Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to consider being a sponsor of the Pembroke Pines Optimist Tackle Football, Cheerleading   & Flag Football programs. Our goals at P.P.O. are to keep the kids off the street, away from the television set and at the park learning teamwork, citizenship and building self-esteem.

Our Football and Cheerleading programs depend on the support of local merchants, as our costs of running the program each year are well over $100,000. With your help and the work of our dedicated volunteers and parents, we can keep the registration fees for the children to a minimum. Support from sponsors is greatly needed to equip our children with the best quality and safest equipment available.

In the summer, we offer a flag program for our younger kids, along with our 7 tackle divisions ranging from Peewee to Unlimited, which include boys and girls from ages 5 to 15. During the spring, we offer a 5 on 5 Air it Out Flag Football League. Our volunteers teach motor skills, confidence, discipline, sportsmanship and most of all teamwork.

As you can imagine, with over 750 children in these programs, the expenses add up quickly and any amount sponsored is greatly appreciated by all of the children who utilize the P.P.O. Football and Cheerleading Programs. Your support for our city parks is vital to your community, as the young people who play in the sports programs will be the future leaders of our community.

All of our coaches, trainers and administrators are volunteers, so all of your donations are spent directly on the youth of the program and not administrative salaries. The city of Pembroke Pines graciously provides the facilities and grounds, as well as taking care of them.

To assure the safety of our children, it is essential that we get rid of old equipment and replace it with new equipment to assure the safety of all our participants. Each team is required to get a sponsor.

Please consider being a sponsor for our successful program. We are proud to say that since our 2003 season our tackle football program has had over 350 total park wins and 17 Super Bowl teams. None of this would be possible without the support from our sponsors.

We have several sponsorship programs, which are described on the back page. Please join our other sponsors in helping to maintain our youth programs. Our children depend on your support. If there is any information we may assist you with, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at (954) 444-7057, Brian Crowe at (954) 850-8707.

Sincerely Yours in Optimism,

James Ross Jr.
Football Commissioner

Brian S. Crowe
Director of Administration