March 2021

Dear Families,

Thank you for being a part of our 2020-2021 Haverhill Travel Basketball program. Without your trust and confidence in the systems we created to keep all safe, we would not have had a season, especially during a pandemic. Heading in to the season, we knew we were not going to be perfect and would need to adjust based on situations we encountered. To know we provided each child the opportunity to learn or develop skills, stay active, combat social isolation by interacting with teammates and to compete on the court gave our organization great pride and satisfaction.

To start and throughout the season, we were committed to providing a safe, fun and positive experience for our players, volunteer coaches and our families. We hope you felt we delivered on this commitment.

To our volunteer coaches, our program would not exist without your dedication, loyalty and passion for teaching our players the sport and provide them an opportunity to play. Thank you for all you have done this season along with the countless hours spent in the gym and car driving to Millworks!

A key part to our organizations mission is to prepare our players to compete at the High School level. To the twenty-seven 8th grade boys, we hope you had a positive experience not only this year, but your time you spent through the years in our program. Good luck next year and we hope you have developed the skills and confidence to showcase for Coach Souley at tryouts in November!

We are appreciative and value all of our community partners: The Temple Emanu-El, the YMCA, Coach Jeff Nelson, Haverhill Bank, all our volunteers and families to drive our programs success. A common theme, we wouldn’t have had a season without your partnership.

On behalf of our Board of Directors, thank you for being a part of our HTB Family and we are already looking forward to next season!

Sincerely,

Donny Bautz

HTB President

Haverhill Travel  Basketball is an inclusive program for boys and girls focused on developing Haverhill youth basketball players grades 4 through 8 in preparation for competing at the High School level.