Most of y'all already know what this is, but some may not. Bear with me as the Engineer gets "wordy".

Last year Tech announced a fund raising drive for "Loyalty Donations." Ray Weaver (TYLERTECHSAS) had a wonderful idea to use BB&B to support not only this effort, but other Tech Athletics programs as well. The concept was simple: Start a grass roots effort to collect donations, no matter how small, and focus those funds in areas where the greatest impact for Tech Athletics can be made.

Last year a goal was set for BB&B of $4,000. The money was to be used in 4 areas:
1. $200 Champs Donation
2. $1,000 Champs Loyalty Donation in the name of BB&B
3. $750 to sponsor 1 quarter of every Tech football game
4. $1,500 to purchase 25 season tickets for Tech Football, Basketball and Baseball to be donated to the Methodist Children's Home for the children to use.

Last year we collected over $6,100!!! This allowed THIS BOARD to do many things which directly impacted Tech Athletics.

It's time to kick this campaign off again and we would like your help. Our goal for contributions this year is $7,500. Although all the projects we would like to sponsor this year have not been identified, here is a partial list of how we envision using these dollars:

1. The first $1,000 will go to fulfilling our commitment to the Loyalty drive
2. $1,500 to the MCH
3. $900 to LaTechBBB.com operating expenses - This will provide all the funds to pay the hosting fees and other expenses associated with this site.
4. The remainder to be used for specific projects. Some of those include renovations to J.C. Love Field (Wraught iron fencing, brick columns, landscaping, etc), repainting of the TAC floor (if it occurs this this year), headsets for the football coaches, and moving some of the fences on the west side of J.A. Stadium to make room for more concessions and vendors.

This drive is a way YOU can help support Tech athletics. BB&B fully supports Tech and Tech athletics. Please help us to show our support for Tech by contributing to this effort.

As a supporter of the BB&B Loyalty Drive, you will be included in a special usergroup here on BB&B called "BB&B Loyalty Donor". As a part of this group, every user of this board will be able to see you are a "BB&B Loyalty Donor" every time you post a message. A special note to those of you who have that tag now - All current memberships will be DROPPED effective 7/31! In order to keep your tag, you have to donate.

This isn't a contest to see who gives the most! This is about giving what you can, as little or as much as you want. Last year we had a lot of people give $5 and THAT was what this program was started for. To collect donations, no matter how small or large, and put them to use for Tech Athletics. There will be no list of how much each person gave. Just a list that you gave!

We are accepting donations online this year through PayPal. The link to that donations site is below. We will also accept donations through "Snail Mail" by sending it to:

LaTechBBB, L.L.C.
1001 Park Hwy
Minden, LA 71055

If you have any questions, please post them here or PM/E-Mail Dwayne.

To contribute online, please click the following link:

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> &lt;input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"&gt; &lt;input type="hidden" name="business" value="latechbbb@latechbbb.com"&gt; &lt;input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="BB&amp;B Loyalty Donation"&gt; &lt;input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.latechbbb.com"&gt; &lt;input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="http://www.latechbbb.com"&gt; &lt;input type="hidden" name="cn" value="Note From Loyalty Donor"&gt; &lt;input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"&gt; &lt;input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0"&gt; &lt;input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/x-click-but21.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"&gt; </form>

If you want to e-mail the link to the donations site to someone, here is the link:

https://www.paypal.com/xclick/busine...rency_code=USD

Thank you for your support of Bulldog Barks &amp; Bytes and Louisiana Tech Athletics!

The BB&amp;B Administration Team