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MERRITT ISLAND LITTLE LEAGUE
OPENING DAY INFORMATION
Saturday, March 3, 2007

EACH PLAYER needs to bring the following for opening day
T-Ball -   Desert items, a dozen of either cookies, cupcakes or brownies.
Minor 2 – Pack of Powerade (12 oz size 6 or 8 pack, however they are sold)
Minor 1 - Pack of Powerade (12 oz size - 6 or 8 pack, however they are sold)
Majors -  12 pack of soda in cans (Coke products)

These items should be brought to the Audubon concession stand a few days prior to opening day.  This can be done on 2/20, 2/21 or 2/22 from 5:00 to 6:30 or you can bring your items to Audubon if you have a practice there prior to opening day.  Also, Friday, March 2 from 5:30 to 7:00.   Please check with your team mom – she may be willing to collect and drop off the items for your team.  For T-ball, please drop off your items on March 2 since they are perishable items. 

Volunteers:

Two volunteers are needed from each team to cover the concession stand for breakfast, lunch and snacks on opening day. 

One volunteer is needed from each team to check the trash.

Times for the following are:
T-ball – 8:00-9:30
Minor II – 9:30 – 11:00
Minor I – 11:00 – 1:30
Majors – 1:30 – 3:00

Volunteers will also be needed to help with opening or closing on opening day (setting up and taking down).

Times for the following are:
Opening:   7:30 - T-Ball and Minor II
Closing:     1:30 -  Minor I and Majors

Please let your team mom know if you can help out in any of these duties.

Lunch:
Lunch for opening day will be provided by Domino’s Pizza.  Meal tickets will be sold for $4.00.  Each meal ticket will include 2 slices of pizza (either cheese or pepperoni), a breadstick, a drink and desert.  Tickets will be provided to each Team Mom.  If more tickets are needed, please contact Carla Steinmetz, the Information Officer.

Raffles:
Each team needs to provide a raffle prize.  Parents can either chip in and purchase an item or one can be donated (i.e. restaurant gift card, department store gift card, sports stuff, etc).  Raffle tickets will be sold on opening day for these Please deliver these items to your team mom, Carla Williams (H: 456-5679, e-mail NOLEDAWG@aol.com or Tom Williams by 2/28.  Retail value should be at least $25.00. 

And, a completely separate raffle is being held as a fund raiser for our league.  Golf tournament raffle tickets are also being sold.  These will cost $5.00 each.  The drawing will be held on May 12th.  All money from the sale of these tickets are due back by May 1st.  Team Moms will distribute tickets to player’s parents and collect the proceeds and turn in the ticket stubs and money to the Head Team Mom, Barbara Storer.

Spirit Ads:
Spirit ads will be sold that will be published in the opening day program.  Parents can purchase a 2.5 x 3 space and write a message to their child.  The cost for this is $5.00 and is due back NO LATER THAN SUNDAY, 25 FEB.

Business ads in the Opening Day brochure can also be purchased for $25.00 and is due back NO LATER THAN SUNDAY, 25 FEB.

Coach Goodrich of MIHS is unable to host a Coaches Clinic this weekend.  Re-scheduling is TBD.

April/May:  Discussions are underway for the BC Manatees to host a Coaches Clinic.  Further information to come.