Record Donation!

Thanks to the generosity of some winners of this year’s 2019 HWCI NCAA Pool, a record $230.00 was made to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America last month (April 27). While I donated $50 thanks to 25 entries in our 9th HWCI First Four for Charity, Charles D, John S, Robert S, Andy F, Vi P, and Carl S contributed another $180! And if I can get through the paperwork, I am hoping that my company will match this amount. I’ll keep you up to date if that gets approved.

That means in the 9 years of doing the First Four for Charity, $928.08 have been donated to nine different charities. Thank you for your support and we’ll do it again next year! If you have an idea for a charity next year, let me know!

Issue # 11.4.3 “Certified Fresh*” *-Once we deleted all the negative comments

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Thursday, April 4, 2019  

TWO NEWBIES AND VIRGINIA JOIN MICHIGAN ST IN FINAL FOUR
At least $85 will be donated to Boys & Girls Clubs of America; over $783 donated in 9 years

SANTA BARBARA, CA (smt)- It is so nice that if you don’t like how something is being viewed, you canjust force a company like Rotten Tomatoes to change their scoring methods or delete a bunch of data until it comes out positive.  Luckily, the HWCI NCAA Pool will not bow to trolls and will continue to press on, year after year, this being our 25th silver anniversary.  Considering we have had at least 125 entries the past 9 years with 89.5% of the entries returning players this year, I say we are Certified Fresh! 

9th HWCI NCAA First Four for Charity (Due 3:40 pm PDT Tuesday)

While you decide who will win the tourney, for the 9th year I’m doing the HWCI NCAA First Four for Charity, where I will donate $2 per entry to a charity, this year to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, which helps enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.  This is one of the highest rated charities and since I have a son and daughter, this seems to fit.  This First Four for Charity is free and you just have to submit (you can comment on this post to enter, email, post to Facebook, tweet @HWCI_Pools) who the four First Four winners will be and by what point margin. For example: Prairie View by 8, Belmont by 12, NC Central by 1, and Arizona St by 2.   The four games are Fairleigh Dickinson vs Prairie View A&M, Belmont vs Temple, North Carolina Central vs North Dakota St, and Arizona St vs St. John’s.  Get your entry by 3:40 pm PDT Tuesday.  As a bonus, in the end, if we top our record of 178 entries this year, I’ll donate an additional $25.  Also, invite your friends and people can enter (since it’s free) this charity contest but not our main pool.