Attention...Attention...The event you've all been waiting for since last year is finally set and fast approaching: DODGEBALL!!! The Young Professionals of Naples in connection with the Young Lawyers Association of Collier County are hosting their annual Dodgeball tournament on Saturday, March 27, 2010. MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Saturday, March 27, 2010. START FORMING TEAMS! Saturday March 27, 2010. Last year, 18 teams competed in a rigorous tournament to crown a Champion. This year will undoubtedly prove better than last year's tournament! This year's tournament will have two divisions: The Coed Division, which will require the team to begin each game with a minimum of three from each gender on the court (i.e. 3 girls, 3 guys), and The Open Division, which has no gender requirements. Cost of the tournament is $60 for a team of 6-8 (maximum of 6 can play on the court at a time, the remainder are alternates). All proceeds to benefit The Children's Advocacy Center. The Tournament will be held at Fleishmann park on Saturday, March 27, 2010 and will begin at 10:00 A.M. To sign up a team, please go here. Download the application, fill it out, attach $60, mail it in to the address at the bottom of the application, and have your team show up on March 27 at 10:00 A.M. To receive a shirt, all applications and money must be received by March 19, 2010. Any applications received thereafter may be accepted to play in the tournament, but the teams will not receive the Free T-shirt for participating. For all questions, please email Chris Donovan at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Again, the application is here.

Is your business needing new customers? Then become a sponsor of the Charity Dodgeball Tournament held by the Young Lawyers and Young Professionals on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Being a Sponsor of the event only costs $100 dollars. In return, your business's name or logo will be put on the T-shirts provided to all participants of the tournament. Also, your sponsorship will benefit The Children's Advocacy Center because all proceeds and sponsorship money is donated to The Children's Advocacy Center at the conclusion of the Tournament. To be a sponsor, please go here. Download the sponsorship form, fill it out, attach $100 dollars, and mail to the address at the bottom of the sponsorship form. To be included on the T-shirts, please have all money and forms mailed in by March 8, 2010. For all questions, please email Chris Donovan at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Join YP Naples at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

The Komen Race for the Cure is a unique event, designed and implemented to promote positive awareness, education and early detection of breast cancer. It has proved to be an enormously effective way to reach many women and men with the message that breast cancer is not necessarily fatal if mammography and breast self-exam become routine. As well as being a road race for runners, the Komen Race for the Cure is an emotionally charged event that attracts many first timers and recreational runners. The Komen Race for the Cure is an opportunity for thousands of women, men and their families, running or walking, to spread the breast cancer message within their communities.

Seventy-five percent of the funds raised remains right here in Southwest Florida to help provide breast health research, diagnostics, screening, treatment, services and education for uninsured or underinsured women. The remaining 25 percent goes to fund national research to discover the causes of breast cancer and, ultimately, its cures.

To join the YP Naples team, go to: Komen Site and enter YP Naples where it says "Team Name" and then click "Search for a Team." The site will then guide you through registration. Registration for the race is $25 for the 5K Run/Walk and $30 for the Timed Chip Run.

Team t-shirts are available for $12 each. Please place your order for the team shirt by

February 26

by emailing your size to

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. Please bring your payment to the race. Shirts will be a white and pink baseball style shirt with "Saving Second Base" across the front.

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