Weeks 17 & 18-Baseball Sponsor Forms and Sports Department

With baseball season fast approaching, it was time to prepare sponsorship request letters to be sent to area businesses. Delaware City has a very successful youth baseball league each spring. My mentor, Jeremy Byers, has been overseeing this program for several years. Now, as part of the YMCA, the baseball programming falls to the Sports Department as a recreation program. Team sponsorships are important to keep the program running and provide much needed equipment and supplies for the teams. This is also a great way for area business to support youth development programs and its great advertising.
 
To prepare for the number of softball and baseball sign-ups I worked on setting up several binders that we will use to keep things organized. The binders are organized by each baseball/softball division and by gender. We will use these binders during the drafts for the teams that will be held in April. Jeremy’s experience with the baseball program is invaluable and many of the participants sign-up because of years of great experiences they have had in the program. I have learned the importance of building relationships with the businesses in the community; many have been sponsoring teams for years. Families support the businesses and many have had generations of children participate in the baseball leagues throughout
the years.