FIESTA BOWL ORGANIZATION NEWSLETTER
JIM HATFIELD
Randal Norton
INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BOARD CHAIR
OPENING KICKOFF Fall is in full swing. Temperatures are back into the 80s, college football excites every weekend and we have been active with Fiesta Bowl community impact. In this newsletter, you will read about how the Fiesta Bowl has served hundreds of thousands across the state. Our Charitable Giving Committee had a challenging exercise in evaluating more than 300 worthy nonprofit organizations who applied for grant funding. The ongoing work performed by Arizona charities to serve their beneficiaries in youth, sports and education is truly inspiring. The annual Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers application period closed recently and thousands of teachers submitted their $2,500 classroom wish. Granting wishes to 400 teachers is one of the most rewarding activities we do all year. Draft Day, presented by SRP, is now upon us and we deliver $1 million in grants to worthy teachers across the state. Earlier in the summer, we welcomed Vrbo to the Fiesta Bowl family as our new title partner of the Fiesta Bowl game and the Fiesta Bowl Parade. Many of you have stayed at Vrbo properties and we are thrilled to have them on our team as Arizona is one of Vrbo’s top destinations. We are in the final month of college football season and the buzz is building. This year we will host the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve with two of the top four teams in the country. This is a party you won’t want to miss. Additionally, we will host Bowl Season’s only Big Ten/Big 12 contest at the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on December 27 in downtown Phoenix. Enjoy the games, thank you for your support and we will see you soon.
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