Published: Aug 25, 2012 04:30 PM
Modified: Aug 25, 2012 04:19 PM
FUQUAY-VARINA - Hundreds of families will have to make a choice next month: stick with the Fuquay-Varina Athletic Association or sign up for the town?s new youth recreation programs.The FVAA announced Monday it plans to keep its sports programs up and running, starting with basketball. But for the first time, the popular group will compete with the town to retain its 2,200 member families. Fuquay-Varina is kicking off its own recreation program with basketball and volleyball. Sign-ups begin Sept. 10.About 60 people attended an FVAA membership forum at the Fuquay-Varina Masonic Lodge on Monday. The group gathered to talk about the future of the FVAA in the wake of the town?s controversial decision earlier this month to start its own youth sports program. For years, Fuquay-Varina partnered with the FVAA, but the recent change cut those ties.?We need you to register your children and volunteer your time,? FVAA President Kurt Underhill told members. ?Now is not the time to walk away. It?s time for all of us to get involved.?Underhill urged FVAA members to channel their anger and frustration over the town?s decision to help make the nonprofit stronger.The FVAA is revamping and relying on member support to help find fields, gyms and equipment storage areas in the short term and fundraising to buy their own facilities in the long term. The association is setting up subcommittees to look at these issues.Parents at the forum said they were concerned about membership costs, member retention and getting fields in time for baseball season. Underhill said membership costs were likely to go up, but the future rates would probably be the same across the board, without a separate fee for families who live outside the town.Parent Beth Nathison was among those willing to sign up to help. She commuted back and forth from Holly Springs for six years so her boys could play for the FVAA before moving to an unincorporated area near Fuquay-Varina. ?We can make (the FVAA) a more regional organization for southwestern Wake County,? Nathison said. ?People are reading about what?s going on and they are really interested. There are other families looking for a higher level of competition the town may not offer.?Fuquay-Varina will not offer travel sports teams. The town will charge lower prices than the FVAA for its youth recreation programs, because participants won?t pay an annual membership fee. The FVAA charges $40 a year for in-town members and $65 for non-residents. Members also pay a $65 registration fee for most sports. Fuquay-Varina will charge $40 for residents and $65 for non-residents for most programs.The FVAA said the town?s field and gym rental policies favor in-town residents. Teams with a larger percentage of residents get priority over non-resident teams. Meanwhile, the FVAA is made up of about 60 percent non-residents, drawing people from unincorporated areas of Wake County, as well as Holly Springs and Cary.The town isn?t trying to take over the FVAA, said town spokeswoman Susan Weis.?The town is expanding their offerings while in no way restricting the rights of other sports organizations to offer whatever programs they wish,? she said. Fuquay-Varina has already started recruiting for volunteer coaches, scorekeepers, and game officials for basketball and volleyball. For more information about youth recreation in Fuquay-Varina, visit www.fvparks.org or www.fvaa.org.
Source: http://www.carynews.com/2012/08/25/62968/families-will-choose-town-or-fuquay.html
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