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NW Bandits Baseball Dinner Auction Fundraiser

Event date: February 7, 2010
Location: Bear Creek Country Club Woodinville, WA
The NW Bandits teams of 14 and 15 year old boys and their family’s and coaches, organized a dinner / auction fundraising event at the elegant Bear Creek Country Club.

The evening began with the silent auction. There were many wonderful auction items, including items autographed by professional athletes including Edgar Martinez, Ichiro Suzuki, Matt Hasselback and many others.

Following the silent auction, guests enjoyed dinner while participating in the live auction. The live auction offered some excellent items for bid, including exotic trips, season tickets to sporting events, spa days, and much more.

Members of the 14 and 15 teams could be seen mingling with guests, attending to their needs and assisting in the auction.

A special thank you to the local community, businesses and families for their generous donations, thank you for making the evening a success!

Sponsoring NW Bandits Baseball

The NW Bandits Baseball Club is always looking for sponsorship of our NW Bandits Baseball program. This teams are filled with local 13 through 15 year old elite athletes who have the ability, work ethic, and sincere desire to play baseball at the highest level. We believe that any athlete who has the ability and desire to learn and play the game of baseball should regardless of financial situations.
      
Our teams will play 65 to 75 games all over the state of Washington as well as three or four national tournaments which may qualify us to participate in a World Series event! We are asking for your help to cover some expenses such as travel (to and from tournaments), uniforms, equipment, baseballs, tournament fees, field maintenance costs, and Umpire fees. We have a dedicated group of kids, parents, and coaches who could really use your support in reducing the amount of out-of-pocket expenses. The Northwest Bandits Baseball Club is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code so all your contributions may be tax deductible.

Contributions of all sizes are helpful and appreciated by the players, their families and the entire NW Bandits Baseball Club and be assured, we will aggressively promote and utilize the businesses of all our sponsors however, In return for a donation of $500.00 or more, the team will also provide you with a framed team sponsorship photo and will display your company name (and logo if artwork is made available) on our 4 x 8 team banner, which will be proudly displayed on our dugout at every game we play throughout the state of Washington as well as all out-of-state tournaments. There are other high profile advertisement opportunities available depending on the level of your contribution. Please feel free to contact Michael Nealy or Scott Mahlum for more details.

Michael Nealy michael_nealy@comcast.net
Scott Mahlum milcrkspts@aol.com

Thank you in advance for considering sponsoring our local kids!!

15u Bandits in pre game warmup. Peoria, AZ December 2010

A Very Special Thank you to these NW Bandits Sponsors:

– Mac & Jacks
– Massage Envy, Capitol Hill
– Mill Creek Sports
– National Chiropractic Family Wellness Center
– Palisade Restaurant
– Passion Tequila, Bothell
– Perfect 10 Nails
– Portraits by Carol Hook
– Regal Cinemas
– Silver Lake Columbia Athletic Club
– Silvertips Hockey Club
– South Lake Family Dentistry
– SportsGeekOnline.com
– Starbucks, Lake Stevens
– Steve Nobles Meat
– Sturtevant’s
– Team One Development
– Thai Rhapsody, Mill Creek
– The Legacy Group
– The Petal and the Stem
– Tom Edens
– Tulalip Resort
– UPS
– Washington Institute of Sports Medicine

Comments from Coach Zink

I look at this weekend [(s) practice] as a huge success largely in part because of the beautiful weather we were afforded. I also believe that we learned a lot about our group, a group that I expect to be very competitive, my experience at practice with them on Sunday was very productive and I loved the turnout, for me it was the best practice of the year and ideally we will move forward with the mentality instilled at that practice.

…Thank you very much for all you do and once again the opportunity to coach such a fine young group of boys.

Manager JT Zink

Pondering Practice

13U and 14U Tournament Info

13U and 14U Tournament Info.

Cool photo from the 2009 Little League World Series

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