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“If you want to own a business and work for yourself without

shouldering all of the risk by yourself, a franchise is definitely the way to go. Choosing the right franchise opportunity is the key. You should find one that fits your interests and long term personal

and business goals. Many franchise systems offer a great return on

your investment, but if you don’t enjoy the business you may

lose interest and burn out over time. That’s what’s great about

NFP Sports.”

- James Thomson

“We know how important coaches are to their play-

ers and their communities, and we wanted to create a way for people to publicly

show their gratitude. Few people realize it, but President Nixon created

an official National Coach-es Day on October 6, 1972

and too little has been done to recognize coaches on

their big day. We have taken it upon ourselves to help establish this awards

program and an official white house petition to

effectively revive this im-portant national holiday.”

- James Thomson

Park Ridge football coach Gary Mioli will receive a posthumous award Thursday in celebration of National Coaches Day. As part of the celebration to commemorate Mioli’s accomplishments on and off the field, NFP Sports will present a banner, plaque and $2,500 grant to the Park Ridge Athletic Department.

Simply launching a new company is

incredibly difficult. Making it successful is

exponentially harder. You will have sleepless

nights and work insane hours. It’s

likely to take months, sometimes years,

before your efforts help you turn a profit. Take it from us, if we

didn’t love sports, and more importantly, the

work required to sell and execute our

patented fundraising program, there is no

way our company would exist today.

St. Paul’s Jude Kelly and Southington’s Mike Drury were semifinalists for the

inaugural National Coach-es Day Award, given out by

NFP Sports. NFP Sports was created to serve the

fundraising needs of sports teams and programs who

need the help. They are looking to revive Nation-

al Coaches Day, which was originally established as a

holiday by President Richard Nixon in 1972.

“There are very few known standards for fundraising com-panies in the industry, so the biggest thing for us was to cre-ate some high level standards that the industry could oper-ate and a franchise system is the only thing we can across that would really do that.”

-- James Thomson, NFP Sports

In its third year, NFP Sports’ Scholarship Program awardsscholarships to the three top performing student athletes during the school year. Each of these student athletes sold more than 100 units and raised more than $2,000 for their teams. With more than 100 sports teams and thousands of student athletes participating in the NFP Sports High Impact Fundraising Program every year, it is a tremendous accomplishment to be one of the top three performers.

Each of these

student athletes sold over 100 $20

units and brought in a total of over $2,000 each.

About the program — In its third year, NFP Sports’ Scholarship Program awards scholarships to the three top performing student athletes during the school year. Each of these student athletes sold more than 100 units and raised more than $2,000 for their teams. With more than 100 sports teams and thousands of student athletes participating in the NFP Sports High Impact Fundraising Program every year, it is a tremendous accomplishment to be one of the top three performers.

2013/2014 NFP Sports Connecticut Scholarship Award Program

1st Place-Kristiyana Petrova raised $2,400 for Montville High School girls’ lacrosse. Kristiyana will receive $1,000 toward her college tuition.

2nd Place-Alec Maisonet raised $2,260 for Plainville High School football. Alec will receive $750 toward his college tuition.

3rd Place-Chris Young raised $2,100 for Rocky Hill High School football. Chris will receive $500 toward his college tuition.

From left to right: Kevin Digby, Alec Maisonet, Chris Young, Kristiyana Petrova and James Thomson.

First Place Kristiyana

Petrova

Second Place Alec Maisonet

Third Place Chris Young

“The perception about fundraising is varied. What we offer is a no-risk,

high-reward program. It all starts with a meeting with the coaching staff. Our

NFP coaches will actually create a goal statement with the coach. This is our

goal. This is why it’s important. This is how it will make our team better.”

-- James Thomson, NFP Sports

“What’s important is for the student athletes, if you cut high school sports, there’s leadership qualities, sales skills, part of a team and knowing how to operate in the real world. What’s happened with education? With athletics there’s that stronghold of coaches that really care and that’s really for us why we like working with high school sports and coaches because they really care and don’t get much pay. -- James Thomson, NFP Sports

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The Walter Camp Football Foundation was founded in 1967 to continue the work started by area native Walter Camp of selecting and honoring the outstanding college football talent playing the game across America.