Bill Parrish Memorial Basketball TOurnament

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The Chubbuck Lions Club and our Co-hosts, Idaho Central Credit Union, the Phil Meador Group, and Riverbend Communications are proud to present the 7th annual Bill Parrish Family 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament.

We appreciate the support of the community and are thrilled that this has become an annual event. All of the information needed to register your team is found below.
Participate
For younger divisions, registration is based on the grade you will be attending in the coming school year.
  • PeeWee Divison: Open up to 6th grade
  • Liam Division: 7th-8th grade
  • Keegan Division: 9th-12th grade
  • Competitive Division: Men's Open
  • Bill Division: Men's Over 30
  • Ross Division A: Women's Open up to 12th grade
  • Ross Division B: Open 18+ (After High School)
Proceeds will be used support awareness of Carbon Monoxide poisoning and Lions Programs in support of sight and hearing preservation and restoration.
Volunteer
The  Bill Parrish Family 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament is run by volunteers.  Your participation makes the work of the Lions Club and the NO CO Foundation possible

Organize a Public Awareness Campaign

Become Involved in your community and organize a Public Awareness Campaign 
Grassroots organizing is the proactive gathering of support at the local level for your issue. The result is a network of supporters that collectively works to discuss, educate and prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (e.g., write letters, make calls and ask others to do the same). This network is usually unpaid, and motivated by a desire for change.  Social Networking makes the creation of public awareness campaigns easier than ever.  The link below entitled "How to Organize a Grass Roots Public Awareness Campaign can help you get started

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Max Hamilton’s Eagle Scout Project

Why Carbon Monoxide Detectors
My mom is Bill Parrish’s first cousin. Their fathers are brothers and they grew up on the same street. We all felt the loss of Bill, Ross, Liam and Keegan very deeply. When I was trying to figure out what I should do for my Eagle Project, someone mentioned Smoke Detectors. Then my mom suggested that I conduct a Carbon Monoxide Awareness Campaign. That was it. I did not want anyone to ever again suffer what we had suffered in our family. EVER.
Follow news coverage in "The Spectrum" published 7/9/2015 
Organization & Planning
I obtained a map of the boundaries of the Ward we live in as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  My father  and I drove around and listed every address in the boundaries of our Ward. We divided the addresses into 17 zones.

I then put on my uniform and went to our local ACE Hardware store and asked them to offer a discount on Carbon Monoxide Detectors. They agreed and provided me with an electronic coupon so I could print as many as I needed.

I then located Carbon Monoxide information.

I also wrote a letter to my neighbors explaining the project and why it was so important to me and to others.  I put my uniform on again and my parents took me to Staples with the letter, the coupon and the printed information (it totaled 4 pages). I explained to the manager what I was doing and we asked him if there was anyway that they could help us. He offered to print and collate 320 copies of everything at a 50% discount!
One beautiful Saturday morning, members of my youth group from church, leaders and adult members of my Church, and even some people that had read about my project in the newspaper came to my house. We gave them copies of the routes that my dad made up and packets of the information and they went in groups to deliver the information. They spoke personally to the people who lived in the apartments and houses on their routes. If the people weren’t home, they did not leave the information.  Throughout the next week, a friend or two of mine accompanied me as I went back to each house that was missed on the original Saturday.  My friends, family and I personally visited around 250 households. We put in 130 hours to inform and educate our neighbors and friends about the dangers and protections against Carbon Monoxide poisoning.
Carbon Monoxide FACTS Sheet
Max Hamilton has made the FACTS sheet he created, printed and distributed in his community available for others below, should they wish to use it  when completing their Scout Project, and/or similar community awareness campaign.  A copy of the letter he wrote and distributed to his neighbors to inform and enlist their help is attached below.
No C.O. Foundation
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info@cokills.org