2008 Team Iowa Scholarship Requirements

2008 Team Iowa Scholarship Requirements

Each U.S. Transplant Games, Team Iowa’s goal is to raise enough money to pay for the basic expenses of going to the Games. These basic expenses include travel, a hotel room and registration fees. In addition, the Team raises money to pay for uniforms which are required to be a part of Team Iowa along with trading pins. Team Iowa distributes the money to the athletes based on a point system which is described below.

The full scholarship check amount will be finalized when the National Kidney Foundation’s national office releases the costs for the Games. For the 2008 Games these amounts should be available late in the fall of 2007. The Teams ability to award scholarships is based solely on the amount of money raised. Scholarship checks will not cover all listed expenses if there is not enough money available from the fund raising.

Each athlete must earn 150 points to receive a full scholarship from the Team. Points are earned in each of the following categories: Meeting Team Deadlines, Attending Team Meetings and Fund Raising / Volunteer Work. You must earn the total possible points listed in EACH category to qualify for a full scholarship.

You can not use excess points in one category to make up for a shortage in another category.

Deadlines

Total Possible Points = 30. Athletes receive 10 points for meeting each of the following Team deadlines.
4/1/2008** – Deadline to be registered for the Games.
6/1/2008** – Deadline to turn in the original of your Medical Waiver to the Team Manager.
6/1/2008** – Deadline to turn in your uniform order, money for fund raising or money for any non-scholarship uniform items.
** These dates may be adjusted once the NKF national office releases their deadlines. Note that Team Iowa’s deadlines will be earlier than the US Transplant Games posted deadlines.

Meeting Attendance

Total Possible Points = 30. Athletes receive 10 points for each meeting attended. Be aware that the last meeting before the Games is required attendance for all athletes so no points are awarded for attending this meeting.

Fund Raising/Volunteer Work

Total Possible Points = 90. Athletes can meet this requirement by either raising money or volunteer work promoting organ and tissue donation. A combination of fund raising and volunteer work can be used to earn points in this category.

Donations - Athletes will receive 1 point for every $10 raised in donations and turned in to the Team by June 1, 2008. This applies to donations that are not associated with a Team Iowa fund raising event.

Organizing a Fund Raiser – Total Possible Points per Event = 10. Athletes who organize a fund raiser will receive 1 point for every $100 dollars raised by the event after any expenses. Organizers of an event will also earn points for time spent working the day of the event. All Team Iowa events must be approved by the National Kidney Foundation of Iowa at least 1 month prior to the scheduled date of the event.

2008 Team Iowa Scholarship Requirements (continued)

Organizing a Fund Raiser (continued) - Contact the Team Manager to get the required form to get your event approved. These events and the accompanying paperwork and money must be completed prior to June 1, 2008 to receive credit towards the 2008 US Transplant Games.

Athletes Volunteering at a Fund Raiser or Other Activity - Athletes who volunteer at another persons fund raiser will receive credit based on the number of hours spent working at the event. Any athlete who does volunteer work to promote organ and tissue donation or volunteer at an activity organized by some one else will receive 1 point for each hour of work. Activities outside of Team Iowa must promote organ and tissue donation such as volunteer work for the National Kidney Foundation, the Iowa Donor Network or speaking to driver’s education classes. If you’re not sure if your activity qualifies contact the Team Manager BEFORE arranging the activity. Some exceptions to this way to earn points are listed below. If other exceptions arise everyone will be notified prior to the event. Each Team Iowa event will have a sign in/out sheet to keep track of hours volunteered. You must complete this sheet to earn credit for the event. A Volunteer Credit form must be completed for all volunteer work done outside of Team Iowa. This sheet must be completed and turned in to the Team Manager by June 1, 2008 to receive credit.

Family or Friends Volunteering at Fund Raisers or Other Activity – Family or friends of athletes will earn points for the athlete only if the athlete isn’t able to be at the event themselves. Activities outside of Team Iowa must promote organ and tissue donation such as volunteer work for the National Kidney Foundation, the Iowa Donor Network or speaking to driver’s education classes. If you’re not sure if your activity qualifies contact the Team Manager BEFORE arranging the activity. Each Team Iowa event will have a sign in/out sheet to keep track of hours volunteered. You must complete this sheet to earn credit for the event. A Volunteer Credit form must be completed for all volunteer work done outside of Team Iowa. This sheet must be completed and turned in to the Team Manager by June 1, 2008 to receive credit.

Bake Sales – People who provide items to sell at a bake sale will receive 1 point for every $10 of goods provided. To receive this credit the items MUST be priced BEFORE bringing them to the sale and you MUST record the total dollars of the items provided on the Sign in/out sheet. Items also MUST be priced in accordance with the pricing guidelines provided by the bake sale organizer. You must follow all 3 of these requirements to receive credit for goods brought to the bake sale. Credit will also be given for people who volunteer at a bake sale according to the guidelines listed above.

Catalog Type Sales – Athletes will earn 1 point for every $10 of net sales. Net means the price of the items minus the cost of the items. For example, if an item is sold for $25 but our cost is $12 the athlete will get credit for $13 ($25-$12) not $25. You will get credit for items you order for yourself or people living in the same household after you have $50 of net sales to people outside your household.

Uniforms & Trading Pins – Uniforms are required to be a member of Team Iowa and must be ordered from the Team. The point system will be used to determine how much of the uniform cost will be covered by the Team. People who earn 150 points will have their uniforms provided at no cost. Any athlete who earns less than 150 points will have a percentage of the cost of the uniforms covered by the Team. For example, if an athlete has only earned 90 points by June 1, 2008 then 60% (90/150) of the cost will be covered by the Team and the balance will have to be paid by the athlete. Uniform costs will not be known until some time in 2008.
Dollars will not be rounded in determining how many points have been earned. For example, if you brought $26 worth of items to a bake sale you will be awarded 2 points not 3.

We realize this seems like a lot of details and rules. Our goal was to put in writing the requirements so everyone could clearly understand what they get credit for and what is required to earn that credit. If you have any questions please contact the Team Manger or anyone on the Team Iowa Committee.

Recipes needed for Team Iowa Cookbook

Anyone with a favorite recipe or a family secret recipe (or several) they would like to share, please email it to Ardy. She and her cohorts are compiling recipes for a Team Iowa cookbook that will be a fundraiser for the team. Ardy, Jude and Cheryl will be starting work on the cookbook on Monday, February 12, so please get your recipes to Ardy soon!

Ardy's email is Ardyth.Boucher@fmc-na.com

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