HOOP BOOSTERS TO AID STUD ENTS

 

 

 

 

 

It’s Magic time. College Foundation Executive Director Mark Crozet, Foundation Chair Bill Gartside and
Athletic Director Betty Lou Hayes were all smiles when they met basketball legend Magic Johnson at a
Grizzlies-sponsored reception in Vancouver on November 30.

You can be part of the Douglas
College bunch hooping it up when the
Vancouver Grizzlies take to the hardwood
next fall in their first National Basketball
Association season.

The College’s Foundation has
announced it will organize the Douglas
College Vancouver Grizzlies Fan Club
and offer packages allowing people to
contribute to student award funds while
they attend Grizzlies’ games.

The Fan Club kick-off takes place on
Friday, February 10 during the Royals’
men’s and women’s basketball double-

header (6pm and 8pm) against Trinity
Western.

In a special arrangement, the
Foundation obtained a block of 50 tickets
for each Grizzlies’ home game. The
Foundation keeps 10 percent of funds
from each ticket it sells but does not pay
for unsold tickets. Douglas College was
the first educational institution to
conclude such a fund-raising arrangement
with the team.

“T think this is an exciting opportunity
for the College. An important part of this
relationship is that it also allows us access

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to the expertise of the Grizzlies’
marketing staff, and that can be very
useful when you are involved in
fundraising work,” says Foundation
Executive Director Mark Crozet.

Pricing and packaging of the tickets is
still being finalized. Plans being
considered include ticket discounts and
special events for club members as well as
making large blocks of tickets available to
student clubs or College employee groups
for selected games. fl