Dear 49ers Kids Club Member, Spring 2013 The draft is almost here! This year the 49ers are hosting a Draft Bash for you, your family and friends in downtown San Jose at San Pedro Square Market on Thursday, April 25. For more information and to learn what exciting activities will be offered, check out page 4! Newly added is another session of our popular Youth Football 3-Day Camp held each July at 49ers Headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. This camp is for boys and girls ages 7-14 and provides instruction at all skill levels. For more information, see page 3 or visit 49ers.com/YouthFootball. The 2013 Kids Club season will launch in July and new members will receive a great set of Kids Club gear, including a lanyard and ticket holder, eye black, and a rally towel! Returning members will receive items like a license plate, hanging banner, magnet and more! Stay tuned for the official launch via Facebook, 49ers.com, and the Playbook e-newsletter. The Gold membership will again feature benefits such as the ability to win tickets to each home game, the chance to be a Kickoff Kid and retrieve the tee on the field, and invitations to VIP Kids Club events. Also in this issue, we cover off the field events and projects like the 49ers Field Trip program and the 49ers Foundation annual Winter Fest event. We look forward to seeing you at the Draft Day Party on the 25th! If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for the 49ers Kids Club, we would love to hear from you! Please email us at 49erskidsclub@niners.nfl.net or call (408) 562-4949. Sincerely, Sourdough Sam 49ers Kids Club
Registration is now open for the annual 49ers Youth Football 3-Day camp. Due to popular demand, the newly added second camp session will be held on July 15, 16, and 17 at the 49ers Training Facility in Santa Clara. The camp focuses on teaching youth the fundamentals of football. Boys and girls ages 7-14 are eligible to participate. This is a non-contact camp designed to improve a child s beginning, intermediate, or advanced skill level. Fundamentals of all positions on offense and defense are taught in addition to life skills such as respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, teamwork and the importance of education. July 15-17, 2013 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM 49ers Training Facility 4949 Centennial Blvd. Santa Clara, Ca 95054 COST: $249 Registration includes: 3 days of instruction Camp t-shirt and gift bag 2 tickets to a 49ers preseason game To register, please visit: 49ers.com/YouthFootball
Kids and Crib Club members and families are invited to the 49ers Draft Bash from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, at San Pedro Square in downtown San Jose. The free-ticketed event is open to all ages and will be held as an outdoor block party on St. John Street with a celebration throughout the San Pedro Square Market. The Draft Bash will include food, music and entertainment, interactive sponsor booths, the latest 49ers merchandise, and the live broadcast of the 2013 NFL Draft which begins promptly at 5 p.m. to be displayed on large outdoor screens. Performances by the Gold Rush Cheerleaders, Niner Noise, and guest appearances by Sourdough Sam, 49ers players and alumni are expected. Kids and Crib Club members may stop by the special kids booths for free face painting, a special appearance from mascot Sourdough Sam, and more activities and exclusive contests! Fans will be kept in the know with draft-day commentary from 49ers all-time great, Dwight Clark, and the voice of the team, Ted Robinson. Attendees must register here online to obtain tickets. Printed tickets must be presented at the gate in order to attend. Draft Bash Location: San Pedro Square Market and St. John Street between Almaden Avenue and San Pedro Street, San Jose, CA 95110. PARKING: There are many public parking lots surrounding the San Pedro Square Market. Please consult www.sjdowntownparking.com for an interactive map and directions.
More than 120 fourth graders from Kathryn Hughes and Don Callejon elementary school in Santa Clara romped around the 49ers practice field in March and April as part of a test run for the 49ers Field Trips program, which is slated to kick-off in time for the new Santa Clara Stadium. In conjunction with roughly 15 local teachers and administrators, the 49ers have crafted a Field Trip workbook which will be used to promote math and science skills through sports. The workbook has also been formed with the California state educational standards in mind, in order to ensure the children get the most out of their activities, both mentally and physically. The objective is to help classroom teachers, 49ers Youth Football Manager Jared Muela said. We want to help them find new and exciting ways to teach math and science, which is a focus of our workbook. It s also a tool for classroom teachers who are now tasked with having to teach physical education with budget cuts. We hope to give them a go-to template for activities that are fun and educational. When the new stadium opens up in time for the 2014 season, it will include youth learning center at the team museum and Hall of Fame. Until then, 49ers Youth Football will periodically hold clinics at team headquarters and schools throughout the Bay Area to receive feedback and shape the mission of the program. Stay tuned to 49ers.com for more Information as the 49ers Field Trips program is developed in the coming months.
The 49ers spent a weekend in late March in the snowy slopes of Olympic Valley, Calif., where they joined former Olympians and other celebrities to bring in over $2 million for the San Francisco 49ers Foundation at the 13th Annual Winter Fest. This year s total marks the highest in the event s existence. The exclusive, weekend-long event, co-presented by Chevron and Thomson Reuters, celebrated football, family, philanthropy, and food and wine, while supporting at-risk youth in the Bay Area through the 49ers Foundation and highlighted beneficiary, Center for Youth Wellness. The exclusive weekend featured a Chalk Talk presented by the 49ers coaching staff and players, leisure skiing with Olympians, ice skating and story time with Kristi Yamaguchi, broomball with Bret Hedican, and an Alumni Fireside Chat. In addition, those in attendance participated in a yoga class taught by 49ers long snapper Brian Jennings, Football 101 for Kids taught by coaches Tomsula and Davis along with players Dixon, Iupati, Jennings, and Miller, a Bob Foley wine blending seminar, cupcake tasting, curling and snow olympics. The evening events were emceed by Comcast SportsNet Bay Area s Dave Feldman, and 49ers alumnus and Comcast s Dennis Brown, and included silent and live auctions and entertainment from juggler Mike Price and popular cover band Pop Rocks. The 49ers Foundation is the non-profit community funding extension of the San Francisco 49ers. Now in its 21st year, the 49ers Foundation supports development programs for underserved youth that keep them, Safe, On Track, and In School. Since its inception, the Foundation has donated over $20 million to support non-profits, including $2.9 million in 2012.
Last edition s caption contest winner: Jaesha, age 5 Crabtree: Look mom, I m flying into the end zone! Arizona Cardinal: Man, he s really flying!