All participants will be asked to sell ValueCards as a league-wide fundraiser to help offset costs of the program. Details will be provided as they become available. A few people ask us why we ask them to do fundraising for the league. Your registration cost only covers a portion of everything needed to operate a successful baseball program.
Where does the money go... Player/Team/Game Expenses ➢ Uniforms & Coaches Shirts ➢ Ice Packs and First Aid Kits for each team ➢ Quickscores subscription for each team ➢ Umpires for all competitive leagues ➢ Umpire Equipment ➢ Baseballs ➢ Trophies ➢ Team Equipment Bag w/ league appropriate gear ➢ Background Checks on all our coaches ➢ ASEP Certification for all our coaches ➢ Field Rental & Maintenance Reoccurring Operational Expenses ➢ Annual Coaches Clinic with professional instruction by the Sox Academy. Available to all coaches at all levels. ➢ Bank Fees ➢ Insurance ➢ Website hosting ➢ Ackermann Gym & Sox Academy rental for March Player Evaluations ➢ Offset expenses incurred by Opening Day events ➢ Offset expenses incurred for Think Pink Day (100% of money raised is donated) ➢ Offset losses incurred by concessions ➢ Offset unbudgeted expenses and incidentals that occur throughout the year ➢ Facility rental for on-site registration/monthly board meeting ➢ Purchase of Clay, Turface & Ball Mix to keep our fields amongst the areas very best. Field Improvements (includes recently completed and planned in the future) ➢ Irrigation on all VG fields (Completed Fall 2012) ➢ Pitching Machines for Instructional Leagues (Purchased 2012) ➢ Benches for T-Ball (Purchased 2012) ➢ Reconfigure VG fields to allow for younger leagues (Completed 2013) ➢ Install Safety Bases (VG 4,5&6 Completed 2012) ➢ Install Dugout Covers (VG 5&6 Completed 2012 / VG 4,7&8 Completed 2013) ➢ Install Foul Poles on VG 4-8 ➢ New Sno-Cone Machine (Purchased 2013) ➢ New Hotdog Steamer (Purchased 2013) ➢ Motorized Utility Cart (Purchased 2013) ➢ Repair Infield Lips on VG 7&8 (Completed 2012) ➢ Install Distance Markers on VG 4-8 ➢ Install Temporary Homerun Fences on VG 4 (Completed 2012) ➢ Install Jock Boxes on fields VG 1-4 (VG1 Completed 2012 / VG4 Completed 2013) ➢ Install Backstop Extensions on VG 4-8 ➢ Purchase Remote Parking Signs for VG (Completed 2013) ➢ Extend baseline fences on both VG 7&8 ➢ Install Sun Screen on backstop of field VG 1 ➢ Install New Batting Cages for fields VG 3&4 ➢ Purchase Pitching Screen for VG 4 ➢ Replace turf in current cages (Scheduled to be Completed in 2013) ➢ Install Scoreboards on fields VG 4-8 ➢ Install Lights on fields VG 4-8