Next week at this time many will be preparing to watch and/or attend gatherings around Superbowl LVII.  Many enjoy “buying” boxes around the final score or variations on it. My Knights of Pythias lodge runs a nice variant of superbowl boxes as a fun fundraiser that helps raise funds for our lodge’s foundation. Each year, FDR Lodge 613’s Kings FDR Tolerance Foundation distributes donations and often scholarships usually in June; we have additional fundraisers including an afternoon of music and dance (April 23) and as does Gotham, an outing to see the Mets engage the Yankees, June 14 (same night as Gotham). This Super Bowl Fundraiser  employs what I call the “Ira system” of boxes after Kings-FDR Tolerance Foundation President Ira Spiegel, CPA.  

The “Ira system” provides 10 ways to win; this method ensure you focus on the game and perhaps root for teams you may otherwise despise (See the sample pic upper left; if you reach out before, I just may be able to get you opportunity to donate and play.)

As shared on the eve of prior games, we often join up with friends, sometimes in a diner in Brooklyn; otherwise among friends here in northeast Queens. I plan to join some of my closest friends in the lodge at gathering at our “castle hall.” Until the team that last won 54years back returns to this league championship game, the hanging certainly exceeds the game for this commentator.

Again this year the FDR Super Bowl fundraiser again give the fan of the team in green not playing next week something to root for: certain scoring (or non-scoring) at the end of each quarter (overtime does not count). Gotham members often support this effort (I think they enjoy the Ira system.). Fred Morante and Scott Levine already got their boxes.

Scoring the Superbowl also spawned the creation of one of Gotham’s favorite listserves. Our traditional listserve got overwhelmed during the last appearance by New Jersey’s other team (that claims a NY moniker). Gotham’s co-founder and others posted throughout so smart minds created Sportstalk@gothamnetworking.com to move that chatter to its proper place.