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SportsEventPlanner.com

SportsEventPlanner.com is the premier sports event planning company headquartered in Southern California and specializing in major sporting events. The company has over 16 years of experience in event promotion including the Olympics, the Super Bowl, World Cup Soccer, the Rose Bowl, and various corporate events.

SportsEventPlanner.com has hosted numerous events for the Rose Bowl teams since 1994. SportsEventPlanner.com hosted an event with the Brett Favre Family for over 6,500 Green Bay Packer fans in San Diego at Super Bowl XXXII. Governor Tommy Thompson and other high profile sports and entertainment celebrities attended while national media covered the event. Miller Lite, Pepsi, and S.C. Johnson / Johnson Wax Professional were all major sponsors of this event.

I FUND

Our Purpose

As major collegiate athletics continue to grow at an astounding rate, the focus of the I FUND remains true to the founding principle of college sports: cultivating and preparing Illinois student-athletes to be leaders in industry, business and community. With degrees earned at our prestigious University, Illinois student-athletes leave Champaign-Urbana armed with the knowledge derived from a collection of the nation’s preeminent academic programs and the confidence and leadership borne of the pressure and achievement from competing on the nation’s premier collegiate stage, the Big Ten Conference.

The I FUND’s expectation is nothing less than we expect of our teams: to be the very best. We strive to provide the best in support services, athletic facilities and academic opportunities for all of our student-athletes. This is only possible through the continued generosity of those private individuals, families and businesses involved in the program. By providing funding to meet the rising costs of financing each student’s education, lifelong fans and loyal alumni are able to connect on a very personal level with Illinois student-athletes and the Fighting Illini athletic teams.

Our Challenge

In the past ten years, tuition at the University of Illinois has risen over 120 percent. Because we receive no financial support for scholarships from taxpayers, the state of Illinois or University students, the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics must independently bear the weight of this additional burden through private funding. As we preach to our student-athletes, adversity is nothing more than an opportunity for greatness, and our loyal donors have answered the call, paving the way to five Illini Big Ten titles in 2004-05, as well as the second-highest Academic Progress Rating in the Conference. With no anticipated end to the rising costs of post-secondary education, steady growth remains imperative to our continued success. The enclosed information details ways that you can help us meet the diverse and ever-evolving needs of Illinois student-athletes, thereby providing them with a springboard to a successful life.