CHARITABLE GIVING POINTS
Three San Antonio charities will be the beneficiaries of items by participating company teams, with points being awarded towards the championship. Haven For Hope, South Texas Blood & Tissue Center and the San Antonio Food Bank will all be accepting and recording donations from January 1 through May 10, 2013 ONLY. Donations must come directly to each charity, not through any partner agencies or through any third-party donations . Each charity will rank the participating teams, within their respective divisions, in order of their donated amounts, after which San Antonio Sports will award points towards the championships.
The winning team in each division will receive 50 points, 45 points for second place, 40 for third, down to 5 points for all remaining donors. If a charity determines that two or more companies are tied for any places other than first, then the points for those places will be added and divided equally among the tied teams
MORE ABOUT THE CHARITIES
San Antonio Food Bank
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The mission of the San Antonio Food Bank is to fight hunger in Southwest Texas through food distribution, programs, education and advocacy.
The San Antonio Food Bank (SAFB) is a non-profit organization that serves as a clearinghouse by receiving and storing truckloads of donated food, produce, and other grocery products. SAFB distributes these items in manageable quantities to over 500 service agencies that help people in need.
Register your food drive and specify San Antonio Sports Corporate Cup. You can find information and the registration form at http://www.safoodbank.org/index.php/get-involved/donate-food/food-and-fund-drives
Collecting Food:
Printing paper boxes work really well for Food and Fund Drives. You can go to local copy/print shops and ask for the boxes. They are sturdy and still manageable when filled with food, plus you can have fun and decorate them.
The San Antonio Food Bank can provide barrels for food collection. We do ask FFD organizers to limit barrel requests to large food drive events where more than one barrel is necessary. This keeps our transportation costs down. Delivering collected donations also helps us keep overhead costs low PLUS you can get a tour of the SAFB when you schedule your drop off and get a chance to see your donation in action!
*Collection restrictions
You will receive credit only for the items collected through an employee driven food & fund drive during the designated dates which are January 1st – May 10th.
Contact
Register your company with The San Antonio Food Bank and specify San Antonio Sports Corporate Cup. Contact Jennifer Carter at 210-431-8309 or jcarter@safoodbank.org.
Haven for Hope
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Haven for Hope’s mission is to offer a place of hope and new beginnings. Haven for Hope is a private non-profit dedicated to transforming the lives of men, women and children faced with homelessness by addressing the root causes of homelessness through education, job training and behavioral health services. We do this by providing, coordinating and delivering an efficient system of care within our multi-acre residential and service provider campus.
Register your company with Haven for Hope and specify San Antonio Sports Corporate Cup. For questions, call our Corporate Cup liaison at 210-220-2129 or e-mail give@havenforhope.org. Item tallies can be submitted via this email for our liaison records and then donated to the Haven for Hope donation station at 1 Haven for Hope Way, Monday – Friday 8 am to 5 pm and Saturday 10 am to 3 pm.
Haven for Hope is collecting the following items:
- Socks
- Underwear
- Bras
- White cotton shirts
- Monetary donation of $2 equivalent to one item
Please count your items before you drop them off at our donation station and submit the tally to give@havenforhope.org. Each "pair" of socks or individual item (shirt, bra, underwear) is equivalent to 1 point. You may make multiple submissions throughout the donation event as you collect and drop off items. Make sure you do not duplicate submissions and that you identify your organization to be counted. Thank you for your integrity, honesty and giving spirit in this competition!
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center
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South Texas Blood and Tissue Center
STBTC's staff and volunteers are committed to serving the blood, tissue and related needs of the South Texas community in a cost-effective manner by utilizing state-of-the-art facilities and equipment and to enhance those services through education and research.
South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC) is a unique, non-profit, community resource that saves lives by working with volunteer donors to provide the highest quality blood and tissue components to patients. By using cutting-edge technology, our team of dedicated professionals has helped save hundreds of thousands of lives over more than 35 years
Participating companies can:
- Host a blood drive between January 1 and May 10, 2013 at its location.
- Send employees to donate at one of seven neighborhood donor rooms between January 1 and May 10.
Hosting a Blood Drive*:
- Each company will need to designate a Blood Drive Coordinator.
- The Blood Drive Coordinator will need to call Patricia Ceniceros in the Donor Recruitment Department at 800-292-5534 ext. 1304 or email corporatecup@bloodntissue.org to set up a blood drive.
- The Blood Drive Coordinator will work with a Recruiter to discuss date, time, location and promotional materials to display at the place of business.
- Blood drives must be set up 4-6 weeks in advance. Please be sure to tell your Recruiter your company is participating in the Corporate Cup Challenge.
- The Blood Drive Coordinator should print an official sign in sheet and ask donors to sign before their donation. Keep this sheet for any employees who wish to donate at a neighborhood donor room. See instructions for donating at a neighborhood donor room.
- Employees unable to donate at their blood drive can schedule an appointment to donate at a neighborhood donor room. See instructions for donating at a neighborhood donor room.
*San Antonio Sports will provide the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center a list of all participating companies. After May 10, STBTC will tally the total number of donors between January 1 and May 10 for each company. STBTC will provide the totals for each company to San Antonio Sports.
Donating at a Neighborhood Donor Room**:
- If a participating company cannot host a blood drive, the employer can have individuals schedule appointments to donate at one of seven neighborhood donor rooms. Visit southtexasblood.org/donatingforlife to learn how to schedule an appointment online or call 800-292-5534 ext. 3500.
- The company must designate a Blood Drive Coordinator to keep a list of names of employees who wish to donate blood. (Download an official sign in sheet here.)
- If an individual has scheduled an appointment to donate, the individual should contact the Blood Drive Coordinator prior to his donation date to be added to his/her sign in list.
- The Coordinator will be responsible for sending STBTC their list of donor names so that STBTC can verify the list. Email your sign in sheets to corporatecup@bloodntissue.org.
**Neighborhood Donor Room Locations:
| Donor Pavilion 6211 IH 10 W., First Park Ten Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78201 210.731.5555 Click here for map. |
Shavano Donor Room 4079 N. Loop 1604 West, Suite 102 San Antonio, TX 78257 210.736.8920 |
Westover Hills Donor Room 10555 Culebra, Suite 107 San Antonio, TX 78251 210.736.8934 Click here for map. |
| Southeast Donor Room 3158 SE Military Dr., Suite 104 San Antonio, TX 78223 210.736.8971 Click here for map. |
Northeast Donor Room 8527 Village Dr., Suite 106 San Antonio, TX 78217 210.249.4450 Click here for map. |
New Braunfels Donor Room 651 N. IH 35, Marketplace Suite 830 New Braunfels, TX 78130 830.625.5401 |