UPCOMING DATES

  • 7/29/2010, 6:00 PM - UND Celebration Dinner, featuring John Affleck-Graves, Executive Vice-President
  • 8/8/2010, 4:00 PM - Student Sendoff Picnic
Information on all events can be found below.  

Photos from the Senior Alumni at the Tampa Yankees

Take a look at the photo album to see some photos of the Senior Alumni Game with the Tampa Yankees from June 26.

Call to Action for an incoming ACE Teacher to the Tampa Bay Area

Dear ND Club of Tampa Bay:

My name is Hank Jenkins and I’m a 2010 graduate of the the University of Notre Dame. I have just recently begun summer training with the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Program. I am excited to begin teaching middle school social studies and religion at Holy Family Catholic School in St. Petersburg starting this fall. The Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) is a two-year service program offering college graduates the opportunity to serve as full-time teachers in under-resourced Catholic schools across the southern United States.

I’m writing you today to solicit any advice or leads you may have on possibly securing a car for this upcoming academic year. I have looked into the possibilities of either walking to school or taking public transportation, however, according to Google maps it will take approximately 45 minutes on public transportation each way from the ACE community house in Pinellas Park that I am living in to Holy Family Catholic School. Walking would take an hour and a half each way. Ideally, I would like to spend less time on transportation to and from school so that I can devote as much time to my students as possible. I was wondering if you know of anyone that might be willing to offer suggestions that could resolve this transportation obstacle. Or, if you know of anyone that might be able to loan a car to the St. Petersburg ACE community who I could contact, I would greatly appreciate any help you can offer.

Thank you in advance for your consideration. I look forward to meeting you and all in the St. Petersburg/Tampa area! Go Irish,
Hank Jenkins
hjenkins@nd.edu



Melissa Cook Memorial Foundation Dream Weekend

 

The Melissa Cook Memorial Foundation was created by Melissa’s parents, Paul and Linda Demo, in memory of Melissa who was tragically killed in downtown Chicago when scaffolding fell from the John Hancock building on the eve of her 30th birthday. Our Foundation is dedicated to making a post-secondary education possible through need-based scholarships to students who best embody the spirit and characteristics of Melissa Cook.

In addition to this Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Demo donated money to the University of Notre Dame to create the Melissa Cook Softball Stadium, the current home of the ND Softball team.

We are offering the chance for one lucky person to win a one of a kind Notre Dame Football weekend experience. This 'event' runs from June 1 through August 31, 2010. The package includes:
  • 2 press box tickets to the ND vs. Pittsburgh game on Oct. 9th and private tour of the Notre Dame Football Stadium and Locker Room
  • 2 round-trip flights on Southwest Airlines between any 2 cities within Southwest Airlines system – travel by July 1, 2011
  • 2-night stay at Hyatt Place - South Bend, Oct. 8th - 10th, 2010
  • 1 VIP parking pass to the game & 1 dinner gift certificate

Please visit www.melissacook.org/package for more information and to enter to win.

A PDF Flyer is also available.



Membership Dues Renewal Time

 

Included in this message is the new Dues Form for 2010-2011. The linked PDF document details where to mail your payment to along with a deadline to be eligible for our football ticket lottery. In addition, there is a registration form for our annual ND Celebration Night. Thanks to our many contributors of our club. Don't miss out on your chance to get your hands on a pair of tickets and staying right on campus for the Pitt game! To get a jump on it, we have attached this year’s dues invoice. Please fill out and return. 

 


ND FOOTBALL TICKETS FOR THE TAMPA BAY CLUB

With the release of ticket lottery forms for the upcoming season, the club is happy to announce that we will have 50 tickets available for the Pitt game.

In addition, the club has an allocation of 50 beds, at the Sacred Heart Parish Center on campus . These beds are located at The Sacred Heart Parish Center (formerly known as St. Joe Hall). For those of you who aren’t aware of the Sacred Heart Parish Hall, it is located on St. Joseph’s Lake, next to Moreau Seminary, and thus close to all campus activities. Sacred Heart Parish Center, located on St Joseph's Lake on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, is a building steeped in tradition. Built in 1919 as the college seminary for the Congregation of the Holy Cross, this building housed generations of the Holy Cross, priests who were influential in the lives of many families. The building reverted to a graduate residence in the late seventies and was then taken over 1992 by Sacred Heart Parish.

This location provides unique on campus accommodations. You will get to experience the excitement of being part of campus life (again or for the first time).

The facility includes:

  • Clean, well kept but 'Spartan type" dorm rooms
  • One man's and one woman's bathroom on each floor - newly renovated
  • Soap, towels, wash clothes, linens and blankets
  • Most rooms have two single beds
  • Room assignments are all tentative and they reserve the right to place individuals in whatever rooms are available.
  • Sacred Heart does not have an elevator. If you have a special need - handicapped or elderly please advise me ASAP. 
  • There is no alcohol permitted in the dorm at any time.
  • Parking is available in front of the Sacred Heart Parish Center (off Douglas Road). If you are driving you will need a parking pass (which is included). This pass only allows you to park at the parish center.

The accommodations are Spartan but are more than offset by the sharing of the weekend as a community of the ND faithful. The prices for this year’s club tickets and beds will be $375 for a package deal (two game tickets and 2 beds for two nights) or $200 for a pair of tickets to the game.

Information on how to enter the lottery for the club is in the annual dues mailing about how to reserve not only the beds but tickets as well. Any questions, please e-mail Michael Faehner at mfaehner@mfaehner.com


Excellence in Teaching Nominations

You can nominate a teacher that you know!

The Notre Dame Alumni Association invites K–12 educators for a weekend of personal reflection and professional renewal at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.. This award-winning conference is open to all teachers and administrators from public, Catholic, and private schools nationwide, not just Notre Dame alumni. It combines practical application and inspiration to empower educators to change emotionally, intellectually, and psychologically.

This year’s conference takes place October 22-24. The conference will challenge educators to move beyond teaching as a profession to teaching as a calling. Assistant Provost for Enrollment Daniel J. Saracino, ’69, ’75 M.A., will be the keynote speaker, and energetic “Master Teacher” and Motivator Dr. Adolph Brown III and Director of Take Ten Ellen Kyes will be the workshop shop presenters. This year’s conference will motivate educators to teach outside the box to achieve a learning experience filled with Rigor, Relevance, and Relationship. Finally, it will address outside influences that affect learning in the classroom and provide management tools to teach students conflict resolution skills.

Alumni clubs across the country sponsor their best and brightest educators--those who embody the spirit of Notre Dame.  The Notre Dame Club of Tampa Bay is once again honored to sponsor a local educator to attend this cutting edge educational conference.   The Club is currently seeking nominations of educators from the Tampa Bay area.  If you would like to nominate an educator, please send a brief email letter telling us about the educator and why you recommend he/she be selected.  Please send nominations via email to Michael Faehner at mfaehner@mfaehner.com.

All nominations must be received no later than September 1st, 2009.


St. Casmir's Parish Season Ticket Raffle

We offer chances in the raffle for $1.00 each, or 6 for $5.00, or 15 for $10.00~~Drawing, 08/25/10
 
1st Prize~~~two(2) Season Football Tickets
2nd thru 8th Prizes~~two(2) tickets to each home game
For those interested, send your check made payable to:
                                                       
St Casimir's Parish
c/o Tom Zielinski
159 Parkwood Lane
South Bend,  IN   46619
Please enclose SASE so we can return stubs to the buyer. Thank you for any
help you may give. St Casimir's is a 100+ year old parish on the west side of
South Bend. All proceeds go directly to the parish for upkeep of the church.
St Casimir's was the church used for the funeral scene in the movie "Rudy".
Once again, thank you for any help you may give.


RentLikeAChampion.com

We wanted to let your ND Club know about a new lodging option for families or large groups traveling to South Bend for the 2010 football season.  Founded by three 2001 Notre Dame graduates, www.RentLikeAChampion.com  is a website that allows families or large groups to book nice homes near ND campus for half the price of hotel rooms.   This year, we have partnered with Anthony Travel Inc. to help provide great lodging options for families or large groups traveling to the game together. You can visit their website at Anthony Travel - ND Football page  They will take care of your flights and we can provide a great house just steps from the stadium.

We know that it can be a hassle for a family or group to have to divide up into 3 rooms at a dumpy hotel 10 miles from the stadium and end up paying $400 or more a night PER ROOM (or $2,400 for the group) since hotels price gouge ND Alumni on ND football weekends.  Imagine your entire family or group being able to stay in the same nicely appointed house and have a BBQ in the spacious backyard the night before the game.  Then on the day of the game you have a nice breakfast in your own kitchen and WALK over to the stadium to enjoy the festivities. (or have a 5 minute drive on residential streets in South Bend.... avoiding the traffic nightmare on the main roads.)  Or you can host a tailgate at the house!  Avoid all the hassles of traffic and simply walk back home after the game and watch the rest of the day's football games in the comfort of a nice living room with your family and friends.

We have had over 300 home rentals over the last 6 years and almost every family or group that has rented a house tell us they will NEVER GO BACK TO A SOUTH BEND HOTEL ROOM AGAIN.  Renting a house near campus is just a better way to experience ND Football. We have over 50 homes available for each of the ND Football games next year.  Most of these are within 2-3 blocks of the stadium and are owned by ND professors, alumni, other professionals in the area.  You can even rent the former home of Knute Rockne!

 As fellow Notre Dame alumni, we want to make the South Bend football weekend experience better for everyone. That’s why we started the website. We still have many homes available for every game, but we start selling out for the big games in Early June.  We even offer homes for rent for Junior Parents' Weekend, Commencement, ND Alumni Reunion Weekend, or for Weddings at ND in the summer.  (just email us to ask!) The Entrepreneurial story of Rent Like A Champion was even featured in the Spring 2010 ND Young Alumni Newsletter.  It was a great start-up experience with my fellow classmates Drew Mitchell '01 and Derrick Shenk '01.You can also contact us at 1-877-4HORSEMEN.

www.RentLikeAChampion.com


New Members Always Welcome!

Whether you are a current member who needs to renew, or are a new to the Tampa Bay area and are interested in becoming a member, it's simple! Print a copy of our Dues Form and mail it, along with your membership contribution to Mike Martin (his mailing address is included on the Dues Form). Make checks payable to "Notre Dame Club of Greater Tampa Bay".


Join us on Facebook and LinkedIn

The ND Club of Tampa Bay has a Facebook Group Page. You can view the group page by clicking here, or by searching for Notre Dame Club of Tampa Bay within Facebook.

The ND Club of Tampa Bay also has a LinkedIn group.  You can join the group at by clicking on this link ttp://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=3153456.

Thanks to Christina for taking the lead in administrating these online communities for us.

 ND Football Ticket Exchange Program
Due to the high volume of requests and the logistical nightmare that the club has experienced in previous years, the Club has decided not to do any formal ticket exchange program. We do realize that there is a demand for this service and we would suggest that you try:

NDNation - http://www.ndnation.com/boards/index.php?marketplace
UHND - http://www.uhnd.com/bb/forum/index.php?action=main&forumid=4

Both of these websites have a free section of their message board dedicated to football ticket exchanges. Greater chance to get your tickets bought/sold… high exposure… much higher than our club website. It’s 99% domers on those sites so you’re going to resell your tickets to an ND grad. Good Luck and Hope that helps out!!!

Looking for a Few Good Alums to Get Involved
The Notre Dame Club of Greater Tampa Bay is looking for some alums to help out the club in a few important areas:

  • The club is looking for some volunteers to help out with student recruitment for ND at college fairs during the Fall --Interested volunteers can contact Joli Cooper directly at jolicooper@aol.com. This year's college fairs are all over, but if you contact Joli you can get on the list to help next Fall.
  • The club is looking for a local alumn to coordinate our Senior Alumni initiatives.  For more information, please contact our Club President Michael Faehner via e-mail at mfaehner@mfaehner.com.
  • The Notre Dame Club of Greater Tampa Bay is looking for new board members to help the club to continue to grow and expand. If you are interested in serving on the Board of Directors or getting more involved. Please contact our Club President, Michael Faehner via e-mail at mfaehner@mfaehner.com.