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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Paper plate awards would be so much more meaningful if a coach/other person designed it, write a note on the back, and delivered it privately. This whole “we must share all publicly” never ends well, either due to boredom, embarrassment, sheer team size, lack of originality, people being left out, favoritism, etc. How nice it would be for a child to go to their door/mailbox and find a handwritten paper plate with a note from someone in authority about the child? And how nice for people to collect anecdotes throughout the season so they could write something meaningful to each child? Take it out of the banquet and make it more personalized.[/quote]

Our team has close to 200 swimmers.  The junior/senior coaches are responsible for the paper plates, and trust me...the ones actually helping out (mostly the girls, in all honesty) are working like crazy to get them all done by Saturday.  They try very hard to make the "award" itself really personal to the swimmer, because thee reality is there is just not enough time for personal notes on every plate...they started as soon as the team reps provided the swimmer list but these are teenagers all working around practice and jobs and everything else they have going on, and they're not getting any compensation for the extra hours.

Our banquet is a catered dinner/dessert at the pool, which is closed to the general membership, the night of Divisionals.  It's $25 per person aged 12+, about half that for siblings aged 4-11, and free for swimmers and kids 3 and under.  Every swimmer gets a medal, and trophies are given for high point scorer and runner up in each gender and age group, as well as a Coaches Award and Most Improved in each age group (mixed gender).  The kids like it.  I find it long and boring, so I don't usually attend but will this year because DC is a senior and asked me to.[/quote]

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