, and even provided the Mr. & Mrs. Clause entertainment for the children. This event is hosted by The Rock Bottom Foundation.
Other Charities Contacted 1) We held a great meeting with the Area Director for the Colorado Special Olympics. We are putting plans in place to contribute volunteers for their Summer Classic event in July as well as organize RRC Unified Sports teams teaming disabled with non-disabled athletes to compete in Unified Sports leagues. 2) We supported Jill Johnson’s effort by supplying seven volunteers for the ‘Mountain Mardi Gras’ event for the Preservation Limb Society. 3) We spoke with Josh Trujillo of Save Our Youth and they currently do not have a need for sports programs or volunteers. We plan to stay in touch as a ready resource if needed.
RRC Sports & Activities RRC Bowling League 2010 12 teams combining for 80 bowlers are participating in our 2010 bowling league. We have three teams of individual registrants who we combined with other individual registrants. All three teams have mixed nicely which is important to our ministry as we look to forge new relationships and work to deepen existing relationships as this not only helps in church member retention, but it helps when service opportunities arise and our members feel comfortable serving with other members. The Aquaknox (pictured right) are one of these teams and as you can see, they are getting along great.
3-Month Fitness Challenge In partnership with Fit Body Bootcamp we have organized a 3-month fitness challenge for the members and friends of RRC. We have 34 participants who meet every Saturday morning at 9am as a group and then hold each other accountable to working out regularly throughout the week at the Fit Body gym or a gym of our own. Participants are rewarded monthly on various fitness goals. We are in our 5th week and we have participants who have lost 10”, 7.5”, & 7” around his/ her waist. Our goal is to improve the overall health of our church members by educating on health and wellness throughout these three months.
RRC Indoor Soccer Teams We have two RRC indoor soccer teams currently participating in the Sports Monster league at the Golden Goal. 24 participants make up these teams and all but one have signed back up to play in the Spring leagues.
RRC Active Groups We have formed several Active Groups during the first quarter including the Running, Mountain Biking, Rock Climbing, and Hiking groups. These groups serve as “small groups” which gather around a physical activity of common interest. We require these groups to make serving our partnered charities/ ministries an essential aspect of their activity. For example, the Rock Climbing Group will be bringing a mobile rock climbing wall to MSV Home this Spring to teach the kids how to rock climb.
Important Items to Note Sponsorship Program Our sponsorship program is now in place as we are seeking funds to continue building our programs for our partnered charities. Our vision also includes building our own facilities with an indoor gym and outdoor field to host clinics, leagues, and other events for our adult and children ministry programs.
Sports & Activities Website We are in the process of developing a functional website for the sports ministry using Google’s free site building tools. Our site can be found at http://sports.redrockschurch.com
Bowling Shirts Our 2010 bowling t-shirts are in print and will be handed to all bowling participants at week’s end. All sponsors are displayed on the back of each shirt.
Team Photo Frames Each participant will receive a Red Rocks bifold photo frame displaying his/her team picture on one side and all sponsors’ logos on the other. We believe participants will display these photos on work desks or in homes which will increase exposure to sponsors’ brands.