RHIR Events with MLB, MLS, NFL and NCAA

TEAM continued to promote its Responsibilty Has Its Rewards campaign this summer. TEAM traveled all over the US and Canada to reach out to fans who pledged to always have a designated driver, never drive drunk, and wear their safety belts. Fans who participated in the promotion filmed their own traffic safety public service message or received a free souvenir photo.

Here is where you may have seen us this summer:

• June 13th thru June 20th – NCAA Men’s Baseball College World Series in Omaha, NE
• July 11th thru July 15th – MLB FanFest and All Star Game in New York City, NY
• July 23rd thru July 25th – MLS Soccer Celebration and All Star Game in Toronto, Ont., Canada
• August 11th - PSA filming at a Green Bay Packers Preseason Game in Green Bay, WI
• August 25th – PSA filming at a San Diego Chargers Preseason Game in San Diego, CA

To see all the RHIR activities and event photos and videos click here.

Responsibility Happens in Omaha

In June TEAM attended the NCAA Fan Fest at the 2008 College World Series in Omaha, NE. The Fan Fest runs every year in conjunction with the College World Series and hosts a number of different games and activities for baseball fans of all ages. Thousands of fans visited TEAM's booth over the course of the 6 day event to take the pledge to be responsible baseball fans, and had the opportunity to pose for the camera with the NCAA College World Series trophy! Click here to view the event details and photos.

Responsibility All Stars!

TEAM returned to the Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer All Star games to promote the designated driver program at Yankee Stadium in New York City and BMO Field in Toronto this July.

Fans at the MLB All Star game who attended the FanFest were able to take home a free souvenir photo posing with their favorite baseball player and a few other fans were able to film public service announcements on being responsible baseball fans.

MLS fans were also posing for the cameras as we snapped a free photo for them at the MLS Soccer Jam at BMO Field when they pledged to be responsible soccer fans.

Two fans in particular knew the rewards of responsibility, Danielle Menzel, from Kansas City, at the MLB All Star Game and Michelle Rosborough, from Los Angeles, at the MLS All Star game. Both Danielle and Michelle signed up to be designated drivers at the stadiums of their favorite teams during the 2007 season. Both were chosen as the Designated Drivers for the Season! Congratulations to both - Responsibility does have its Rewards!

Click here to view the event details for MLB All Star Game and the MLS All Star Game.

Welcoming TEAM's Newest Players

TEAM is happy to welcome five new faces to our line-up.

Maggie Russell joined TEAM in June of 2008 as the new Program Associate. Maggie was previously at the American Health Lawyers Association working in their marketing and public relations department. She received a degree in sports management from the University of Dayton, and is excited to be back in the sports arena. Originally from Buffalo NY, Maggie is a devoted Sabres and Bills fan, and has lived in the DC area for over 3 years. She is so excited to be working at TEAM and looks forward to meeting everyone in the coming months!

TEAM’s summer intern Kate Burke, joined TEAM from Georgetown University where she started her junior year in August. On campus, Kate is on the club soccer team and works for the Corp, an entirely student-run organization that operates several coffee shops and convenience stores on the Hilltop. She is an Economics major and is working toward a minor in English. She really enjoyed her time at TEAM because it combines her love of sports with her interest in marketing. Kate enjoyed seeing how a non-profit such as TEAM operates and working with the great people who run it!

TEAM has also welcomes two new data processors, Kionna Garrett and Janet Bernard

Kionna Garrett was born and raised in Alexandria, VA, and a graduate of West Potomac High School in 1999. She is very excited to learn the ins and outs of TEAM.

Janet Bernard was born in Burlington, NC and moved to the DC area over 15 years ago. She is the proud parent of three daughters, and has an 11-year-old grand daughter and a one-month-old grandson. Her husband is retired from the Navy. Janet loves to shop and read books during her spare time. She is also a diehard Cowboys fan and loves cheering on the Cowboys during the NFL season.

And last but not least the smallest new member of the TEAM is Ethan Edward Verbosky! Ethan was born on August 7th and was a happy 9 pound 4 ounces. Ethan has been having a great time at home with his Mom (Christy), Dad and big brother Sean for the past month. We are so happy for the Verboskys and their new baby boy. Christy will be back in the office at the end of October.

IDP Workshops

2008 has been TEAM’s busiest year ever in our Instructor Development Program (IDP). A total of 23 IDP workshops have been conducted at sports and entertainment facilities across the country. 250 new trainers became certified and 76 trainers recertified. Please let us know if you are interested in hosting a future IDP by sending an email toinfo@teamcoalition.org. The host receives two free registrations.

TEAM is currently scheduling IDPs for the fall and winter months. We will inform you when new IDPs are scheduled!

New Online Trainer Features

When was the last time you logged into the TEAM training database as a TEAM trainer? If it has been a while or even just a few days, we invite our trainers to log into the system and get familiar with a few improvements we have made recently. Designed with your convenience in mind, these enhancements will enable you to:

• Pay for trainer registration and participant manual orders by credit card
• Print lost employee certification cards
• Search for TEAM-trained staff at your facility whether or not you personally conducted the training
• Access key training material such as state law information pages and foreign language exam questions
• Download PowerPoint presentation and other supplemental interactive training materials (Coming soon!)

Chances are if you need it from TEAM, you can get it off the website by logging in. As always, go the TEAM Coalition website and click on the 'Trainer Login' button. Provide your email address and trainer ID to log in. So check it out and let us know what you think.

Upcoming Events

TEAM constantly travels to promote our efforts in effective alcohol management and positive fan behavior. Here is the list of the events we will attend this fall.

• October 22nd: Game 1 of the World Series to Recognize our MLB Responsibility Has Its Rewards Winner
• October 25th: Game 3 of the World Series to Recognize our MLB Responsibility Has Its Rewards Winner
• October 25 thru 29: IAAM International Crowd Management Conference in Phoenix, AZ
• November 23: MLS Cup 2008 at Home Depot Center in Carson, CA

To see the online calendar, click here.