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Jeju Furey's 10th Beach Volleyball Tournament!
The weekend of October 12-13 brought beautiful skies, perfect weather, and 32 volleyball loving teams to Hamdeok Beach for Jeju Furey's 10th Beach Volleyball Tournament.
With 32 teams, 192 participants, and 15 volunteers, the weekend was Furey's largest fall BVB tournament.
Thanks to everyone who donated, participated, played, picked up, helped out, sponsored, and were just awesome people leading up to and during this event, we were able to raise 4,252,280krw for the families!
Click here for all the details and pictures from this fantastic weekend!
With 32 teams, 192 participants, and 15 volunteers, the weekend was Furey's largest fall BVB tournament.
Thanks to everyone who donated, participated, played, picked up, helped out, sponsored, and were just awesome people leading up to and during this event, we were able to raise 4,252,280krw for the families!
Click here for all the details and pictures from this fantastic weekend!
Swingin' in the Sand at Swing BVB 4 - September 14, 2013
On September 14, 2013, twelve teams arrived at Hamdeok Beach with black clouds over head. Although the wind and rain came pouring down at the start of Swing BVB 4, the teams stuck it out, played through rain and shine, and had a fabulous day! A big thank you to our sponsors, Mongni for the beach balls, TGrimm for A-Champ T-shirts, and Sofia's Kitchen for our delicious lunches! Other huge thanks goes to Myles Horne and Gayon Yang, our MCs for the day, Karma Lee Cunning and Eric Sweet for their help with beer sales and clean-up. Thank you to all of our volunteers - we couldn't have done it without you! We also had special guest photographers, 느렁태 and 김병일 who took some amazing pictures of our awesome day! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Congratulations to our bracket winners:
A-Bracket Champions: Borean Mamba and the 5 Honkies
B-Bracket Champions: Dadigers/다디저스
Thanks to everyone who came out and played, watched, and helped out with the fourth annual Swing Tournament and for keeping up great spirits regardless of the weather. Together your efforts raised 1,318,000krw. The proceeds from this tournament will be going to "giving back" to Hamdeok beach and the community by installing permanent courts.
Congratulations to our bracket winners:
A-Bracket Champions: Borean Mamba and the 5 Honkies
B-Bracket Champions: Dadigers/다디저스
Thanks to everyone who came out and played, watched, and helped out with the fourth annual Swing Tournament and for keeping up great spirits regardless of the weather. Together your efforts raised 1,318,000krw. The proceeds from this tournament will be going to "giving back" to Hamdeok beach and the community by installing permanent courts.
A visit with the Furey families
On July 14, acting president Mary Rager Summers, Tom Summers, Kaylee Summers, and Furey Executive 부정현 (Boo Jeong Hyun) met with Mr. Kang of the St. Vincent de Paul Society to visit the families, check in on them, and deliver 5 MILLION won (5,000,000krw = apprx 5,000USD) to each family.
It was the first meeting between Mary and the families and it was a touching one. "Both families were so sweet and you could see in their faces, in their smiles, how appreciative they were to us and all of those involved in Furey," recalled Mary. We learned that the father of our Nohyeong family was recently approved for a surgery that will hopefully greatly improve his quality of life. Both father and son were very excited at the news and then even more excited (and relieved!) at Jeju Furey's donation that will help fund this surgery! Later in the week, Jeju Furey found out that the cost of the surgery would be around 4,000,000krw and that after the surgery a caretaker would be needed to aid in recovery; at a cost of 1,600,000krw. Thanks to the hard work of everyone who participates with Furey, almost all of the medical expenses for this surgery are covered. Such wonderful news!!! On the way to the families' homes, Mr. Kang also expressed his gratitude and awe for Jeju Furey and the generosity we share with those in need on the island. So if you've ever wondered...yes, Furey's efforts are not only recognized, they are greatly appreciated. |
A smashing badminton 3 - June 22, 2013
Jeju Furey held its third badminton tournament on Saturday, June 22. For the first time in Furey badminton history, the tournament was not tormented by typhoons or torrential rains! With cooperative weather, delicious sandwiches from Jihyon (Sofia) Kim, 16 teams totaling 32 players engaged in some head to head combat leading into the wee hours of the night. Together the teams, volunteers, and our wonderful sponsor, Bagdad Cafe, helped to bring in 490,200krw for our families in need. Read more...
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