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GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF EL PASO PARTNERS WITH THE SUN BOWL ASSOCIATION FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL SUN BOWL ADULT FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT June 13, 2024

EL PASO, Texas – The Sun Bowl Association and Goodwill of El Paso have partnered for the Fourth Annual Sun Bowl Adult Flag Football Tournament. Goodwill has given a helpful sponsorship for the community event that will be held on Friday-Sunday, Aug. 23-25, 2024 at the Westside Sports Complex in El Paso, Texas.

The sponsorship helps to fund the monetary prizes, goes towards the rental of the facilities and so much more.

“Goodwill Industries of El Paso is proud and honored to partner with one of the most impactful and distinguished organizations in El Paso: The Sun Bowl Association,” said President and CEO of Goodwill Industries of El Paso, Melinda Jordan. “We look forward to working with the Sun Bowl Association in making a positive and profound difference in our community for many years to come. Together, we will do GOOD for El Paso.”

The sponsorship is a one-year deal with the opportunity to resign for another year.

Goodwill Industries will set up a donation center at the event, encouraging attendees to bring gently used items such as sporting goods, clothing, household goods, and electronics. All donations will go towards supporting Goodwill’s programs and services, while also distributing information about what Goodwill Industries is about.

“The Sun Bowl Association is thankful for Goodwill Industries and shares in the excitement of this partnership," said Bernie Olivas, Sun Bowl Association Executive Director. “Together with Goodwill Industries, we aim to create an event that brings our community closer and provides valuable resources and opportunities for everyone.”

About the Tournament:
The tournament features various levels to play in and as follows:

8-v-8 (15 person roster)
• Men’s D-Division (family & friends)
• Men’s C-Division (recreational)
• Men’s B-Division (intermediate)
• Men’s A-Division (competitive)

• Women’s A-Division (competitive)

• Coed Division (recreational)

5-v-5 (10 person roster)
• Men’s A-Division (competitive)

• Women’s A-Division (competitive)

All participants will receive a tournament gift bag with various commemorative items. The first-place teams in all divisions will receive a tournament championship belt and championship cups.

The winner of the Men’s A – Competitive Division & Women’s A – Competitive Division
will receive a money payout. Monetary prizes awarded will be based on the size of the bracket: up
to 32 teams will receive a $2,500 payout and 32 teams+ bracket will receive a $4,000 payout.

The winner of the Men’s B – Intermediate Division, Men’s C – Recreations Division Men’s D-
Division and Coed C –Recreational Division will receive a $1,000 payout. The winner of both 5-v-5 Divisions (men & women) will receive a monetary payout as well.

The deadline to register for the tournament is Friday, August 2, 2024 or until the bracket is full, whichever comes first. The entry fee for 8-v-8 is $350 while the entry fee for 5-v-5 is $285, which includes all referee fees.

WHAT: Fourth Annual Sun Bowl Flag Football Tournament
WHEN: Aug. 23-25, 2024 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
WHERE: Westside Sports Complex (201 Isela Rubalcava Boulevard, El Paso, TX 79932)
WEBSITE: http://sunbowl.org/events/flag_football

About the Sun Bowl Association:
The Sun Bowl Association is a volunteer based non-profit 501 © 3 organization. The Sun Bowl Association, with the help of over 700 volunteers, promotes and serves the El Paso community and features a year-round schedule of events culminating with the Annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl football game. Other Sun Bowl core events include the Sun Bowl Flag Football Tournament, the Peter Piper Pizza Sun Bowl Punt, Pass and Kick, Glasheen, Valles & Inderman Injury Lawyers Sun Bowl Parade, the WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Basketball Invitational, and the Fan Fiesta.

About Goodwill Industries of El Paso
Since its founding in 1948, Goodwill Industries of El Paso has helped individuals with disabilities or vocational disadvantages help themselves through Goodwill’s philosophy of giving a “hand up, not a hand-out.” Achieving self-sufficiency is at the heart of our mission.

We are one of more than 160 independent Goodwills in the United States, all of which are member organizations in Goodwill Industries International. In the early 1900s, Edgar J. Helms, our founder, described Goodwill as an “industrial program as well as a social service enterprise…a provider of employment, training, and rehabilitation for people of limited employability, and a source of temporary assistance for individuals whose resources were depleted.”

Goodwill Industries of El Paso today continues its original mission as a social service provider, a significant retailer in El Paso, Dona Ana, and Otero counties, and a long-time premier recycler diverting millions of pounds from our landfills…even before “going green” was part of our vocabulary! We work with diverse groups of people by equipping them with the skills and confidence to begin life on their own independently, responsibly, and with self-sufficiency.