...and now a word from our sponsors

Part of the success of the MadWash chess club comes from our sponsors. There are three organizations that have helped the chess club financially; The Warsaw Education Foundation, The American Table Restaurant, and The Warsaw Breakfast Optimists.

The Warsaw Education Foundation is an organization that helps raise money for various programs within the Warsaw Community School district. WEF has been supplying grants to the Warsaw Chess Club (governing body of the MadWash Chess Club) since 2001.  The grants cover the cost of awards for the annual Warsaw Community Schools Fall Chess Tournament (Checkmate Hunger). As a result, the club can keep all of the entry fees from the tournament and use it to buy awards for the Warsaw Community Schools Winter Tournament in January. The Warsaw Education Foundation has also given the club a grant to buy 3 Mon Roi Personal Chess Managers. The Mon Roi is the only electronic notation device that is allowed in USCF (United States Chess Federation) sanctioned events.

Another organization that helps the MadWash Chess Club is a restaurant called the American Table located in Warsaw, Indiana. The American Table suggested that we set up a collection box to collect spare change from patrons at the restaurant.  The parent of a chess club member club purchased a tall, dinosaur bank which is named "Chessy". Patrons at the restaurant put money in the mouth of the dinosaur and it rolls along a path and into the dinosaur's stomach, which kind of looks like a hamster ball. The money raised from Chessy is used the pay entry fees for team tournaments. It is also used to buy equipment for the chess programs throughout Warsaw Community Schools; Washington needs more equipment, we're now over 75 members in the club! The money also buys software and other products to help the chess coaches in the district. Warsaw has eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and a high school. Not all of the schools have a chess program but most do.

The final organization that helps the chess club is the Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club. The MadWash Chess Teams did not have enough Mon Roi Personal Chess Managers to outfit an entire team. When the Breakfast Optimists found out, they invited team members to a meeting to talk about the MadWash Chess Club and the various activities that the club members are involved in. When asked if we needed anything we replied "another Mon Roi". A vote was taken on the spot and the group unanimously agreed to give us the money to purchase another Mon Roi.

I am thankful to have such great sponsors in the community; sonsors wno see value in the chess program and are willing to donate resources for our growth and success. Here's a link to the MadWash Chess website with information about our sponsors
https://sites.google.com/a/warsawschools.org/madwash-chess/our-sponsors