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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC #j 292 -2011 LETTER TO tN OWMN
TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager
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DATE: November 15, 2011 '
SUBJECT: Miami Beach Police Department Hosting Softball Tournament to Benefit the
Wounded Warriors Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) on December 16 -17,
2011
This Letter to the City Commission (LTC) is to inform you that the Miami Beach Police
Department will be hosting a two -day softball tournament at- Flamingo Park on
December 16 and 17, 2011 to benefit the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team
,(WWAST).
The mission of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team is to raise awareness,
through exhibition and celebrity softball games, of the sacrifices and resilience of our
military, and highlight their ability to rise above any challenge.
The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team is comprised of young, competitive,
athletic veterans and active duty soldiers who have lost limbs post -9/11, while serving
their country. The team includes individuals with a variety of amputations of the arm, I
above knee, below knee, bilateral below knee, and foot. '
The WWAST will be competing against softball teams from the Miami Beach Police
Department, the Miami Beach Fire Department, the Miami -Dade Police Department, the I
Miami Police Department and the Hialeah Police Department.
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Tickets for the softball tournament are $10 and are good for both days of the j
tournament. Tickets will also be a keepsake as they will be in the form of a silicone wrist '
band with "Wounded Warriors" printed on it. A flyer with the tournament schedule is
attached. For more ticket or tournament information, please contact Detective Juan
Sanchez at 305 673.7776 extension 5625.
We hope you will join our Police Department as they host this very unique and
worthwhile event to benefit the Wounded Warriors Amputee Softball Team — "Life
without a limb is limitless ".
Please contact me if you have any additional questions.
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