Very exciting news – Bo Ryan (University of Wisconsin Men’s Basketball coach) has selected JDRF as his charity partner in the Infiniti Coaches Charity Challenge!! Infiniti, a proud corporate partner of NCAA® Men’s Basketball, will donate $5,000 to each participating coach’s selected charity. The coach who receives the most votes will win $100,000, which will be awarded to his selected charity.
The voting will take place at www.espn.com/infiniti starting Wednesday, January 18. Fans and supporters can vote daily for their favorite coach, but they need to be registered on the ESPN web site. Please register at www.espn.com as soon as possible and start voting on Wednesday.
The first round of voting is January 18-February 27 and includes 48 of the nation’s top college basketball coaches. Coaches will count on their network of fans, alumni, students, faculty and charities to advance to the finals. School supporters will have a chance to vote daily for their favorite coach in each of the four regions — East, South, West and Midwest. On February 28, the coach receiving the most votes in his region will move on to the “final four”, with voting starting over again until March 8.
Please help spread the word with your family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances. Florida coach Billy Donovan won the challenge in 2011 with 30,000 votes, so we need this campaign to go “viral”.
For more information, contact the JDRF Western Wisconsin Chapter at 608-833-2873 or 
