Greater Portland USBC Charity
2023-2024 Charity Report
Once again, our association members have humbled us with their kind donations. We raised $16,000 for Bowlers to Veterans Link (BVL). Our 9 pin No Tap tournament raised $4000.00 and the Envelop drive raised $5,862, that money came directly from the bowlers. That is very impressive.
We need to send a big thank you to our sponsors, their Lane Sponsorships and raffle item donations were above and beyond expectations.
Next season we will be adding a second charity tournament. The Board of Directors has voted to raise money for the Susan G Komen Foundation. We will be raising money for BVL from September through December, and Susan G Komen Foundation January through April. More information will be available in the coming months.
Humbly Submitted,
Your Charity Committee
2022-2023 Charity Report
This was another outstanding year for the Charity Committee. We raised over $16,000 for our Bowlers to Veterans Link Charity.
During the week of Veterans Day, we ask our bowlers for donations. We hold a charity tournament called the “BVL 9 Pin No Tap Charity Tournament” and we send donation envelopes to all leagues to be passed around during the week.
Our 5th annual BVL Tournament was held at King Pins Portland on November 12, 2022. We had 137 Bowlers participate in this year’s tournament. We had 13 Lane Sponsors who donated $3,025.00 and raised $2,675 from our raffle drawings. This was by far our best year and have already begun planning for next years tournament which will be held at KingPins Portland on November 11th, 2023.
Our leagues stepped up once again. Every league was given donation envelopes to pass around during the week of Veterans Day. We collected $5,375.02 from our leagues. Their generosity never fails to humble us. Thank you to all our league secretaries and league bowlers for their donations.
Humbly Submitted,
Your Charity Committee
2021-2022 Charity Report
This year has been one of our best years. We raised over $17,000 for our Bowlers to Veterans Link Charity.
During the month of August we held two special tournaments to welcome back our bowlers after the long shut down. These two tournaments raised $848.00 dollars for BVL and $643.00 for our Scholarship program. We want to thank everyone who joined us and donated their money to our charities.
During the week of Veterans Day, we ask our bowlers for donations. We hold a charity tournament called the “BVL 9 Pin No Tap Charity Tournament” and we send donation envelops to all leagues to be passed around during the week.
Our 4th annual BVL Tournament was held at King Pins Portland on November 6, 2021. We had 125 Bowlers participate in this year’s tournament. We had 18 Lane Sponsors who donated $2,477.00 and raised $1772.00 from our raffle drawings. This was by far our best year and have already began planning for next years tournament which will be held at KingPins Portland on November 12th, 2022.
Our leagues stepped up once again. Every league was given donation envelopes to pass around during the week of Veterans Day. We collected $4,624.50 from our leagues. Their generosity never fails to humble us. Thank you to all our league secretaries and league bowlers for their donations.
Humbly Submitted,
Your Charity Committee
2020-2021 Charity Report
2020-2021 has been a horrible year. Both of our main charity drives were canceled due to the Covid-19 shutdown. That being said we came together and raised money for our local centers. Together the bowlers helped raise over $7,269.33 dollars through the GoFundme page. National USBC sent us a check for $5,648 and the GPUSBC association donated $7,682.67 from the General account . These 3 donation avenues allowed our organization to award each of our centers a check in the amount of $2,000.00. We hope these donations helped our centers to stay the course and open their doors when we were finally able to open up bowling again. We want to thank everyone who contributed their time and effort to make this happen.
2019-2020 Charity Report
During the week of Veterans Day, we ask our bowlers for donations. We hold a charity tournament called the “BVL 9 Pin No Tap Charity Tournament” and we send donation envelops to all leagues to be passed around during the week. The tournament was held at King Pins Portland on November 3, 2020, it was a huge success. Between the BVL Tournament and the Envelope donation drive we collected over $12,000.00 dollars for our local veterans. This was our best donation year to date! We are humbled by the outpouring of generosity from our members and community.
The Greater Portland USBC would like to express our deepest appreciation and gratitude to all our veterans and service members and their families for all their sacrifices.
2018-2019 Charity Report
2018-2019 was a great year for Greater Portland USBC BVL charity fund raising. As an association we raised $6,957.11. That is an increase over last year by $1,152.29!
The 2nd Annual BVL tournament was held at King Pins Portland. We would like to thank everyone who participated. A special thanks to: Alliance Steel Distributors, Fogel Insurance Group, Steve Susbauer, Benny Salinas, and Value-Added Mortgage for their generous Lane Sponsorships. The 3rd Annual BVL Tournament is scheduled for 3 November at King Pins Portland.
During the week of Veterans Day, we ask our bowlers for donations. We distribute envelopes to each of our leagues and ask them to pass them amongst their league to collect donations. As always, we are humbled by the outpouring of generosity from our members.
We would like to recognize the following leagues for their above and beyond support:
Gasoline Alley $400.00
Gutter Snipes $366.00
Mt Hood Commercial $296.00
A Mark of Excellence Football League $109.00
The Greater Portland USBC would like to express our deepest appreciation and gratitude to all our veterans and service members and their families for all their sacrifices.
Humbly Submitted,
Your Charity Committee
2017-2018 Charity Report
This was a tremendous year for raising funds to donate to Bowlers to Veterans Link. Total funds raised were $5,804.82 which is an increase over last year by $676.91.
We would like to thank everyone who participated in our 1st annual BVL tournament. It was a great success and we have already started planning for the 2nd Annual BVL Tournament which will be held on 3 November, 2018 at KingPins Bowling Center. We will be adding additional lanes for the event.
Every year, during the week of Veterans Day, we ask our bowlers for donations. Envelopes are provided to each league secretary to pass around to collect the donations for BVL. As in years past; we are humbled by the outpouring of generosity from our members.
We would like to recognize the following leagues for their above and beyond support:
Gasoline Alley $400.00
Mt Hood Commercial $191.00
Widmer Vegas Doubles $158.75
Monday Nighters $156.00
Jacks & Jills $156.00
Gutter Snipes $153.26
TGIF $145.00
VIP Seniors $134.00
Independent Merchant $120.00
Widmer 12 Grand $118.00
The Greater Portland USBC would like to express our deepest appreciation and gratitude to all our veterans and service members and their families for all of their sacrifices.
Humbly Submitted,
Your Charity Committee