A community fundraiser to support the Ormond Beach Golden Spikes youth baseball team for their trip to Cooperstown next summer will be held at the Iron Horse Saloon at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
The fundraiser is a kid-friendly bingo bash featuring family activities, prizes and games. The Ormond Beach Spikes are hoping to raise about $60,000 to help send its 12U team of 13 boys to the annual tournament in Coooperstown, New York.
“It’s this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our boys to get to play at this amazing ball field and have this awesome experience,” said Michelle Weisman, a parent of an Ormond Beach Spikes player.
For some of the boys, this will be the first time being away from home. It’s a chance for them to form a bond, not just as a team, but as lifelong friends, Weisman said.
“This is something these kids are going to remember for the rest of their lives,” she said.
Factoring in travel expenses, it costs between $7,000 to $10,000 per player to go to Cooperstown. Whatever is left over will roll over for the next group of Ormond Beach Spikes players to attend Cooperstown.
The team has been fundraising for the past tear, selling banners for the fields and running the concession stands during all of the recreational baseball games.
Tuesday’s fundraiser will have prizes for all 10 bingo games, as well as a hula hoop contest, a limbo contest and a baseball trivia quiz.
To learn more, visit https://www.facebook.com/obgoldenspikes.
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