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Tom Kerns
Supporter
Username: Tom_kerns
Post Number: 343
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 11:26 pm: | 
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Just wanted to acknowledge the incredible hospitality shown by Pete at Park Wood Diner. I, along with Steve Tugentman (and help from some other parents from time to time), coached the M/SO Rec Division 3 girls softball team sponsored by the Park Wood Diner. When we told Pete that we took first place and wanted to celebrate the end of the season at the diner he was very excited. When we arrived after the last game he had hand made signs taped to all the windows that said "Congratulations Softball Champs". He then gave the girls and their parents all the french fries, chicken fingers and drinks they wanted. He also had an ice cream cake made decorated with a softball and glove and the words "Congrats Park Wood Diner Champs". This was all very unexpected and, while we tried, he wouldn't accept any money.
Thank you for the terrific food, great hospitality and for being such a great sponsor for the softball program.
Tom Kerns and Steve Tugentman |
Camnol
Citizen
Username: Camnol
Post Number: 374
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 8:05 am: |
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Pete's the best!
Congratulations to your team.
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SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 3353
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 10:05 am: |
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Wow... what a great story. I love to hear about businesses that go above and beyond the basic sponsorship of the teams, but this is really over the top. What a great "Mayberry" ending to a fantastic season for your team. |
Monster©
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 3601
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 10:20 am: |
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Pete gets
The team gets an
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Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1100
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 10:47 am: |
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THAT was a story worth telling....
Hey, where has the puppy gone wearing the Union Jack?????? Hey, see? The "empire" takes over everything!!!!!!!!! |
blackcat
Citizen
Username: Blackcat
Post Number: 634
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 1:33 pm: |
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I love Parkwood...and congrats to Parkwood on their new sign! |
Goldyjess
Citizen
Username: Goldyjess
Post Number: 48
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 8:10 pm: |
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I love this story too - we love the Park Wood diner and I will keep giving them business! |
sac
Supporter
Username: Sac
Post Number: 3519
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 9:26 pm: |
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It's a great story and a great place.
However, I wonder if there may be some sense of unfairness on the part of members of other teams whose sponsors don't do likewise ... |
Amateur Night
Citizen
Username: Deborahg
Post Number: 1868
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 10:15 pm: |
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My son's T-Ball team is sponsored by South Orange Chiropractic and I, for one, am up for some free back work!
Seriously, anyone who sponsors a team deserves major kudos whether or not they throw a party at the end of the season. Yay sponsors! |
Amateur Night
Citizen
Username: Deborahg
Post Number: 1869
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 10:15 pm: |
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PS Loved your story -- Parkwood ROCKS! |
mwoodwalk
Citizen
Username: Mwoodwalk
Post Number: 550
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 10:41 pm: |
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Yeah, my son's t-ball team was sponsored by Modern Auto Body--I want some free work done on the dents in our cars!! Isn't that part of the sponsorship?
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Amateur Night
Citizen
Username: Deborahg
Post Number: 1871
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 11:00 pm: |
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There's also a team sponsored by Kim's Nails, I recommend mani/pedis for all moms! |
Carla
Citizen
Username: Elbowroom
Post Number: 85
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 6:39 am: |
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PARK WOOD! PARK WOOD!! PARK WOOD!!! PARK WOOD!!!!
Sounds like the team parked some wood into the ball!
Congrats! |
Tom Kerns
Supporter
Username: Tom_kerns
Post Number: 344
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 9:22 am: |
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I posted this because I was very impressed by Park Wood's sense of community spirit and how excited Pete was that the team he sponsored did so well. But all of the sponsors (for baseball and softball) deserve major kudos. We could not have successful programs without them. Here is a list of the businesses, organizations and individuals who sponsored teams for the Maplewood/South Orange Girls Softball program (sorry I don't have the baseball list):
Bagel Chateau
Village Ice Cream Parlour
Caribbean Cuisine
Ambiance Jewelry
March Kids Shoes
Anthony Garubo Salon & Day Spa
Marine Agency
Arturo's
Roman Gourmet
Quick Chek
Maplewood-South Orange Sewer & Drain Cleaning Inc.
Summit Physical Therapy
Sterling Properties
SaveOurSouth Foundation
OLS Athletics
Signal Graphics
South Orange Disposal
Moods in Hair
Bauman All Stars (Drew Bauman, ESQ)
Park Wood Diner
A very huge thank you to each and every one of them.
Tom |
papayagirl
Citizen
Username: Papayagirl
Post Number: 567
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 10:27 am: |
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That's excellent. =-)
And btw - love the new sign!! |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14744
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 11:26 am: |
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Freebies are not part of the deal, mwoodwalk. If a sponsor throws them in, it's not to make anyone feel begrudged or to make another sponsor look bad.
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soresident
Citizen
Username: Soresident
Post Number: 399
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 3:58 pm: |
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You can view a list of the approximately 100 sponsors of South Orange/Maplewood baseball here: http://eteamz.active.com/sobaseball/sponsors/ |
mwoodwalk
Citizen
Username: Mwoodwalk
Post Number: 551
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 10:23 pm: |
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Tom, I was joking (just playing along with the theme); I obviously need to work on making the sarcasm in my posts more obvious.
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Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14800
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 7:18 am: |
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That's OK. At the same time, I'll work on improving my Sarcasm Detector(tm).
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