Sports
Shoot for Scholarships
Do you got game? Can you sink free throws with ease? If so, Immanuel Lutheran School in Palatine needs your help to raise money for student tuition scholarships. Each free throw you make earns scholarship money for the Immanuel Lutheran School Educational Foundation (ILSEF) through a donation from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Each year, ILSEF provides student scholarships for families needing tuition assistance for children attending Immanuel Lutheran School. Shoot for Scholarships takes place on Tuesday, June 26th, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Immanuel Lutheran School in downtown Palatine.
“Thrivent Financial and its members have supported Immanuel Lutheran Church and School’s ministry for many years,” said Reverend Warren Schilf, associate pastor at Immanuel. “When Thrivent approached us recently to find out how they could continue their support, we decided to come up with an event that blends our commitment to providing academic excellence in a Christ-centered setting with our love of basketball.”
“Last summer, my wife and I enrolled our three children in Immanuel’s basketball camps,” said John Messerschmidt, financial associate for Thrivent Financial. “We were so impressed by the quality of the instruction and the overall philosophy of developing young men and women, we wanted to find a way to support the school.”
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After enrolling his children in the camp again this year, Messerschmidt asked the Immanuel boys’ head basketball coach, John Ulrich, how Thrivent could help the school. Ulrich immediately replied, “By helping us provide scholarships for young children to attend Immanuel.”
Through the Messerschmidts’ work as financial representatives, they enlisted the support of Thrivent Financial and the idea for Shoot for Scholarships took off.
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Participants, age 18 and older, will be given 10 free throw attempts and successful free throws will be recorded. Thrivent Financial will then donate money to ILSEF for each free throw.
Immanuel Lutheran School is located at 200 North Plum Grove Road in downtown Palatine, just two blocks east of the Palatine Metra Train Station.
Shoot for Scholarships is free and open to the public.
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About Immanuel Lutheran Church & School
Immanuel Lutheran Church provides the Palatine community with three distinctive worship styles (traditional, blended and contemporary); adult education; youth, women’s and men’s ministries; community service through Good Samaritan Ministry; web-broadcasts of worship services; an award-winning school (preschool through 8th grade); and, 50s Plus, an active, older-adult ministry.
Beginning as a simple, one-room schoolhouse in 1870, Immanuel Lutheran School has grown into an educational
campus located at Plum Grove Road and Wood Street in the heart of downtown Palatine. Immanuel Lutheran School partners with parents to provide a disciplined, nurturing environment where children can flourish in their Christian learning and academic excellence. Immanuel is the only K-8 private school in Illinois to have twice been awarded the prestigious Excellence in Education Blue Ribbon Award from the U.S. Department of Education and is fully accredited. For more information, please contact Immanuel Lutheran School at 847-359-1936 or visit their website at www.immanuelpalatine.org.
About Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a faith-based, not-for-profit financial services organization founded more than 100 years ago, helps families prepare for the future and achieve their financial dreams. Whether saving for a child’s college education, protecting for the future with life or disability income insurance, investing with purpose, retiring with confidence or leaving a legacy, Thrivent develops a sound financial program that fits any unique situation. Nearly 2.6 million members turn to Thrivent for professional guidance and financial solutions. For more information, contact john.messerschmidt@thrivent.com or call 847-526-1553.
About John Ulrich Basketball Camps
John Ulrich, head boys’ basketball coach at Immanuel
Lutheran, offers high-level skills summer and fall camps for boys and girls from 3rd through 8th grades. The camp emphasizes strong skill-building drills to prepare boys and girls to play basketball at all levels. For more information, contact coachjohnulrich@yahoo.com or call 847-259-7504.
